this owning a house business can be complete bollocks. I just spent 2.5 hours outside being eaten by bugs while I pulling 2 tonnes of weeds from my front yard. Seriously! So many weeds! I have a small front garden too! Anyway, it does look much better now. The perennials (or are the annuals? I always get them confused) have come up on their own ( Read more... )

OK, due to popular demand, here are some photos of the house -- it's still a work in progress. There are more on flikr here. ( Check out my pad! )

Warning: This post is long boring and I'm too tired to try and make it witty and fun; I'm posting it though because I want to put on record a proper rundown on all the goings-on with the house.

( It's the story of my first week with casa de Picklepants: )