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What I Did – Weekend Task Update

Posted on November 4, 2013 by nicdempsey

I decided this week that I like having the task list update to keep me accountable! I’m going to set it to publish on Monday afternoons, please feel free to ignore if you don’t want to know, I won’t be … Continue reading →

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Weekend Task List

Posted on November 2, 2013 by nicdempsey

Kitchen Clean the oven. No I didn’t get around to it this week, I’m rubbish… General clean (this means sorting out the recycling and rubbish, mopping the floor and general cleaning) Cooking Food prep for the week, breakfasts and lunches … Continue reading →

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Weekend Tasks, What I Actually Did

Posted on October 28, 2013 by nicdempsey

It’s seems silly to put up a post about things I need to do at the weekend and not follow up with what I actually managed to do. Given that I spent most of Saturday with a migraine, I’m quite … Continue reading →

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Weekend Task List

Posted on October 26, 2013 by nicdempsey

There was no real house work to do last week because I hadn’t been at home, this week as I sort the house out in the aftermath of the builder, there is an issue with the window still but it’s … Continue reading →

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Useful but not beautiful

Posted on October 24, 2013 by nicdempsey

William Morris said that you shouldn’t have anything in your home that “you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful” As a rule for living, I’ve heard worse but as a rule for what you bring … 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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Tasks for the weekend

Posted on October 5, 2013 by nicdempsey

One of the ways that I react to the autumn and the onset of SAD, is to just focus on getting through the week and then collapsing in a heap at the weekend. Which is pretty much how September went. … Continue reading →

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Sunday Music

Posted on August 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve taken a lot of ribbing from Ma this year and it’s time to confess, I like country music. Well some of it. It’s not just Americana..some of it is country. I listen to Bob Harris on Radio 2 nowadays. … Continue reading →

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Bloom

Posted on May 21, 2013 by nicdempsey

When T & C moved house in 2011, I inherited a cupboard and 5 houseplants. That I haven’t killed those houseplants is one of the miracles of my life! Two of the plants, the begonias, came to me flowering.   … Continue reading →

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The Living Room

Posted on April 9, 2013 by nicdempsey

So now that it’s been painted, I thought that I’d show you how this room looks, though I feel I should apologise in advance for the photo quality. Because the flat is rented there are things that I can’t really … Continue reading →

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