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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Not-mince pies
So, Kathryn doesn’t like mince pies, but I like mince pies, and this year when I made them I decided to come up with an alternate filling to make some not-mince pies for her to have while I’m chowing down on the mince… So, this year I used this recipe for the short crust this…
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Okay, so just FLAC then?
So, when I first set up the music server I initially intended just to get the music using normal network shares. But the Viewsonic VMP74 didn’t seem to want to connect to it. Which was irritating. So I set up UPnP. Now, that’s the only way we’ve used it, pretty much (apart from iPlayer and…
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Steady, if not stellar, progress
So, I’m still not back to pre-course levels of productivity, and some mornings spin by without so much as a by-your-leave (mostly with me either dinking on the laptop, watching some TV series or other* or disappearing into a book) but I’m maintaining a level of progress on the house which, whilst it’s not quite…
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A faint irritant
So, when I plumbed in the shower, I didn’t quite manage to get the pipework parallel. It was quietly niggling at me, and since I still had some weeping joints I decided to recut the pipe… Whilst it’s not perfect, it’s way better, and I’m pretty much happy with it. Also, having replaced the PTFE…
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Retirement should be fine.
So, despite cramming in many hours of working on the house, I’ve spent the past few days catching up on some reading. You may recall that I spent some time at Mr. B’s Emporium, having what they term a ‘book spa’. It was a delightful*, and the charming chap who spent time talking to me…
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It’s been a dog of a job
Having spent days and days painting and prepping the walls, stripping off the old silicone and regrouting tiles, the bathroom is starting to come together: And the bathroom now has a shower. It has been a bit hellish, really. So, when I plumbed in the sink I made two errors. The first was that I…
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Slicing the cupcake.
So, having submitted and paid for the Nova Scotia nurses board registration*, that’s given us a sort of time line for departure. Not a fixed “we’ll be leaving at point X” timeline. But a rough idea timeline. 6 months for registration, a few months for finding a job and selling the house, and lo, we…
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Progress
So, despite fairly small progress over the last few days* there has quite definitely been progress on the bathroom. I’ve stripped and sanded the walls, painted them, stripped the paint off where it was reacting or peeling for some reason which is so far unclear**, refilled, repainted… so we’ve gone from this a couple of…
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Meh
Today is the international day of one word titles. Did you know that? No? I may be lying. So, onwards with the house! Well, that was the plan. I’ve removed all the bathroom wallpaper apart from the bit behind the mirror (I need Kathryn’s help to remove the mirror). And today I finally managed to…
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Eeek.
So along with shipping everything in the world (USian family prezzies, Ebay soldness) I also sent the Registration documentation to Nova Scotia. Eek. Good eek, but eek. I’ve been working on the bathroom… and Kathryn’s present… so after lunch I’ll be going ‘back into the bathroom’ with the sander and a vacuum. Wish me luck.