I got my Roomba yesterday and put it on the charger right away. Mine is the basic red model but I bought a homebase for it. It's the kind that the Roomba returns to of its own accord when it needs to recharge. The Roomba came with an infrared wall that takes 2 D batteries. Those batteries are expensive so I don't see myself using the wall unless I ( Read more... )

• Send gas and electricity bills to estate agent
• Call BT about cancellation
• Make flat nice before Kieron comes home
• Call car insurance about address change
• Get dry cleaning from Waitrose

Bring inventory.

• Limescale around plug hole in bath tub
• Glue residue on inside of shower partition
• Bookshelf backside in bedroom
• Coffee table
• Remaining cleaning materials, incl. hoover

Today
Wet paint signs on living room window
Clip off stray carpet fibres around edges of rooms and at thresholds
Get rid of table
Run rinse programme on washing machine
Use One Shot on bathroom sink
Clean toilet
Write instructions and check for carpet cleaners
Clean kitchen counters
Top up phone
Pack stuff on bedroom shelves into bags

Tomorrow ( Read more... )

I slept relatively well tonight. The answer to the question was definitely to put the thermarest on top of the yoga mat, though. The thermarest is very good at insulating from the ground. I'm on the groundfloor with a concrete floor and no cellar beneath, so the floor is always cold here. But I had to turn down the under-sheet electric blanket to 1 ( Read more... )

It's going to be interesting to see how well I sleep tonight ( Read more... )

Yesterday was all about the kitchen and living room. Today I'm going to tackle the bathroom. The plan looks like this ( Read more... )

It's Wednesday and I'm done with one room. That doesn't bode very well for finishing on Friday, as I was hoping. It looks as if next Friday may be more realistic. I'm going to call the council and ask if I can reschedule the pick-up of my mattress for next Thursday. If I'm going to be here a while still, I will need something comfortable to sleep ( Read more... )

I've painted the bay window ledge today. The previous painter did a shoddy job -- no prep at all, by the looks of it. They just painted straight on the existing gloss. So of course when I took sandpaper to it, the way you're supposed to, it came off in bits. Hopefully it won't look too uneven. There's no way I was going to sand it down all the way ( Read more... )