Mostly lemon based – Kate's somewhat eclectic journal

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Horror Show: Resurrection

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So, having replaced all the capacitors, today was the day for reassembly. In a hilarious misjudgement I thought I’d do it before lunch, and then…

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Horror Show: Restoration (plus bonus new toys)

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So I spent today (literally nearly all of today, although I was kinda slow to get going) working on the A4. Having cleaned up the…

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back to blighty and back home

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So I headed over to the UK for my mum’s 80th birthday. It’s the least complicated trip over to the UK that are done for…

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Project(ed) Progress

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We’ve been making slow but steady progress on the many, many projects ongoing here at chez us. Having let the oiled pieces off-gas in the…

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Horror Show: Acid Bath

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So I finally got myself together enough to tackle stripping down the Acorn A4 laptop. I’d been somewhat nervous about it because of all the…

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The impacts of earlier decisions

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So, I think mainly I decided for the sake of – lots of things really – that we should drywall the garage – and just…

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Shelfmagic and Trimtastic

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So it being my long-work week last week I entered Sunday needing…something. My shifts had been somewhere between horrendous and atrocious, (every. single. day.) and…

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Woodworking

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Back when I was a baby trans, full of fear and excitement, there was a term, a term that was kind of wandering out of…

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On Productivity

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Today I was moderately productive. I managed – after some prevarication – to cut three pieces of trim, although one of them (for reasons I’ll…

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A few minor successes

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First up, our permit is signed off. While our house is no closer to completion than it was a week ago, when our house was…