Category Archives: How I Live

Kitchen Clean and Deep Clean Task Lists

Posted on January 16, 2016 by nicdempsey

Having given the kitchen a thorough post mouse clean and de-clutter and resolved to do a deep clean of it every two months, I thought it would be useful for me to have the list somewhere. I will be the … Continue reading →

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Invasion of the Mice

Posted on January 13, 2016 by nicdempsey

November seemed to be osteotomy recovery month, and January is shaping up to be mice month. Although I’m not sure that my battle with them is over (I’m still cleaning everything, multiple times a day but visitation seems to have … Continue reading →

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Life Happened: Here Be Mice

Posted on January 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

Back to work was not as horrifying as I expected, on some level I think I was ready for the routine of work. Was I was not ready for was mice, I discovered that I’d had visitors on Tuesday who … Continue reading →

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The New Normal

Posted on January 6, 2016 by nicdempsey

Last week, I started to wear trainers on both feet. I was hoping that it would be time to say goodbye to the special boot, sock and crutch!I didn’t expect that it would take so long to recover from the osteotomy … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Christmas Mayhem

Posted on January 4, 2016 by nicdempsey

I didn’t have a life happened post last week so I’m just going to catch you up on Christmas…    The tree and manhattans before and after..  Sparkly nailsMa going nuts with the lametta (of which you can NEVER have … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Aunty Duty

Posted on December 21, 2015 by nicdempsey

This week was a better work week, ok so I was grappling with minutes, which hands down, the least favourite of all my work duties but my head was a bit more in the game! Also last week, I missed … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Back to work

Posted on December 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

Well it happened, I finally had to go back to work. It wasn’t too bad at all. I’m doing reduced hours to avoid evil commuters so I get in for about 10am and leave between 3pm and 3.30pm. This has … Continue reading →

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Advent – Preparation and Change for 2016.

Posted on December 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

This is the second of three posts about how I felt 2015 went for me. Rather than focus on the goals I set for 2015, this is more about the other stuff, the things that touched a nerve or places … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Family Time

Posted on December 7, 2015 by nicdempsey

Last week was my last week of sick leave. As of today, I’m back at work. What did I do with my last week? Pretty much the same as I did last week but with more family members and a … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – People are terrible

Posted on November 30, 2015 by nicdempsey

This week I went outside three times and two of those times I was by myself. I know it sounds silly but it’s a big deal for me. I’m aware that I’m going to be back to work soon and … Continue reading →

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