Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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That was a lot of (worthwhile) work
So, we have finally installed our shiny new front door. All horizontal slit windows and modernist handle, it’s in and looking way better than the mouldy door the fire service installed. It wasn’t mouldy when they installed it, to be fair. But the point at which it was installed was about the least ideal point…
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Gosh, I’ve been quiet.
I guess the frantic pace of building has kept me away from the computer (ha). Actually, we went to Portland for a weekend (there’s a post over there, in the Drafts pile, which I need to write about it. It was fun), then we have continued on with what is definitely progress, if not enormously…
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Well, that’s a disappointment.
I treked up to Fife today to pick up our oven, about which I have been quite excited. In the yard I stripped off some of the wrapping to check the door (okay) and the control panel (looked okay). I peaked through the bubble wrap and saw the blue of the oven. Great. We managed,…
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What, more drywall?
Whaaat? More pictures of plasterboard? It’s almost like that is almost all we do at the moment. That end piece, we thought it would be hellish. There was a lot of measuring. A lot of approximating angles. A lot of adjusting, but Kathryn cut it and with just a little shaving it fits really well.…
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Up and down and up
So, that could really describe the individual sheets of plasterboard which often need a little correcting before they fit well enough, our sprints up and down on the scaffolding, or my mood. The last few days have been rough for some reason. The tax thing has at least been resolved. We went to a tax…
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The car dance
In much less extremely awful news than my last post, we’re trying to buy a car. I say trying, because you wouldn’t think it would be that hard. But we want an EV (obvs), specifically, we’d really like a Kia Niro EV. But since they’re not out yet, and the Trumpian is trying to remove…
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The world outside the house.
Well, it’s more a whinge about adulting. Two whinges. At least. So it’s tax time in the US. Let me share with you, for a moment, how that makes me feel. Now in the UK, I could set aside an afternoon, and almost invariably just run through the nice colourful form with helpful guidance on…
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The appliance hunt begins
Saturday turned into a long and fairly tedious, but useful exploration of what is available locally. We started off hunting for what I call ‘graded’ appliances, which is called “scratch and dent” here. First up, and the most surprising thing for me is just how expensive large appliances are here. I get that fridges, which…
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Just for a change, more plasterboard.
Yeah, yeah. I know. First it was endless whinging about us drywalling the ceiling, now it’s a Lord of the Rings trilogy length treatise on the nature of drywalling walls. But it’s actually kind of exciting for us. While you could imagine the spaces when it was framed, and more so as the insulation went…
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There is one nice thing about drywall
The transformation is quick: There are now two complete walls in the office. They’re not perfect, but they’re up, and they look pretty cool. Just two more walls, and then we can move onto the main bedroom. Today, however, I took advantage of the sun and finally – after a year of it just sitting…