Category Archives: How I Live

Snow, Snow, Snow

Posted on February 6, 2012 by nicdempsey

In England, we’ve had a really mild winter. Then last week it got cold. Actually, it just got normal for the winter in England. On Friday, there was snow predicted and everyone got panicky in the way that only the … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live, London, Photos | Tagged london, snow, we can't cope with snow in London, weather, what happens when there's snow in England | Leave a comment

Yep, it’s snowing

Posted on February 5, 2012 by nicdempsey

Posted in How I Live, London | Tagged I know that it's worse everywhere else, london, snow, watch how London breaks down, yep we are ridiculously excited | Leave a comment

Monday Morning

Posted on January 23, 2012 by nicdempsey

It’s Monday, it’s January and I don’t know about anyone else, but I need all the cheesy, motivational inspiration I can get, this work week is going to be interesting.. So this weel I will be mostly concentrating on these … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t own a TV

Posted on January 16, 2012 by nicdempsey

One of the great things about a new job is adjusting to and getting to know new people. So over the last couple of weeks, especially after Christmas, I’ve had the “no I didn’t watch that, I don’t have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Home, How I Live | Tagged "radio 4', BBC, iplayer, not having a TV, TV | 1 Comment

Clarifications

Posted on January 14, 2012 by nicdempsey

As I travel through my late 30’s, it has become apparent to me that assumptions are being made about my life and I’d like to clear up some misconceptions. You’ve been warned, it’s about to get ranty around here…. 1) … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live | Tagged rant, single, things that I seem to be quite cross about, things that really annoy me | 5 Comments

Advice

Posted on August 7, 2011 by nicdempsey

Heather had a great post on Friday about advice and asked for the best piece of advice that we’d been given. I wrote this and I think it’s worth repeating! Three things: 1) If it’s something you can’t tell your … Continue reading →

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British Weather….

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nicdempsey

..or why I always have sunglasses and an umbrella in my handbag… Keeping in mind that it’s June and we’re it’s summertime… This was the view from underneath the umbrella on the way to work This was the sky on … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live, London | Tagged 2011, always carry an umbrella, British weather, four seasons in one day, I'm English therefore I moan about the weather, june, June 2011, rain, summer, sun, weather | Leave a comment

Sucking it up, snapping out of it etc, etc

Posted on June 9, 2011 by nicdempsey

So during two days of moping, I didn’t run, I watched seasons 3, 4 and 5 of Friday Night Lights and am now prepared to admit that American Football whilst not proper football* isn’t just rugby with padding. I have … Continue reading →

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Slump

Posted on June 7, 2011 by nicdempsey

This week I’ve hit a slough of despond. I can’t see the point in any of it. I’ve had to sign on and there’s nothing like the job centre for making you feel like a worthless human and it’s not … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live, Whining, work, Work or not | Tagged 2011, How I Live, june, June 2011, this sucks, unemployment | 2 Comments

Supplements

Posted on June 3, 2011 by nicdempsey

This week, as I was making faces about drinking the ‘orange’ flavoured fizzy CoQ10 tablet, godchild 2 asked “Why do you drink it if it tastes nasty?” Good question. So I thought about the supplements that I take and for … Continue reading →

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