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What I’ve Read – August 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

From the look of this list, it looks like all I did was read. Which is not true but I did read quite a lot, some months that happens and it was my birthday month… The Unyielding – Shelley Laurenston … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst 28 August to 3 September 2017

Posted on September 4, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Best An easy week. Three working days, I love bank holidays Dinner with Jo. I only see her a couple of times a year now, but it’s always lovely to see her (and Ms T) and she bought … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on September 1, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday and welcome to September. It’s time for schools to go back and to think about autumn (which is not a fun happy time!) and launch ourselves into the last four months of the year! Being good at one … Continue reading →

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Goals Recap, Goals Set – August/September 2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by nicdempsey

Tomorrow is the beginning of a new month which means it’s time to look at August and set goals for September. So August…… August goals are in italics, how I did in bold. Turn over, turn out. I did pretty well … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Tomatoes…

Posted on August 30, 2017 by nicdempsey

This week we picked the last of the french beans. Said goodbye to some tomato plants and collected about 2 kilos of tomatoes. Some of the broccoli had flowered so we cut the rest and took the netting down. We’ll … Continue reading →

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Best/Worst 21 to 27 August 2017

Posted on August 28, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s a very happy Monday here, because I’m not at work, this morning, I was at my brother’s house and with the nephews until Ben and Laura came back from celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary.  Best  A cinema … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on August 25, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday!  This week I am having opinions, you have been warned…. This is also the last Bank Holiday weekend until Christmas, and my brother’s 10th wedding anniversary so I shall be marking the extra day off with babysitting the … Continue reading →

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Cooking lately

Posted on August 24, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of the things about August is that my eating and cooking become unplanned. Last year, I was logging this every week and August is full of weeks that start, “I couldn’t be bothered to cook” or “I was tired” … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Usual work

Posted on August 23, 2017 by nicdempsey

We had a really good Saturday this week and were on the plot for a good long while but there is still so much work to do.We finally have patty pans! We harvested most of the green beans (1.774kg), there … Continue reading →

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Shopping Woes

Posted on August 22, 2017 by nicdempsey

Yes, I was just complaining about how difficult I find clothes shopping, but I’m more annoyed than I thought because my shoping issues have continued through the summer. I bought a top, I took it home and it just didn’t … Continue reading →

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