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The Weekend is gone…

Posted on December 16, 2013 by nicdempsey

The weekend just whizzed by, on Friday night I was in bed by 8pm and slept all the way through until 8pm! Then I was up and sorting stuff out, two batches of pastry for mince pies and the biscuit … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on December 15, 2013 by nicdempsey

Because when I was little I thought this was about my Dad, Noel. This wasn’t something he discouraged and today would have been his birthday….

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Weekly Tasklist

Posted on December 14, 2013 by nicdempsey

Time for the list. Lots to do this weekend. I’m having a haircut this morning and doing a big Christmas shop with Ma this afternoon and tonight is Grace, the theme is Christmas by Numbers. One of the joys of … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail

Posted on December 13, 2013 by nicdempsey

This afternoon, I’m out for the team Christmas lunch, for those of you keeping count, this is the second work related Christmas thing, I have three – company, dept and team – altogether. December with it’s mix of Christmas celebrations … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on December 13, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Goodness I’ve had a busy week and I’m glad to get to the end of it! Here’s some reading for the weekend. 1) Things that Nelson Mandela did not say. 2) We have a growing economy but no-one … Continue reading →

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Handmade Christmas – Biscuit Tins

Posted on December 12, 2013 by nicdempsey

One of my more expensive habits is Illy coffee, which comes in lovely tins. Tins that mostly end up in the recycling, because I can’t think of anything to do with them. When I was thinking about Christmas and handing … Continue reading →

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Boots

Posted on December 11, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’m very taken with my new boots! So taken with them that I took some photos to show you! They are actually a Christmas present from last year, it’s just taken me this long to sort them out! What I … Continue reading →

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Tired and emotional

Posted on December 11, 2013 by nicdempsey

It’s foggy this morning, it’ll probably burn off later in the day but I’m always amused when people talk about ‘London fog’ because it’s not often foggy. There was smog in the days before the Clean Air Act, which Ma … Continue reading →

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Weekend tasks – What got done

Posted on December 10, 2013 by nicdempsey

I forgot to put this up yesterday! I didn’t have a very successful weekend in terms of getting things done as I was quite low energy and lazy on Sunday, when I should have powered through some the stuff on … Continue reading →

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Handmade Christmas – Wrist warmers

Posted on December 10, 2013 by nicdempsey

I quite like knitting. What I like about it is it’s simplicity. I know that knitting doesn’t have to to be simple but I’m pretty rubbish at remembering where I am in the pattern and although I knitted a cardigan … Continue reading →

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