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Friday Links

Posted on August 15, 2014 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday. It’s been a busy week, so much to do and so little time to do it and that’s just work, I’m so very glad to get to the end of this week and into the arms of a … Continue reading →

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Getting a grip on a bad mood

Posted on August 13, 2014 by nicdempsey

Sometimes I need a kick up the backside. On Monday that was so true. Three days off and I had totally lost my work mojo, it’s funny how a longer holiday brings me back to work feeling refreshed an ready to … Continue reading →

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Food this week

Posted on August 11, 2014 by nicdempsey

This week is back to reality and a really busy work week after my three day holiday for birthday fun, I want food this week to be easy but feel like a treat because it’s going to be a difficult … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on August 10, 2014 by nicdempsey

Yesterday, Ma and I went to see Guardians of the Galaxy. Great movie with an excellent soundtrack. The film ended with Ain’t No Mountain High Enough (the Marvin Gaye/Tammi Terrell version – I don’t really like the Diana Ross version..) … Continue reading →

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Birthday Fun

Posted on August 7, 2014 by nicdempsey

I had a lie in. Went to the theatre. Had cheeky cocktails at the OXO Bar Admired the view… Altogether a really lovely day….

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Tuesday

Posted on August 5, 2014 by nicdempsey

Sometimes you have a perfect weekend. It’s just the right amount of busy, social and restful and that was what my weekend…. There was cake.Nephew, who thinks that Grandma and Aunty Nic are Daddy’s sisters. Yes, we did set him straight…Family … Continue reading →

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Remembrance

Posted on August 4, 2014 by nicdempsey

Today I could talk about what a lovely weekend I had and I did, it was lovely but today also marks 100 years since the declaration of war that marks the start of World War I. Tonight, to echo the … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – July 2014

Posted on August 2, 2014 by nicdempsey

Apparently I’ve read more this year than any year when I first started tracking it, which I’m a bit surprised about because I was thinking that I wasn’t reading as much but here is this month’s list! The City – … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on August 1, 2014 by nicdempsey

It’s not a terribly happy Friday today. I’m good but the world appears to be in more of a mess than usual. All week, we’ve seen the news about Gaza, it feels unbearable, I can’t watch, can’t listen to this. Then I … Continue reading →

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Acceptable behaviour

Posted on July 31, 2014 by nicdempsey

Despite lots on at work and a migraine this week, I am feeling remarkably cheerful. It could be because I have most of next week off and I’m going to spend quite a bit of the next couple of weeks, … Continue reading →

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