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Monday Miscellany: We Love Chaos

Posted on July 28, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! July has been a busy month and up until last week, I felt like I’d been running around in circles, to very little effect. Last week, something clicked, and I started to achieve things. This often happens to … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Hot and Migrainey

Posted on July 14, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I am literally writing this on the bus on the way home from my Mum’s. Last week, I took her to the doctors and we get x-rays of her hands and this week it was for a blood … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: 2025

Posted on January 6, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I was planning on having a strong autumn and winter as the end to 2024 but in reality, I fought 2024 to a draw and honestly it could have been worse. That meant this space got neglected as … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Too much to do, not enough time for lounging around!

Posted on April 15, 2024 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last week was a good week. At work it was a reporting week which is always busy, there’s a lot going on. I’m still working on the balance between the new role and the old one. It’s definitely … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Adventures in Dog Sitting

Posted on November 23, 2021 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! So the thing I couldn’t talk about last week was that I spent the weekend looking after Mike and Christelle’s dogs, while Mike whisked Christelle off to France to see her family for the first time in two … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Ben

Posted on October 14, 2020 by nicdempsey

It’s Ben’s birthday today! (This picture was taken a long time ago, he looks much older nowadays, he is younger than me but he looks older…) Ben and I get on much better in our 40’s than we ever did … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Family, Football and Bats

Posted on June 3, 2019 by nicdempsey

Saturday was the Champions League Final. We have a family draw and the family WhatsApp group looked a lot like this. Folks, this is my family and it explains so much. In other news, I was in the winning work … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on April 30, 2018 by nicdempsey

Welcome to the last day of the month. Today is the first day of National Gardening Week, I’m doing my usual allotmenting and volunteering at the plots on Saturday but very week seems to be gardening week for me!I was scanning … Continue reading →

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Francis Thomas Harold Hull

Posted on April 25, 2018 by nicdempsey

Today marks 20 years since my Grandad died. Which means it’s been a bit more than that since he walked me through his bread pudding recipe. I write about my Grandad a lot, because as I get older, I’ve realised … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany

Posted on April 9, 2018 by nicdempsey

Morning! I hope you are all ready to start another week, I’m always ready and never quite ready, there is always too much to entertain me at home! Which is probably how you should feel about where you live, I … Continue reading →

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