Category Archives: miscellany

Monday Miscellany: Sometimes you just don’t have the mojo

Posted on July 27, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Many moons ago, in fact when I was still in my twenties! Christelle and would talk about ‘having the mojo’. This was a perfect state when your hair was perfect, all your favourite clothes were clean, you when … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Light at the End of the Tunnel

Posted on July 20, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! The last three weeks have been brutal. Yes, partly the heat which has settled into high 20’s this week but also being really busy in all areas of my life. Last week was the first week I felt … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: World Cup Semi-Finals

Posted on July 13, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! While I’m still not convinced that England is going to win the World Cup, I would appreciate the bank holiday, July has been exhausting… I’m writing this on the bus on Monday morning, while I do feel that … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Hot, Hot, Hot

Posted on July 6, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Ma and I have changed up the caring schedule. I now going over first thing on Monday morning and stay until Thursday morning and go into the office from her house. Then work depending, Friday is a WFH … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: World Cup Fever

Posted on June 22, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I know that people don’t like international football but they are wrong and Ma and I are happy about it. So far we’ve watched a few games. We both prefer the matches on the BBC because then we … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: June

Posted on June 8, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I leave Mum’s on Saturdays, and return on Tuesday I always return to stack of cleaned boxes. Mum can’t safely get into the cupboard they go in so I get neatly organised stacks. It’s very her! I finally … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Long Time Gone

Posted on May 18, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Yes it’s been a while, I’m sure everyone has been on the edge of the seats waiting for a blog post (not!) but here we are and here are five things…. The end of 2025 and beginning of … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: November settling in

Posted on November 17, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was completely missing in action from the blog last week because I was busy. I had a migraine on Sunday and that is when I do the bulk of these posts, and I just didn’t catch change … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Mama Told Me There’d Be Weeks Like This

Posted on November 3, 2025 by nicdempsey

It has not been a good health week. I had a flu jab on Tuesday, I’m having an ongoing issue with my GP about my HRT, and I banjaxed my back. Anything I managed to do from Thursday on is … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: We Love Chaos

Posted on July 28, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! July has been a busy month and up until last week, I felt like I’d been running around in circles, to very little effect. Last week, something clicked, and I started to achieve things. This often happens to … Continue reading →

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