Category Archives: How I Live

Monday Miscellany: Rainy

Posted on May 24, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! The last couple of weeks have been very like the last couple of months, I worked, I slept, I even occasionally left the house! But it’s hard to get too excited about much, I don’t think I’m unusual … 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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Monday Miscellany: Away with the Fairies

Posted on April 26, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s the last week of April (2021 seems to be whizzing by), next Monday is a Bank Holiday and if all things go to plan, May and early June have some very good things in them. We’ll see … 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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Monday Miscellany: Slightly more productive

Posted on April 19, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I took an unintentional week off posting last week, it was my first full week back at work and I was not firing on all cylinders and started the week still tackling the backlog of emails. Usually, I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: A Consequence of Middle Age

Posted on March 29, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! My friend Sarah, used to talk about her ‘angel of death’ phase, there was a period of years where it seemed like all the important people in her life died. I had that phase from 24 to 34 … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Spring

Posted on March 22, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Despite having walking issues this morning (heavy day at the plot yesterday!) The Spring Equinox was on Saturday and next week in the UK the clocks go forward. Spring is on it’s way! Last week wasn’t great, no … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Mother’s Ruin

Posted on March 15, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Hopefully, we are all starting this week full of the joys of Spring and if you celebrate it, Mother’s Day was what you hoped for and not too painful. We celebrated on Saturday, and it was the first … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Month Three

Posted on March 1, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday and Happy March! I’m not in the best of physical health right now, I had a migraine yesterday and today my head hurts and I’d like to be in bed. However, I’m going to soldier on because very … Continue reading →

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