Category Archives: Home

Back on the Bokashi

Posted on April 16, 2024 by nicdempsey

I failed at Bokashi last year. I came back to a new kitchen and there was no good place to put the bokashi bins and one of the bins started leaking and I just gave up. It was easy to … Continue reading →

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Home – Fourteen Years

Posted on July 4, 2023 by nicdempsey

Today marks 14 years since I moved into the flat. I love where I live and right now, with the the cost of living crisis and the rental crisis (and it is a crisis), I know now lucky I am … Continue reading →

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The Kitchen and Plans for the flat

Posted on January 31, 2023 by nicdempsey

I’ve lived in my little flat for 13 years. When I was originally looking for a flat, the estate agent asked me to list the three most important things to me and I said a kitchen, unfurnished, I could put … Continue reading →

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Twelfth Night

Posted on January 5, 2023 by nicdempsey

Today is the last day of Christmas (although we are still in Christmastide until Candlemas on 2nd February). My tree went up on Christmas Eve and will come down tomorrow morning so here it is in all it’s glory.

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Changing up the hall bookcase.

Posted on January 11, 2022 by nicdempsey

Way back when I moved into the flat, I bought a bookcase to put in the hall to store my cook books. As you can see I ran out of space pretty quickly, as this photo ripped from my timehop … Continue reading →

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Things to do in 2022

Posted on January 4, 2022 by nicdempsey

I used to try and set goals every year but I haven’t for a while, especially over the last couple of years, the plague and peri menopause have sort have driven everything else out of my head. Having said that, … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Double Jab

Posted on June 28, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week was a good week. Because Ma was here on Tuesday and Thursday, she spent a lot of time on the bus this week, and it’s difficult to be in someone else’s space when they are working. … Continue reading →

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Lotion Bars

Posted on May 4, 2021 by nicdempsey

It’s been mentioned a couple of times but I’m on a quest to reduce my rubbish, I’ve switched to soap but one of the places that I can make a change with is moisturiser and hand cream. I have really … Continue reading →

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Fix One Thing

Posted on April 27, 2021 by nicdempsey

I’ve been working from home for a year and I’m stuck in something of a rut, I have absolutely lost my mojo and I need to get it back. One of my friends had the brilliant idea of tackling one … Continue reading →

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Small Changes Redux

Posted on April 20, 2021 by nicdempsey

Remember last year in January, I wanted to make some small changes that would improve my life/make it slightly more sustainable? Then two months later, we went into lockdown and I sort of abandoned the whole enterprise.. While we are … Continue reading →

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