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Life Happened – Photo edition
Last week was all about Christmas. There was dinner at Sarah and Justin’s Decorating the tree (and drinking Manhattans!) Family time Building Lego with Oli Admiring the dino car Lunch Elf racing,...
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Life Happened – Strasbourg and Pretend Parenting
So this week was all about Strasbourg, Despite that I spent Monday and work and Monday evening stressing about packing. I really suck at packing.. — Nicola Dempsey (@nicdempsey) January 12, 2015 On...
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Life Happened – Being Sick
This was my view Tues to Friday. On Friday, Ma came over to rescue me… I showered, did some shopping and changed the bed. It’s amazing how much better clean sheets make you feel. On Saturday, I was up...
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Life Happened – Normal-ish
After the week of sick, I went back to work on Monday. I was (in fact, still am) a bit croaky and I have a cough from hell but was in that in between stage that everyone who has gone down with cold...
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Life Happened – this is getting silly
I’m still not very well and really, really grumpy about it. My head is full of things that it shouldn’t be, my ears hurt, my sinuses make draining noises when I’m lying down and I’m wheezing. I can’t...
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Life Happened – Quiet
Last week was a low key week. The sun shone, there were blue skies… I went for a run. When I say run, I mean mostly walking with a tiny bit of running but it all counts towards my step total for the...
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Life Happened – A Haircut and a Bank Holiday
Last week felt pretty busy, well work felt busy and I got some other stuff done too! Highlights this week. A haircut (which I really needed – look at that fringe!) Saturday breakfast before the...
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Life Happened – General Elections and Babysitting
Last week was quite the week. On Election Night, Ma and I were at the National to hear a recreation of the Putney Debates, which was even more fascinating considering the day. Things are always...
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Life Happened – a difficult week
I’d like to tell you that although last week was busy and stressy, I handled it gracefully. I did not, I handled it, survived and didn’t burst into tears, lose my temper and start shouting or kill...
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Life Happened – Migraine, Theatre and Allotments
This week did not start well, it didn’t start badly but I had a migraine on Tuesday and there was a sense of things not being good, I didn’t get to the gym once because I felt so bad and just not good,...
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Life Happened but not a lot else did…
Last week was not a good week. The Cough of Doom, just took over my life and it was not fun. So there was coughing and not sleeping and feeling awful and wheezing. On Thursday, I decided to have Friday...
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Life Happened – Coughing and Wheezing
Hello and welcome to Monday and the last days of June! I started last week with two nasty realisations, first the cough was not going away and second the washing machine was leaking! I got another set...
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Life Happened – Heatwave
Monday morning coffee from my colleaguesDelayed trains because of the heatwaveBlue skies for most of weekIce cream and Salted Caramel Sauce to cool down Oli’s scary face..Oli, the football star…Lost...
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Life Happened – A quiet week
Last week started with a day off and coffee with Kathy at Artisan in Ealing. The coffee was good but it really is peak hipster. My hair really needs a cut and this was painfully obvious in the damp...
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Life Happened – Frustration
There are two ways of looking at how last week went. One view is that it was a horrible week, a hard slog because I had to spend so much time dealing with the ridiculousness of others and lots of...
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Life Happened – High Society
Some weeks are really hard and you really feel it, some are still hard but good and this week fell into the later category. All of the things that are difficult in my life were still difficult, I’m...
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Life Happened – A tiny bit broken
After the birthday week of loveliness, it was back to earth with a bump for a full week of work and my busiest work week of the month. What saved me this week was my decision to walk a bit more. I’ve...
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Life Happened: Back to work
Last Monday was a bank holiday, the last one until Christmas! Ma had stayed the night before and breakfast was homemade bread and jam.It was rainy and gross but I ventured out and spent the afternoon...
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Life Happened – An Abundance of Nephews
The most important thing that happened this week is that Joe arrived. Ben and Laura do make beautiful babies! Getting to meet him on Wednesday was the highlight of my week, as it also meant that I...
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Life Happened – Haircuts, Cake and Birthday Parties
Some weeks, I want to label these posts ‘Life didn’t happen’ or ‘Life Happened at the weekend’. Which is sort of true when Monday to Friday are working days. Pretty much, I get up, I go to work, I come...
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