Felt guilty for not updating this for so long, thought I’d sit down and write something. Everything’s been far too busy - this year’s really picked up the pace. Since writing last, we’ve:
- Ordered and had interior doors and handles installed.
- Ordered and had french doors installed.
- Varnished and sanded four interior doors out of six.
- Learned the value of OHS and wearing filtered masks while varnishing.
- Had almost a week off work from chemical poisoning.
- Drawn up garden designs and changed them about four times.
- Gone geocaching a few times (not enough, sadly).
- Had the coffee machine break down twice and had it fixed under warranty.
- Scanned a big batch of old family photos, but haven’t had time to edit and organise them yet.
- Stopped playing WoW (no time!).
- Brewed lots of homebrew - it’s great!
Coming up over the next few weeks:
- The home and garden show this weekend.
- Varnishing and sanding the french doors (four coats to go). At a coat every 24 hours, I’m hoping we’ll be finished within the next two weeks.
- Need to find a sofabed that’ll fit in the back room without looking awkward - the room’s got a bit of a funny layout. Found a great sofabed at Ikea that fits perfectly, but the warranty sucks, it’s expensive, you can’t wash the cushions, and the design is somewhat poor. It fits perfectly though! It’s the small things that are really annoying …
- Varnishing and sanding the final two interior doors. The varnish is water-based, so we should be able to just about get them finished this weekend, with any luck.
- Buy and install the picture rails through the three bedrooms. Should be easy, assuming I can figure out a way to get the rails home without snapping them. An Astra isn’t the most effective way of transporting thin pieces of 3 metre plus long wood …
- Come up with some designs for the “new” back yard. Hey, it’s only the fifth time we’ve been through the process - it gets easier, right?!
- Replace all the faceplates and switches through the house. As soon as we can get the guy to start returning our calls, that is.
I’ve updated my wiki with everything in flight. I like the idea of keeping track where I am with most of them. Plus, I keep forgetting what needs to be done. Stuff like a new towel rack should be easy to finish, I just forgot to check my wiki …