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Friday Links

Posted on January 6, 2017 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday!  The first week back to normal after Christmas is often full of resolutions and confusions. Hopefully, you all transitioned seemlessly back to real life. I more or less did aside from a doozy of a migraine yesterday. However, … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Review 2016

Posted on January 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of last year’s goals was about food and budget. I wanted to see if I could set a budget of £15 a week for my food. That’s roughly £2.14 a day. There were some things that budget didn’t include, … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – December 2016

Posted on January 4, 2017 by nicdempsey

I didn’t read much in December. Nine books might seem like a lot but I took most of the month to read Gentleman Bastards book and A Darker Shade of Magic. Most of the rest were read in the last … Continue reading →

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New Year, New Goals – 2017

Posted on January 3, 2017 by nicdempsey

This post has been sitting half written since before Christmas. The run up to Christmas was trying in a way I didn’t expect, it was fine, I was fine but I was tired and just trying to get to Christmas … Continue reading →

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2016 Goals – How it went

Posted on December 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Time for the recap of my 2016. The current opinion is that (unless you are Donald Trump or Nigel Farrage) 2016 has not been a good year for the world. Honestly, I think that there have been worse years and … Continue reading →

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The Night Before Christmas

Posted on December 24, 2016 by nicdempsey

If you’ve been around for a couple of years, you’ll know that this goes up on Christmas Eve. I’ll add my wishes for a happy Christmas to all the boys and girls from Satchmo..

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Friday Links

Posted on December 23, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! and Happy Christmas Eve Eve! I’m so glad to finally get to Christmas and a couple of days off work and routine! There probably won’t be links next week, unless something else truly dreadful happens, so I’m going … Continue reading →

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Ginvent Pop Up

Posted on December 21, 2016 by nicdempsey

Every year for the last 5 the Gin Foundry has put together a ginvent calendar. 24 different gins to taste from the 1st to the 24th December. It’s a marvellous idea, one year I’m going to get one for December. … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 10/12 to 16/12/2016

Posted on December 20, 2016 by nicdempsey

This is the penultimate food and budget update for the year, I’m not going to monitor the last week of the year which includes Christmas because rules relax for Christmas! SHOPPING Shopping was mostly all done at Lidl with a … Continue reading →

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Life Happened:

Posted on December 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m feeling that the Monday posts are dull, less ‘Life Happened’ than, life is exactly the same every week and Nic has another cold. Last week wasn’t all that different. I got up, I went to work, I focused on … Continue reading →

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