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Monday Miscellany: Autumnal

Posted on September 8, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday!

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Monday Miscellany: Carers Edition

Posted on September 1, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! 1. I took an unexpected extra three days off work last week. Or at least the work that pays me. Ma had a series of falls over the weekend that she couldn’t get up from. I’ve spent every … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: The Last Bank Holiday of the Summer

Posted on August 25, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday (and happy day off to those of you in the UK who can celebrate, sorry Scotland, you’ve had your day!) So we’re here, end of August, no more Bank Holidays until Christmas (unless the King dies!) and I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: August and Everything After

Posted on August 18, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! My plans for this week involve working for 3 and half days this week, seeing Jo for belated birthday (hers and mine!), taking Ma out for another appointment where we hopefully will get an idea of what’s happening … Continue reading →

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Miscellany: Five Things

Posted on August 12, 2025 by nicdempsey

2. I grew a dahlia. This was a bit of a longshot, I planted these bulbs in June and hoped and here I am with a dahlia 3. I left some courgettes too late, witness the literal fruit of my … Continue reading →

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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 (on a Tuesday): Heating up

Posted on June 17, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Tuesday! For anyone following along with my menopause journey. The increased oestrogen patch is not working as the doctor hoped. Last Tuesday I had a migraine (and some breakthrough bleeding and on Saturday some proper bleeding and cramps. I … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: Intermittently Productive

Posted on June 9, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! Full disclosure, I’m writing this on Sunday night, I have no idea if Monday will actually be happy but it is my fervent hope that it will be for me and for anyone reading this… So last week … Continue reading →

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Monday Miscellany: June

Posted on June 2, 2025 by nicdempsey

Happy Monday! We are at the midpoint of the year and I am eating strawberries that I grew for breakfast. Forget Christmas, the most wonderful time of the year is now! The last week of May was not epic, the … Continue reading →

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