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Life Happened: Families

Posted on March 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

So lets talk about last week. On Monday, I popped around to K and A’s on the way home to bring Adam emergency apple and blackcurrant squash. A was out with a stomach bug and K was coping with the boisterous … Continue reading →

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Little Goals – March 2016

Posted on March 5, 2016 by nicdempsey

How are we into March already? This month is Mother’s Day and Easter which is quite enough excitement and includes Easter Bank Holidays…yay! HOME   Spring cleaning. It’s time to do the boring stuff, deep clean in the kitchen, windows … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on March 4, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Some reading for your weekend Middle-age is mostly about being anxious. I disagree, I’m less anxious in my 40’s, my 20’s and 30’s were anxiety ridden and in fact although I think that I’m less secure financially nowadays, … Continue reading →

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Pink Grapefruit Marmalade

Posted on March 3, 2016 by nicdempsey

I’m on a huge marmalade kick at the moment. After my triumphant orange marmalade I decided to have a go at Nigel Slater’s Pink Grapefruit version.I’ve made it twice now and while it doesn’t have the same heft as the … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – February 2016

Posted on March 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

We are two months into the year and you can see what kind of month I had by my choice of reading material. Shards of Hope – Nalini Singh (library book) I went to the library to pick up a … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 20/02 to 26/02/2016

Posted on March 1, 2016 by nicdempsey

It that time of the week! Here’s this week’s recap on what I ate and spent on eating… SHOPPING  I got all fancy this week and did three lists! I didn’t buy carrots, peppers or mushrooms this week because I … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: A normal week

Posted on February 29, 2016 by nicdempsey

It’s not that I’ve had any really abnormal weeks this year it’s just that last week has been so normal. Honestly, nothing really happened. No dramas at work, I was in before around 8am each morning, got the work I needed … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – February

Posted on February 27, 2016 by nicdempsey

When my Oli wants to draw your attention to something that he thinks that you ought to have done but he doesn’t want to outright ask and appear rude, he starts a sentence with “Do you remember…..”. So at lunch … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on February 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I am more or less avoiding this week’s two big new items Brexit and Donald Trump. This is ’cause we have months more to think and talk and read about them and I just can’t this week… Happy … Continue reading →

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Blood Orange Syrup

Posted on February 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

Around this time of year the internet seems to be full of recipes for things involving blood oranges. It is citrus season but the obsession with blood oranges seems to be a mainly US thing because I’ve never seen them … Continue reading →

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