House day 6

I need to stop putting "Day" whatever in the subject lines, don't I? Following the thread is what the bloody tags at the bottom are for...

Anyway, today's house stuff will consist of spending some time getting the old paint spots (from before we lived here) off the now bare-wood stairs, which can't be stained until they're off. Also, trying to re-mount the shower door now that (and I think I forgot to mention) the shower itself is fixed and working properly. Which makes my day a lot easier, as, while Lesley prefers baths to unwind, I prefer showers to wake up - and it's good to wash stuff *off* rather than sit in it, IMO, which is how it's been for a while.

And tomorrow Anne's coming, so there'll be tip trips to dump stuff.

Will also have to find a new toilet seat as the one we have is cracked (and the spare we have doesn't actually fit the fittings at the back, which is why it wasn't changed before). We're fancying one of those translucent ones with goldfish and seashell designs inside.

Meanwhile, Lesley has found rolls of sticky-backed wood-effect covering for kitchen cupboard doors on the internet (I think we're going a bit rustic here), and our friend Grouse has suggested that smooth surfaces should be cleaned with kitchen towel, which picks up dirt and grease a lot better than "proper" cloths and towels do (which actually just move it around and then can't be used for drying hands etc...). And it bloody works, too!

Oh, and yesterday I did manage to take some stuff to the charity shops as well, which I forgot to mention.

House door geekage

Sad bastard that I am, I now know I need paint of pantone 2955C (and in a satin finish) for the front door - the official BBC standard for the TARDIS (though the Matt Smith TARDIS is a little bit lighter and brighter...) Now, I wonder if our local decorating shops can do me that...

http://www.e-paint.co.uk/Lab_values.asp?cRange=Pantone%20C&cRef=2955%20C

Oh, yeah, Barbara Hewson

I was going to post about this yesterday, but couldn't bring myself to, cos it's just more proof that the world and the human race are fucked. (have I ever mentioned that I'm with Ra's Al Ghul on humanity and the world?)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-22459815

Now, the age of consent has changed over time, so debates are fine, and there is a media witch-hunt about 1970s stars - *but* retroactively changing the law to protect sex offenders from being brought to account is not exactly the smartest way to go about looking at either of those issues, and you'd think a fucking human rights lawyer (and a woman) would bloody well know better.

House - a bit of kitchen tidying...

Got rid of the enormous pile of crap that filled the alcove next to the dryer and spilled across half the floor. Found several lost items of washing in it (including my Monty Python's Holy Gr-Ale t-shirt), various dishes I've now washed to be destined for the charity shops, and the taekwondo focus pads.

Now the vacuum cleaner lives under there, as always intended! Yay!

Oh, aside from the pantone 2955C TARDIS blue, Obviously the *interior* side of the front door will be white, as per the TARDIS. Stair sanding is surprisingly easy so far - the pink spots seem to be old dry emulsion, and I could almost rub it off with a wet finger if I really tried. I doubt I'll get doing the staining tomorrow or Sunday though, as Anne is coming down to help take junk to the tip, and Lesley's off on Sunday and would be sensitive to the smell of the woodstain- so it'll have to be Monday morning (so it has time to dry before Lesley finishes work)

Speaking of paint on fingers, it also occurs to me, with the inbound paint and stuff, that I may soon have to include a spot of "cleaning the lad" rather as well "the cleaning lad", since doubtless there will be spots or paint on fingers, etc...

Damn shame there's no colour version in the archive...

isn't it?





(I wish I knew who made that - 'twasn't me)

ETA - oh, wait, I've just spotted the little "littleappletree" tumblr ID at the bottom, so whoever that is, well done!