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Monday Miscellany: Introvert’s nightmare

Posted on November 12, 2018 by nicdempsey

Saturday seemed to be an experiment to see how many parties one introvert could go to in a day without going mad. Three is too many. Especially when one of them is for 6 year olds… On Sunday I did … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Drink, Drink, Drink – Mario Lanza

Posted on November 11, 2018 by nicdempsey

Today is Remembrance Sunday and 100 years since the end of the First World War. So this is a very happy song for such a sad day. But when I think of war and soldiers, I think of my Grandad. … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: On a Saturday….

Posted on November 6, 2018 by nicdempsey

I am late getting this up, it has been a week. Ma says I’m to apologise for my lateness, because she likes to read links on Friday! At least one person is reading it! Run: Why the public marriage proposal … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: I feel terrible

Posted on November 5, 2018 by nicdempsey

It is not a happy Monday. I woke up this morning with a temperature. To go with it headache, shivering, nausea and throwing up. I throw this type of fever fairly regularly, wake up in the middle of the night … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Budgets and Pumpkins

Posted on November 2, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! Jeremy Hunt says top diplomatic jobs open to non-civil servants Well if Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt can be Foreign Secretary, it stands to reason that any monkey could be a diplomat. It makes my very cross because … Continue reading →

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What I’ve Read – October 2018

Posted on November 1, 2018 by nicdempsey

      I’m getting to this on time this month! Cherish Hard – Nalini Singh I’ve had this for ages and just didn’t get around to reading it. It’s fairly typical Singh, lots of stuff that cannot change until … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Pumpkin Walk

Posted on October 31, 2018 by nicdempsey

Not much gardening this week…

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TuesdayMonthly Goals – October/November 2018

Posted on October 30, 2018 by nicdempsey

September was great, my holiday was just what I needed, although as they often are, far too short but I feel better for the break and it was just in time to give me enough mental energy to gear up … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Pumpkins and minor disasters

Posted on October 29, 2018 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! So last week was weird. I felt sniffly and like I was coming down with cold but I didn’t and on Thursday had a coffee and wardrobe disaster. My skirt split all the way up the back AND … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music: Can’t Play Dead

Posted on October 28, 2018 by nicdempsey

Yesterday, I spent most of the day with a spider on my head, dishing up to mulled wine to visitors for the allotment Halloween Pumpkin Walk. So something Halloween-ish felt like is was in order. This felt right. It’s The … Continue reading →

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