I have just started a month of holidays (tra la tra lee, yippee and other expressions of joy) and thought the next four weeks would find me doing alot of nothing. That’s right, a huge amount of nothing, with a side of nothing and a sprinkle of nothing on top. However it seems DIY Dad [...]
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Getting to the (re)point
Posted in Moving, tagged exterior, Progress on December 22, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Moving Tip: #5
Posted in Moving, tagged Tips on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you have moved away from a house with a corkscrew, check the wine you are purchasing is a screwtop before you purchase it and take it home to enjoy. The same applies to beer and bottle openers – now is not the time to purchase imported beers which require a bottle opener to get [...]
Illogistics
Posted in Moving, The House, tagged expedit, guest room, Interior, studio on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been quietly chipping away at the studio, in addition to collecting magnets as part of outskirts – nothing like home decoration on the cheap! So I am slowly, but surely turning this: Into a room that I can a) get into; b) paint and create stuff in and c) store drunken house guests in [...]
Sooky Cathouse
Posted in Moving, tagged Progress, Supporting characters on September 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Surprisingly, the transition of her majesty from chez vieux to chez nouveaux (aka her majesty’s Azkhaban for the next month) went…rather well. The most strenuous part was transporting her to her new abode in Airforce One (aka my car). This involved 30 minutes of beyond piteous crying, panting and at one point, my finger joints [...]
Why I am sleeping in my wardrobe
Posted in DIY, Moving, tagged bedroom, Interior, Progress on September 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
…on the plus side, it’s not the gutter… And with the physical wardrobe situation as it currently stands (i.e. a future rather than a current reality), it’s slightly unavoidable. [ Luckily, even though I previously asked my Dad to put together my four poster bed without telling him I didn't want the four poster bit [...]
Ensconced amongst the boxes
Posted in Moving, The House, tagged Progress on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well I have finally made it – in the moving sense anyway. Last night I packed the remainder of my goodies and moved them and her super supreme majesty, Madame Mim (aka my feline owner), with the help of the Amazant M’sieur H. So apart from the tidy ups at the other end, putting on [...]
Moving Tip: #4
Posted in Moving, tagged Tips on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In the last hurrah’s before you move, when you are laying out your last moving outfit; if there are pants and boots involved, try to remember to include a belt and some socks you can wear before you box up the rest of your wardrobe and move it…
Moving Tip: #3
Posted in Moving, tagged Tips on August 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you pack all your cat food into a box, ready to be moved, but put it aside until you are actually moving your own wondercat;…try not to get carried away with all the moving excitement and accidentally move the box to your new house. It is unlikely you will discover that you did so [...]
Almost there…
Posted in Moving, tagged Progress on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So I am still not living in my house yet, but the list of things to do before-hand is reducing rapidly. Admittedly, not being able to bend my body between my chest and my knees has put a crimp on things, but it looks like I will be in there, along with her super supreme [...]
Moving Tip: #2
Posted in Moving, tagged Tips on August 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After you have made friends with the bottle-o, do the same with your local supermarket. See if they can put aside the boxes they receive their stocks of egg cartons in. These boxes are incredibly sturdy and reinforced to carry delicate items. They are even better than banana boxes. Bread boxes and banana boxes are [...]
