Here's the fabric I'm thinking of using for the bedroom curtains. Purple of course!


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I've been meaning to do a proper house update with photos and all for the last ages. Instead, here's a mini one ( Read more... )

16:32 Water tank installed & plumbing done. All excited trying out the various taps till the later ran out! Wah! #

16:33 Er... Water, not later #

16:36 Kitchen tap works though. And @nuteile discovered the pump was off & a stopcock closed. Cisterns filling up now. Yay! #

17:08 I just washed my hands in our own water from our own taps. Eeeee! #

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14:44 Reading Watchmen. It's true what they say - you notice more things on further re-reads. #

16:37 Doors are being delivered. Asked for oak downstairs, painted pine upstairs, otherwise the same. But panel sizes are different. Weird. #

16:55 Found my Coraline tape! Woot! #
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11:45 Anyone know where in Dublin or Kilkenny would be good to get a LONG jumper, so my tummy stays covered. #

15:10 Just bought a toilet. Soft close seat 'n' all for €108. #
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11:18 twitpic.com/12ptl - Crap. #

12:33 twitpic.com/12q5c - Kitchen press handles and wiring underway. #

13:53 twitpic.com/12qln - Labelling light switches. But what are the other 3 for? I know one is unused (cable got cut). Maybe outside l ... #

14:51 Kitchen pics coming up... #

14:56 twitpic.com/12r27 - Pull-out "table". Hopefully useful for ( Read more... )

21:10 Last door, the awkward larder door is decided. Double oak shaker style, simple cupboardy knobs, no latch. Doors due to arrive early Feb. #

21:22 Lizmopuddy, the book I'm reading, Court of the Air, has someone saying "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much space." #
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00:22 twitpic.com/100zd - A bookcrossing balloon dog. #

17:50 Door handles are heavy. i bought half the handler we need today, but could only comfortably carry 8 pairs or so. #

19:45 Child wedding foiled: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7811686.stm :-) #
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11:14 The moon and Venus were lovely last night. I missed Mercury and Jupiter though. #

16:43 twitpic.com/yowr - Study/computer room. Trying to decide between curtains, blinds, or both. And if curtains, pole or rail; one or ... #

16:47 twitpic.com/yoyc - If poles, I'd be thinking something like the chrome one near the middle here. #
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It's rather difficult to upload photos from the camera without home internet (and I probably won't get any up today before I give the mobile broadband dongle back to olethros), but I have been able to take and upload some with my phone. Don't know if people noticed the links in amongst all the other tweets, so here's some links again ( Read more... )