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Flapjacks

Posted on April 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Granola bars, flapjacks, call them what you want but I’ve become a tiny bit obsessed with them. This is a problem for two reasons, budget, those suckers are expensive and health, they all have a lot of added sugar. My … Continue reading →

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Solitary

Posted on April 27, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m a solitary person. There’s lots of talk about extroverts and introverts and much to the surprise of the people who know me, as opposed to the people who really KNOW me, I’m an introvert. Knowing that time with people saps … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 16/04 to 22/04/2016

Posted on April 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

I wanted to have an less spendy week, which I sort of did. the theme of this week was chickpeas. That wasn’t entirely planned but I had a bag of dried chickpeas which I wanted to cook this weekend and … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Amble on My Mind

Posted on April 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

My working week is best expressed in stats Days at work: 4. Hours worked: 38.5 Average hours slept each night: 4.26 On Thursday, it was the Queen’s birthday and time for my yearly republican tweet. Time for my annual "who … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: I and Love and You

Posted on April 24, 2016 by nicdempsey

  Avett Brothers – I And Love And You

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We are headed North…

Posted on April 23, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m going to spend most of the day in the car, going to Amble. This makes me more happy than a happy thing.

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Friday Links

Posted on April 22, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! My Friday plans have been slightly derailed by a poorly foot (I really should look into learning to walk on my hands!) but I am on holiday and tomorrow we head north. Here are this week’s links, not … Continue reading →

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Holiday Plans

Posted on April 20, 2016 by nicdempsey

On Saturday, Ma and I are heading up to Amble for the week. I love Amble and last year when we didn’t go felt like a loss. For someone who until 6 or so years ago did not do holidays, … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 09/04 to 15/04/2016

Posted on April 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  So I blew through the £15 budget limit this week with the shopping coming to a grand total of £18.24. Not good. Here’s what that bought:   COOKING AND EATING  Saturday night dinner was amazing.  We had an aubergine … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Full of Cold (again)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by nicdempsey

As noted last week, I have no immune system to speak of and I caught another bug, as you can imagine that made me really happy, especially as it was the only week where I really need to be at … Continue reading →

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