Category Archives: Ma

Saturday – Eating this week

Posted on October 19, 2013 by nicdempsey

One of the disadvantages of living alone and on a budget is that my eating isn’t exactly exciting. I like how I eat but it’s very rarely spontaneous, I have a menu plan, I stick to the menu plan, which … Continue reading →

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Builder woes or why I am more than usually grumpy..

Posted on October 18, 2013 by nicdempsey

Remember how last Sunday, I moved out of the house so the builder could fix my bedroom window and re-plaster that wall? Originally, I was planning on being back on Thursday but that didn’t happen because the work wasn’t finished … Continue reading →

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Living with mother

Posted on October 17, 2013 by nicdempsey

I was at hoping to be at home today, but I’m still at Ma’s and will be until Friday. On Friday night we are staying in Watford and I will finally be back in my house on Saturday! Living with … Continue reading →

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An old cup and the importance and unimportance of things

Posted on October 16, 2013 by nicdempsey

Can you remember what you used to eat for breakfast when you were a child? I was thinking about this on Monday and I remember, boiled egg and soldiers, cheese on toast and toast a lot (I didn’t like milk … Continue reading →

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Birthday Week Trip – Plymouth

Posted on August 13, 2013 by nicdempsey

Last week, Ma and I went to Plymouth and it mostly rained! Plymouth is a long way to go for gin but that’s what we did. We like train journeys (especially when you get to see the sea!) and had … Continue reading →

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The rest of her life

Posted on August 1, 2013 by nicdempsey

Yesterday was Ma’s last day of work. Ever. Ma left school at 16 and has pretty much worked ever since. There was maybe 6-ish months of not working when Ben and I were born (maternity leave wasn’t much available 40 … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on April 2, 2013 by nicdempsey

This is a very late post because last night and most of today I had a migraine, not fun! So this is what I did over the Bank Holiday weekend.. On Friday, I did very little. Some sleep, some reading, … Continue reading →

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Rich or poor, people matter (guest post)

Posted on March 7, 2013 by nicdempsey

As you may have guessed, I’m really close to my mum, she reads the blog and tells me what she thinks about it (and nags me about my inability to proof read properly.) I’ve been telling her she should write … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on February 4, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Are you excited to be back at work today? I’m excited because tonight I shall be seeing OCMS live and that makes me happy! So the weekend. The first weekend of February was the  first of three that … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on January 7, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve managed to have an action packed and a quiet weekend. I started my weekend with being a good daughter. Ok, I think that I’m always a good daughter but this weekend Ma needed to move things out of her … Continue reading →

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