Category Archives: Home

Ordinary, useful things

Posted on May 1, 2013 by nicdempsey

I try to live by the maxim that I shouldn’t have anything in the house that I don’t know to be beautiful or useful. Actually, I try to have both at the same time and although I don’t always succeed, … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on April 22, 2013 by nicdempsey

Friday night and work night out playing ping pong I know it’s amazingly out of focus but it was that kind of a night! I won one game, lost the rest and didn’t really mind. It was night to catch … Continue reading →

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Cook Books

Posted on April 18, 2013 by nicdempsey

I grew up in house where cooking was not a fun thing to do. Ma worked full time, Dad didn’t really cook, didn’t have working taste buds (40 a day smoker!) and everything had to come with a side of … Continue reading →

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What I’m eating this week..

Posted on April 16, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve written about how I menu plan before but I thought it might be interesting to show you a typical week. I do a lot of work on the weekend to prep food for the week. This just saves me … Continue reading →

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The Living Room

Posted on April 9, 2013 by nicdempsey

So now that it’s been painted, I thought that I’d show you how this room looks, though I feel I should apologise in advance for the photo quality. Because the flat is rented there are things that I can’t really … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on April 8, 2013 by nicdempsey

The Weekend started for me on Thursday night. Which means I was only at work 2 days last week! I wish I could say that I had a restful, lazy weekend. That was not the case! On Friday, I went … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on April 2, 2013 by nicdempsey

This is a very late post because last night and most of today I had a migraine, not fun! So this is what I did over the Bank Holiday weekend.. On Friday, I did very little. Some sleep, some reading, … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on March 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

This weekend started on Friday afternoon, when work finished and team building began. We all went to lunch and then to Bounce for ping pong. I was really surprised that I was better at it than I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Wash your make up brushes

Posted on March 5, 2013 by nicdempsey

Last week after the gym, I was saying that regular gym going and then having to put make up on myself while I was hot and a bit sweaty was at least making sure that I washed my make up … Continue reading →

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The Hall

Posted on February 19, 2013 by nicdempsey

Over the weekend I framed some things. These are on the ledge as you come up the stairs into the flat. Before After   The three frames contain cards, two were given to me and one I bought. All are … Continue reading →

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