I wrote a lovely long and witty post then my mac ate it. Pish.
You’ll have to do with bullet points instead.
1. I am sanding a desk. Knobbly, swirly scrolly bits are hard. It also has ‘grunge’ in the corners. Did our forefathers keep earwax and snuff in the joints for extra rigidity or something? It will look lovely when I am finished though. I’ve changed the knobs to nice sparkly ones which M said reminded him of ‘The Crystal Maze’ and I shall be inserting some of my smelly lining paper to rid it off ‘Eau de Attic’. More lovely secondhand furniture is coming this Friday. Chic and hopefully unique.
2. Weird seaside weather here - grey, cold, hot, sunny and then grey all in the space of an hour.
3. I have some pretty calling cards from Etsy (seller Enfin La Volia.) All the cool kids have calling cards dontcha know.
4. I had a very nice Sunday roast at our local yesterday with M and M’s mother. Piles of organic chicken smothered in thick glistening gravy. Mmmmm hmmmmm. I also discovered while there that we have a local indie night, observe!
5. I bought an old apothercary bottle at the flea market yesterday with TINCT. NUC. VOM. on it. Apparently this tincture contained strychnine and was used to treat morning drunkenness, nervous affectations and loss of periods amongst other things - lawks. I shall use it to store my washing up liquid in. Or possibly gin.
6. Since having our chimney swept we have a black rain of toot coming down the sitting room chimney. Clean chimney = lots of stuff can come down it. M and I shall be pleased when we have a proper hearth and grate. We are now thinking of getting a wood burning stove. Efficient and real flames. Toasty. Also less dependence on imported Russian gas - up yours Medvedev!
7. My tummy is rumbling at an epic volume.
8. Our upstairs neighbour who is is moving to the US for four years (won’t someone nice that I know come rent his flat and be a darling neighbour to us? Please). Last night at midnight FFS he dropped something incredibly heavy which caused all our electrics to go blinkety blink. Mmmm if I see him today I shall scowl.
9. I answered the door to what I thought was the postman this morning only to discover Jehovahs Witnesses. A motherly type with her seventeen year old son in tow. The seventeen year old was rather disturbingly hot (for a god bothering youth). Is this a new tactic by the JWs? Any how it turned out she wanted to talk about global warming and my trump card of “Oh but I am Roman Catholic!” was not needed. Apparently Jesus is upset with us for ruining the earth and will smite all excessive carbon emitters. Something to think about eh? She tried to quote something relevant from the Book of Revelation but alas could not find it. I felt smug and a little sorry for her. I wished them a cheery good day though.
Right I must away our little local hardware shop and select the appropriate grade of sandpaper. The glamour.
August 25th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Not only our forefathers. I also keep Earwax and snuff in my joints, not for extra rigidity you understand, just because you have to keep them somewhere.
I’m afraid I prefer ‘Eau de Attic’, which sounds like a great room freshner, but that’s just me.
My morning drunkeness doesn’t need treating thank you very much and my nervous afflictions are cured by morning drunkeness. So no TINCT. NUC. VOM. for me thank you. (unless you fill the bottle with Gin)
Don’t just think about a wood burner. Get one. They are the way forward.
I can’t help you with your tummy, but an audio of it would be fun.
drink has been taken and I’m in a flippant commenting mood. Yahoo!