Category Archives: How I Live

Seasonal Eating

Posted on July 7, 2015 by nicdempsey

I really admire people who truly eat seasonally, who won’t eat a tomato or peach in winter. I am personally far to wedded to my love of peppers to give them up in the winter but even I notice how … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Heatwave

Posted on July 6, 2015 by nicdempsey

Monday morning coffee from my colleaguesDelayed trains because of the heatwaveBlue skies for most of weekIce cream and Salted Caramel Sauce to cool down  Oli’s scary face..Oli, the football star…Lost dinosaursPikey corkscrewsNot pictured… 1) Mummy’s home and she did my ironing, … Continue reading →

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June Recap and July Goals

Posted on July 4, 2015 by nicdempsey

Halfway through the year already, that was quick. June has been an ok but not stellar month mostly because of the cough. I had one migraine this month. I only hit 10,000 steps on 7 of the 30 days of June. … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Coughing and Wheezing

Posted on June 29, 2015 by nicdempsey

Hello and welcome to Monday and the last days of June! I started last week with two nasty realisations, first the cough was not going away and second the washing machine was leaking! I got another set of pills from the … Continue reading →

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Life still has the capacity for surprises…

Posted on June 24, 2015 by nicdempsey

On Tuesday morning my week had fought itself to a draw. The washing machine developed a leak but landlord got me a new one, arriving Wednesday. Monday night saw a recurrence of the Cough of Doom and therefore a sleepless … Continue reading →

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Life Happened but not a lot else did…

Posted on June 22, 2015 by nicdempsey

Last week was not a good week. The Cough of Doom, just took over my life and it was not fun. So there was coughing and not sleeping and feeling awful and wheezing. On Thursday, I decided to have Friday … Continue reading →

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A Day in Food

Posted on June 11, 2015 by nicdempsey

I haven’t done one of these posts in ages but the godchildren are re-visiting their food project this summer and we were talking about it this week. So this is what I cooked, ate and did yesterday. I woke up … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Migraine, Theatre and Allotments

Posted on June 8, 2015 by nicdempsey

This week did not start well, it didn’t start badly but I had a migraine on Tuesday and there was a sense of things not being good, I didn’t get to the gym once because I felt so bad and … Continue reading →

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Reasons to be Cheerful – May 2015

Posted on June 2, 2015 by nicdempsey

1) Haircuts always make me feel better especially when the fringe is this out of control.2) Breakfasts with Ma.3) Ducklings. If the sight of ducklings don’t make you smile, then I don’t know what to do with you…4) Democracy and … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Short Week

Posted on June 1, 2015 by nicdempsey

I only had 4 days at work this week and they really, really dragged! Highlights of the week, included, this is the scary advertising fish outside the Park Cafe. So tell me does it make you more or less likely … Continue reading →

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