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Books I Live With: The Chalet School Series

Posted on April 22, 2015 by nicdempsey

I love to read. I am never knowingly book and/or a Kindle. I will choose to read over pretty much any activity in the world. I spent an awful lot of my childhood being told to “stop reading and pay attention” by teachers … Continue reading →

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A Temperance Drink for Summer

Posted on April 21, 2015 by nicdempsey

So yesterday was a difficult day. When I get get to the end of a day like yesterday, I want a glass of wine or a gin and tonic, but I don’t drink on school nights, so this is my solution.  t … Continue reading →

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Monday Morning Blues

Posted on April 20, 2015 by nicdempsey

No week in review this week because, well honestly because I didn’t write it up and today is what Anne Shirley would describe as a ‘jonah day’ where everything goes slightly wrong.The blind fell off the wall, I spilled coffee … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on April 19, 2015 by nicdempsey

This just makes me happy… The Wombats – Give Me a Try

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Friday Links

Posted on April 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! I am not at work today, I took a day off so I could go to the Dr’s and talk about my poor feet, meet Ryan for coffee and bake a cake with the Baxters for Adam’s birthday! … Continue reading →

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Cornbread

Posted on April 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

Cornbread and chilli is not a comfort food for me. It’s good but culturally, if you want to comfort me with food, boiled chicken and rice or the sausage casserole thing (affectionately called noely poley in our family) is where it’s … Continue reading →

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Spring time lunches…

Posted on April 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

One of the things I’m really good at is always bringing my lunch to work. This is partly budget, partly health and all greed. What I have for lunch really varies depending on the season, during winter I tend to … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Spring springing

Posted on April 13, 2015 by nicdempsey

I feel like I’ve been really busy this week, my sleep has got all erratic again, it’s the busiest week of my work month and I was packing it into 4 days, so it was pretty busy. Also Spring was mostly … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on April 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

The godchildren have been going through their dad’s things and music. This was knocking around and it’s been going through my head since, although I want it on record that I was 10 or 11 and that is probably why … Continue reading →

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Housework: Making the bed

Posted on April 11, 2015 by nicdempsey

People fall into lots of categories, tea or coffee, beer or wine, people who take their makeup off before bed and those that don’t bother. We could divide and sub divide ourselves in to endless little groups. Here’s another. I’m … Continue reading →

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