My weekend
Well, here I am with an update of what we did during the weekend.
On Friday I came back home from work and walked into the appartment to find Jeroen working on the new computer desk. Because it was heavy and he was trying to lift it, I ran straight to him and helped him out, I didn't even take off my coat or anything.
Finally, once the desk was in place, I turned around to go and hang my coat in the hallway when all of a sudden I stopped on my tracks, because right there in front of me was a big, black, electric piano. Dude.
Jeroen bought me a piano and I didn't even see it when I walked in, how stupid is that? I guess I was paying more attention to the table at that point but still. And the Dork Award goes to *drumroll* NICHE!
Anyway, I squee'd, freaked out, hit Jeroen like crazy going "nee nee nee nee!" in my fit of bliss (don't ask me why, that was my reaction LOL), called my parents, freaked out some more, ate and sat down to play for the rest of the evening *grin*
The piano has a lovely sound, it's a Technics but I can't recall the exact model.
The cool thing is that I can play with headphones and I won't bug the neighbors if I feel like playing it at midnight, teehee. :)
It was great to play again. Half of the stuff I knew how to play is gone from my mind, but other songs seem to be coming back as I play. It's really weird how after a few times of false attempts, the hands simply just fall into place and know what to do to make the song sound beautiful. However, most of my Chopin is faded, ironically. I must retrieve my books next time I am in Mexico and relearn all my waltzes, preludes and the only polonaise I ever learned how to play (Militaire)
Beethoven is coming back even more slowly, I will be a happy Niche the day I can play again the three movements of the Pathetique Sonata.
*hugs piano and Jeroen!*
Jeroen spent most of the weekend trying to get the fan in the shower running. It seems that there is a mess with the wires. When you turn the switch off, a lamp would still glow. Now none of the lamps are working and the fan doesn't move either. But there is power. Kinda. It seems to change from cable to cable or something. In short: my shower is having PMS If anyone has any tips for this sort of thing, they are most welcome!
He also cleaned up the afzuigkap from the stove. It was greasy as hell and the grease started leaking down, so it was pretty icky. You have no idea how much oil he cleaned from that thing. It was thick and dark, not like tar but damn close LOL. So now the thing is pretty much clean and has stopped leaking ever since.
I cleaned the place a bit, vacuum-cleaned, ironed the clothes, bothered the poes, cooked, and tried to encourage Jeroen with the electric issues cause I don't know shit about that. :P
So that's about the appartment. On saturday I went downtown and got a few thingies I needed, and that evening we went to my inlaws because they were having a street party. All the neighbors had gotten together for a BBQ, and they were still out there partying and playing games when we went there.
On Sunday we stayed home most of the time, though Jeroen went back to his parents in the evening to see if he could set up the server at his dad's place, however the server refuse to cooperate, so my homepage and hippie.nu email account are still offline.
Plans for this week are going to fitness tonight, re-start driving lessons now that the instructors are back from holidays, go to fitness perhaps some other time in the week, and then we're off to Lowlands on friday evening. The weather seems to be cooperating, so it looks like I will be tagging along after all. :)
*wavesss*
Nichie
On Friday I came back home from work and walked into the appartment to find Jeroen working on the new computer desk. Because it was heavy and he was trying to lift it, I ran straight to him and helped him out, I didn't even take off my coat or anything.
Finally, once the desk was in place, I turned around to go and hang my coat in the hallway when all of a sudden I stopped on my tracks, because right there in front of me was a big, black, electric piano. Dude.
Jeroen bought me a piano and I didn't even see it when I walked in, how stupid is that? I guess I was paying more attention to the table at that point but still. And the Dork Award goes to *drumroll* NICHE!
Anyway, I squee'd, freaked out, hit Jeroen like crazy going "nee nee nee nee!" in my fit of bliss (don't ask me why, that was my reaction LOL), called my parents, freaked out some more, ate and sat down to play for the rest of the evening *grin*
The piano has a lovely sound, it's a Technics but I can't recall the exact model.
The cool thing is that I can play with headphones and I won't bug the neighbors if I feel like playing it at midnight, teehee. :)
It was great to play again. Half of the stuff I knew how to play is gone from my mind, but other songs seem to be coming back as I play. It's really weird how after a few times of false attempts, the hands simply just fall into place and know what to do to make the song sound beautiful. However, most of my Chopin is faded, ironically. I must retrieve my books next time I am in Mexico and relearn all my waltzes, preludes and the only polonaise I ever learned how to play (Militaire)
Beethoven is coming back even more slowly, I will be a happy Niche the day I can play again the three movements of the Pathetique Sonata.
*hugs piano and Jeroen!*
Jeroen spent most of the weekend trying to get the fan in the shower running. It seems that there is a mess with the wires. When you turn the switch off, a lamp would still glow. Now none of the lamps are working and the fan doesn't move either. But there is power. Kinda. It seems to change from cable to cable or something. In short: my shower is having PMS If anyone has any tips for this sort of thing, they are most welcome!
He also cleaned up the afzuigkap from the stove. It was greasy as hell and the grease started leaking down, so it was pretty icky. You have no idea how much oil he cleaned from that thing. It was thick and dark, not like tar but damn close LOL. So now the thing is pretty much clean and has stopped leaking ever since.
I cleaned the place a bit, vacuum-cleaned, ironed the clothes, bothered the poes, cooked, and tried to encourage Jeroen with the electric issues cause I don't know shit about that. :P
So that's about the appartment. On saturday I went downtown and got a few thingies I needed, and that evening we went to my inlaws because they were having a street party. All the neighbors had gotten together for a BBQ, and they were still out there partying and playing games when we went there.
On Sunday we stayed home most of the time, though Jeroen went back to his parents in the evening to see if he could set up the server at his dad's place, however the server refuse to cooperate, so my homepage and hippie.nu email account are still offline.
Plans for this week are going to fitness tonight, re-start driving lessons now that the instructors are back from holidays, go to fitness perhaps some other time in the week, and then we're off to Lowlands on friday evening. The weather seems to be cooperating, so it looks like I will be tagging along after all. :)
*wavesss*
Nichie