Tag Archives: How I Live

Monday Miscellany: Dead Cat Bounce

Posted on October 26, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! The clocks went back over the weekend and we got an extra hour (parents and pet owners probably didn’t!) and we are now in the season of the ‘dead cat bounce’. It’s lighter in the mornings for a … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Rain in the Wrong Places

Posted on October 19, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! October is really beginning to October, sunrise at 7:30am and getting up in the dark sucks. This weekend I started doing 25 minutes with the light lamp, it does work but I don’t like it. Last Friday, Mum … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Autumn Grumpiness

Posted on October 13, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! (Yes I know it’s actually Tuesday!) Last week I was tired and grumpy. I deal with a certain level of tiredness (I’m a menopausal, middle aged woman, if I wasn’t tired, I’d think I was ill) but this … Continue reading →

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Recommended: Plug Extension with Independent Switches

Posted on October 10, 2026 by nicdempsey

There are never enough plug sockets. Aside from the plugs for the fridges, oven and washing machine, I have eight plug sockets in the kitchen and it’s still not enough. Mum’s flat is worse, her living room has two plug … Continue reading →

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Caring: Feeding Mum

Posted on October 6, 2026 by nicdempsey

Ma and I have a deal, we both know that PSP is progressive (it is in the name*) and that there will probably be a time when I can’t care for her. When she first got diagnosed, I said that … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Repairs

Posted on September 21, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Last Tuesday, we hit peak ‘I told you so’. Mum has got more wobbly and her instinct is to try and use walls and furniture to balance, which sort of leads to chaos as she has no depth … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Autumn

Posted on September 7, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! It’s the second week of September and autumn. It gets dark before 8pm and sunrise today was at 6:23. It’s sort of taken me by surprise, at the weekend I reset the light lamps! I finished a cross … Continue reading →

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Will it Juice?

Posted on September 3, 2026 by nicdempsey

Last year, just before Christmas, I caught a cold, it lasted a number of weeks. One of things that helps me when I have a cold is ginger shots, there’s something about the ginger that helps my throat and stops … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Football Season

Posted on August 24, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! I know that it’s only been a month since the World Cup, but football provides me with a rhythm. There have been a couple of unexpected results I’m hoping that Chelsea vs. Fulham isn’t one of them! The … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Too much summer

Posted on August 17, 2026 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! At some point last week, I became older than my father ever was. It’s been on my mind as I came up to this birthday and because my dad died 4 days after his birthday it’s been easy … Continue reading →

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