Nice pink walls and cloudy ceiling... we thought about keeping this...
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Saturday, October 15, 2005
New things...
Rachel now has a blog, which is really good and funny. Have a gander.
The renovations are moving very quickly, but are naturally causing a bit of a financial meltdown... spent £500 on wardrobes today, and figured extra spend wouldn't matter too much in the scheme of things, so I bought this for the study:
It's marvellous - CD, DAB, Amp all in one, plugged into my existing hi-fi speakers. Sounds brilliant, and perfect for the space. I notice you can plug an ipod dock into it as well... but it isn't compatible with my 3-year old ipod. And I'm definitely not going to buy one of these new ones which are either extremely small or play videos, even if they are 30% cheaper when I go to the states in 2 weeks. I'm really not, honest. If mine were to wear out however...
While I remember, something amazing happened. Ikea delivered our kitchen... early... and everything came, down to the last hinge... this feels wrong to me. This means we might be on track for our pre-Christmas renovation completion deadline. Sarah Beeny has nothing on us... what's more it seems like it's not just us who are perplexed with her hair this series.
Enough rambling and time for bed. Busy day tomorrow knocking a wall down!
The renovations are moving very quickly, but are naturally causing a bit of a financial meltdown... spent £500 on wardrobes today, and figured extra spend wouldn't matter too much in the scheme of things, so I bought this for the study:
It's marvellous - CD, DAB, Amp all in one, plugged into my existing hi-fi speakers. Sounds brilliant, and perfect for the space. I notice you can plug an ipod dock into it as well... but it isn't compatible with my 3-year old ipod. And I'm definitely not going to buy one of these new ones which are either extremely small or play videos, even if they are 30% cheaper when I go to the states in 2 weeks. I'm really not, honest. If mine were to wear out however...
While I remember, something amazing happened. Ikea delivered our kitchen... early... and everything came, down to the last hinge... this feels wrong to me. This means we might be on track for our pre-Christmas renovation completion deadline. Sarah Beeny has nothing on us... what's more it seems like it's not just us who are perplexed with her hair this series.
Enough rambling and time for bed. Busy day tomorrow knocking a wall down!
Thursday, October 13, 2005
renovation - new bathroom!
Much better!
We're moving along very quickly now... bathroom done and really superb now the many leaks left by our dodgy plumber have been fixed.
The study and spare bedroom are done other than carpeting. We're going to move into the spare room this weekend to start work on the main bedroom, ripping out the nasty wardrobe.
Kitchen arrives tomorrow, hopefully the builders will start within the next 2 weeks...
We're moving along very quickly now... bathroom done and really superb now the many leaks left by our dodgy plumber have been fixed.
The study and spare bedroom are done other than carpeting. We're going to move into the spare room this weekend to start work on the main bedroom, ripping out the nasty wardrobe.
Kitchen arrives tomorrow, hopefully the builders will start within the next 2 weeks...
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
for a change... ipods!
Apparently there's going to be a new ipod again tomorrow. After all, it's been AGES since they announced the nano. The rumours are that it's going to play videos and have an 80 GB hard disk. WOO.
Was having a surf while watching the magnificent Sarah Beeny, and came across this site - find the perfect ipod for you. All of them, I say, although my shuffle is only really doing memory stick duty unless batteries run out on grandpapod.
The Sony PSP which my lovely wife bought me is an absolutely fabulous machine, especially as I have a completely valid professional reason for having one - at work we're formatted and encoded all our short films for various mobile devices...
Was having a surf while watching the magnificent Sarah Beeny, and came across this site - find the perfect ipod for you. All of them, I say, although my shuffle is only really doing memory stick duty unless batteries run out on grandpapod.
The Sony PSP which my lovely wife bought me is an absolutely fabulous machine, especially as I have a completely valid professional reason for having one - at work we're formatted and encoded all our short films for various mobile devices...
Sunday, October 09, 2005
And more...
funny film
Jane is staying, very nice to see her.
House is in chaos, office shelves are up on the first attempt.
Jane is staying, very nice to see her.
House is in chaos, office shelves are up on the first attempt.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
I know, I know...
Where do the months go?
Here's something funny from our friends across the pond. I am happy to say I'll be making my maiden voyage over there at the end of the month.
We've moved house by the way. It's chaos, but fun fun. Rach being an architect is good for project managing the refit of bathroom / kitchen / walls / floors / ceilings. Plumbers who don't make watertight seals are not so good.
Here's something funny from our friends across the pond. I am happy to say I'll be making my maiden voyage over there at the end of the month.
We've moved house by the way. It's chaos, but fun fun. Rach being an architect is good for project managing the refit of bathroom / kitchen / walls / floors / ceilings. Plumbers who don't make watertight seals are not so good.
Monday, July 25, 2005
Chindogu...
A Chindogu cannot be for real use.
A Chindogu must exist.
Inherent in every Chindogu is the spirit of anarchy.
Chindogu are tools for everyday life.
Chindogu are not for sale.
Humor must not be the sole reason for creating Chindogu.
Chindogu are not propaganda.
Chindogu are never taboo.
Chindogu cannot be patented.
Chindogu are without prejudice.
Learn more
A Chindogu must exist.
Inherent in every Chindogu is the spirit of anarchy.
Chindogu are tools for everyday life.
Chindogu are not for sale.
Humor must not be the sole reason for creating Chindogu.
Chindogu are not propaganda.
Chindogu are never taboo.
Chindogu cannot be patented.
Chindogu are without prejudice.
Learn more
Thursday, July 21, 2005
Saturday, July 09, 2005
London 7/7...
After the Olympic happiness, back down to earth again. It's been a good week of following trouble, being in Edinburgh Monday - Wednesday (how many police? all of them I think), then in London on Thursday.
I arrived at White City at 9.30, had a cup of coffee then started wondering why everyone was crowded round the plasmas all over the building. Then found out... horrible stuff. However, we Brits are good at times like this - a real sense of family and community prevailed as people rallied around, kept positive, got on with life and then helped each other out getting home.
"Mission accomplished"? Yes, well done on that Mr Bush...
I arrived at White City at 9.30, had a cup of coffee then started wondering why everyone was crowded round the plasmas all over the building. Then found out... horrible stuff. However, we Brits are good at times like this - a real sense of family and community prevailed as people rallied around, kept positive, got on with life and then helped each other out getting home.
"Mission accomplished"? Yes, well done on that Mr Bush...
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