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This kid

Posted on June 4, 2011 by nicdempsey

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again..this boy is just lovely… Even if I have to spend the afternoon chasing him around a park…and rescuing him from over friendly puppies.. I love being his aunt…

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Friday Night Cocktail – Watermelon Mojito

Posted on June 3, 2011 by nicdempsey

  I’m not keen on mojitos, usually, but I saw this one on Eat, Live, Run, Jenna got it from here and I just loved the colour. I mentioned it to Matt & Michael, who tried it, tweaked it and … Continue reading →

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Supplements

Posted on June 3, 2011 by nicdempsey

This week, as I was making faces about drinking the ‘orange’ flavoured fizzy CoQ10 tablet, godchild 2 asked “Why do you drink it if it tastes nasty?” Good question. So I thought about the supplements that I take and for … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read: May 2011

Posted on June 2, 2011 by nicdempsey

My reading slowed right down in May due, I think, to a number of things. Not commuting anymore, that’s 2 hours a day I’m not reading when normally I would be. I’m training for the 10k, so am leaping out … Continue reading →

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Home: Ordinary Beautiful Things

Posted on June 1, 2011 by nicdempsey

Things in my kitchen that I love partly because I like bowls (it’s something I’ve clearly inherited from my mum as she does the same thing) and it’s about how we build our homes. Once you get past the things … Continue reading →

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What I did this weekend…

Posted on May 31, 2011 by nicdempsey

Bought these. Drank this. Made this. And this. Had lunch with them. Met her. I also got a haircut, spent time with my mum, started a new book. Pretty good weekend..

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Exercise and mood control

Posted on May 30, 2011 by nicdempsey

I’ve been running quite a bit over the past couple of weeks.  The Nike+ app tells me it’s been 46.76km since I started (except there have been 3 runs that didn’t get logged due to ‘spotty’ GPS, which is Nike … Continue reading →

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Bread…

Posted on May 27, 2011 by nicdempsey

I don’t buy bread. Actually not strictly true, I do buy bread, baguettes for putting cheese on when people come to dinner.  What I don’t buy is everyday bread, you know the normal bread that people use to make sandwiches … Continue reading →

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Jonah Day

Posted on May 27, 2011 by nicdempsey

Anne Shirley used to have ‘jonah days’, where nothing quite went right. I had one of those days yesterday. Allow me to list the ways that yesterday sucked.. 1. I smashed my cafetiere before I made my coffee 2. I … Continue reading →

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Daddy Issues..

Posted on May 26, 2011 by nicdempsey

My Dad has been on mind over the last couple of weeks. It’s coming up to 10 years since he died.  My relationship with my Dad was difficult and I’ve probably spent the last 20 years coming to terms with … Continue reading →

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