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Jillian’s Birthday Cake

Posted on December 4, 2014 by nicdempsey

If you’ve been around here for any amount of time, you’ll have worked out that my Ma and I are very close. It wasn’t always this way, according to her I was a teenage nightmare! I always reply to that … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – November 2014

Posted on December 3, 2014 by nicdempsey

November has not been a month of reading, I’m putting it down to the ‘November effect’ which is basically as it gets so much darker, my brain shuts down and I have just enough mental energy to deal with work … Continue reading →

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Thankful

Posted on December 2, 2014 by nicdempsey

Last Thankful post for this year, before I get into the individual days, I want to talk about living an authentic life, what that means to me and how it makes me happy. It started a couple of weeks ago with Krissie’s … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Moving, Anniversaries and Roast Dinners

Posted on December 1, 2014 by nicdempsey

It was a big week chez Dempsey. On Monday we moved Ma. I was responsible for putting the bed and the shelves together.. I did an alright job! Ma hired two men and a van and with Ben it was … Continue reading →

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What I Ate

Posted on November 29, 2014 by nicdempsey

Last week was still about not spending money on food and using up what I had. I did spend some money, I bought the beef for tomorrow’s lunch because I had a voucher for money off that was only valid … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail Re-visited

Posted on November 28, 2014 by nicdempsey

There was no cocktail drinking last weekend or this week. Because of the lack of cocktails in my life, there isn’t a new FNC to share so I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some old, much loved November … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on November 28, 2014 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! 1. This is another article about abortion. The right to have an abortion is something I care about and I am fed up with the debate being framed in terms of something a woman will always regret. 2. … Continue reading →

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Advent Calendars

Posted on November 27, 2014 by nicdempsey

I’m a big fan of advent calendars, as a child I always wanted one with chocolate in them but as an adult, I’ve become very anti them. I wrote about how much I enjoyed my calendar last year.   This … Continue reading →

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Christmas Music 2014

Posted on November 26, 2014 by nicdempsey

It’s not even Advent yet but Christmas is a month away and on Sunday, Sunday Music will be from this year’s Christmas music CD. For new people, every year for the last 4, Luc, Helene and I have put together … Continue reading →

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Thankful

Posted on November 25, 2014 by nicdempsey

Last week I was really bad at taking photos that related to what I was thankful for so some of these are old photos! Tuesday 18 November Tuesday was a fairly standard day, I got 10 out of 10 on … Continue reading →

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