Tag Archives: April

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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Sunday’s Coming

Posted on April 2, 2021 by nicdempsey

In what is now a Good Friday tradition….

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Allotment Adventures: Random Potatoes

Posted on April 20, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s that point in spring where the things that I’ve planted are slowly getting going but the weeds are going hell for leather! At the back of the plot I’m pulling up weeds and volunteer potatoes out (6 on Sunday) … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Three weeks in

Posted on April 13, 2020 by nicdempsey

Over 10,000 people have died in hospital from COVID-19, goodness knows what the number will be when home and care home deaths are added in. We are getting to the hardest part of lockdown now, it’s not a novelty and … Continue reading →

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Friday Links: Still Indoors

Posted on April 3, 2020 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! The world is pretty crazy right now, everyone who can be, is mostly indoors. Key workers are exhausted, parents are exhausted, everyone is struggling. I think the thing I want to say most is that it’s not a … Continue reading →

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2016 Goal Recap – April

Posted on April 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

April was a solid month, I did get sick and I went on holiday but I had saved my holiday spending money in advance, I exercised a bit more and I feel in more control of it all. I’ve cut … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on April 15, 2013 by nicdempsey

Or the weekend, I forgot to take any photos until Sunday! Friday night was the usual, Friday Night pizza, a G&T and sitting in my lovely tidy living room. Saturday was a quiet day, I spoke to Ma in the … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on April 12, 2013 by nicdempsey

Last week was mostly about the benefit cuts that the Govt are implementing. This Govt in a very real way are heirs to Thatcher and on Monday she died. She was the first female prime minster and her legacy is undeniable … Continue reading →

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Foodie Pen Pals

Posted on April 30, 2012 by nicdempsey

Carol Ann at Rock Salt started up and runs the UK/Europe branch of Foodie Pen Pals.  (in the US it was the brainchild of Lindsay of The Lean Green Bean). April was the first month I’d participated I had to send a … Continue reading →

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