random question meme
01. what kind of soap is in your bathroom right now?
Liquid soap in a pump container. Goat's milk soap under the sink. Cussons Imperial Luxe (our mother was getting rid of some) in the sink, and possibly also in the shower (B2 uses it when she comes over on weekends). I'm pretty sure B1 has bubble bath or some kind of baby skin care option...as well as a 20L container of metho. (Apparently it helps with skin rashes, etc.)
02. do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
No. It's the middle of winter. But even in summer we probably don't.
03. is there anything mouldy in your refrigerator?
The cream cheese. The old sour cream. I think I took the tomatoes out yesterday. Hopefully the eggplant isn't.
04. are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
Yup. Plenty. *sigh*
05. what would you change about your living room?
I'd make it larger to begin with. I'd cut out the gas heater and have a rocket stove instead. And I'd probably take out the lovely-and-comfy-but-perhaps-a-little-too-large-for-the-space sofa that we got secondhand from a friend. Except that now we have it, we'll probably be stuck with it forever.
06. are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
We don't have a dishwasher.
07. do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
No. If we have mushrooms, they're fresh.
08. white or wheat bread?
To eat? In the fridge? To buy? Also: why is it 'white/wheat'? Don't you guys have brown or wholemeal? Multigrain? Sourdough?
We have white bread, home made yeast-risen, in chunks in the freezer and the fridge. I prefer the taste of sourdough, though.
09. what is on top of your refrigerator?
One casserole dish, borrowed from mum and never returned. Several ice/cool packs. The recipe book stand.
10. what colour is your sofa?
Deep brown.
11. what colour or design is on your shower curtain?
It's a white nylon (when it's clean, which it isn' right now; there's mould streaks all along the bottom).
12. how many plants are in your home?
I was going to say 'none' but then I remembered the fishtank I brought in and am using as a greenhouse. I have about a dozen punnets of seeds growing right now.
13. how many candles are in your home?
About a dozen, if we include the 'emergency lights out' box that we have in the laundry.
14. is your bed made right now?
Sort of? I climbed out of it and flipped the covers back, but it would never make the cover of a magazine.
15. if you have a coffee pot, what colour is it?
Silver. Sort of. It's more of a coffee filter than a coffee pot. I don't drink enough coffee per day for a port.
16. electric or standard can opener?
Standard. (Wouldn't an electric one take up a lot of space on the bench?
17. comet or soft scrub?
I have a 'loofah' - as in, the actual fruit/gourd/vegetable scrubber that gives it the name. You grow it as a vine like a pumpkin/squash, and then when the 'fruit' is ready, you peel it and you've got a vegetable sponge.
18. is your closet organised?
Vaguely? It's sorted into groups; jackets, shirts, suits, dresses. The drawers are a little more loosely sorted.
19. what colour is the flashlight that you use the most?
Black.
20. what kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Everything?
21. do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass. No plastic.
22. do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
No. But then, we almost never have iced tea at all. Cold water, now, yes, we do.
23. if you have a garage, is it cluttered?
No garage, but it would be.
24. curtains or blinds?
Curtains (mostly) with the kitchen window still blinds. I've been planing to make roman blinds for them for a while.
25. how many pillows do you sleep with?
I just sleep on one, but I have several on my bed for propping up for reading.
26. do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No.
27. how many ceiling fans are in your home?
Two. Both in the bedrooms.
28. how often do you vacuum?
Not more than once a week, if that.
29. standard toothbrush or electric?
Electric. It polishes the teeth better, and I have teeth prone to decay.
30. what colour is your toothbrush?
White and powder blue.
31. do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
Yes. But it's a very worn broom-bristle one.
32. what is in your oven right now?
A small frypan I used to fry bacon and eggs this morning.
33. is your microwave clean or dirty?
Dirty. Or, at least, it hasn't been cleaned lately.
34. is there anything under your bed?
Under my bed is an entire storage space - by design, not by accident. So, yeah, I've got a lot of things under the bed.
35. chore you hate doing the most?
Mopping the floor. Or vacuuming. Mostly because our vacuum is old and doesn't work very well: the suction from the current head is terrible. I should probably look at buying a new one or something...
36. what retro items are in your home?
1960s solid wood cabinet. A set of drawers that probably came out of the 70s. A metal filing cabinet that also probably came out of the 70s, but just looks plain and function (at least to me): it sat in the study for the entirety of my childhood.
37. do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Sort of? It's an office/study/sewing room right now.
38. if you have a yard, who mows it?
Me. When I can be bothered. It's going to need a mow shortly, because the tufts are getting just too big.
39. is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
A lot of bits of food and dust, probably.
40. how many mirrors are in your home?
Three, I think. One is broken.
41. do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No.
42. what colour are your walls?
Which ones? Kitchen-dining is an aged cream, entryway is a rainforest green, loungeroom wall is a paprika scarlet. B1's bedroom is lilac, and the study is golden yellow.
43. which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None of them.
44. do you have a peephole in your front door?
No. But the study window is right beside the stairs up to the front door, so I usually get to see who's there.
45. do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
No.
46. what does your home smell like right now?
Bacon and eggs.
47. fave candle scent?
Candlewax. Or vanilla.
48. what kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
Cucumber, radish & turnip, kumquat, cabbage...I think that's it.
49. who are in the pictures you have displayed?
We don't have any pictures of people on the walls. Or even in photos around the place. Wait, I have a child I sponsor, and I have a picture of her on my wall.
50. what colour is your favourite bible?
Grey with a red spine and a diamond-hexagonal-stars pattern on the cover. This is a weird question, I feel, if only because I don't imagine too many of the people who would fill this out would have a bible, let alone a favourite one.
51. do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
No. No, we do not.
52. ever been on your roof?
Plenty of times. Sometimes to clear out guttes, sometimes just to see the view from up there.
53. do you own a stereo?
Connected to the TV, yes. It doesn't really work.
54. how many tvs do you have?
Two, but we only use one.
55. how many house phones?
Two: one in the study, one in the kitchen.
56. do you have a housekeeper?
We're about to hire someone to do some cleaning, because I think we need a regular cleaner.
57. what style do you decorate in?
The style that I feel like whatever that is at the time that I'm decorating?
58. do you like solid colours or prints in furniture?
Solid colours.
59. is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. You are obligated to have one in your house in NSW at least, possibly in Australia. New houses must be built with them, and older houses may require them for insurance purposes.
60. in case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you could make only 1 quick trip?
My laptops.
61. do you know how to work your electrical box?
Sort of, yes.
62. what temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Between 20-30C.
Liquid soap in a pump container. Goat's milk soap under the sink. Cussons Imperial Luxe (our mother was getting rid of some) in the sink, and possibly also in the shower (B2 uses it when she comes over on weekends). I'm pretty sure B1 has bubble bath or some kind of baby skin care option...as well as a 20L container of metho. (Apparently it helps with skin rashes, etc.)
02. do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
No. It's the middle of winter. But even in summer we probably don't.
03. is there anything mouldy in your refrigerator?
The cream cheese. The old sour cream. I think I took the tomatoes out yesterday. Hopefully the eggplant isn't.
04. are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
Yup. Plenty. *sigh*
05. what would you change about your living room?
I'd make it larger to begin with. I'd cut out the gas heater and have a rocket stove instead. And I'd probably take out the lovely-and-comfy-but-perhaps-a-little-too-large-for-the-space sofa that we got secondhand from a friend. Except that now we have it, we'll probably be stuck with it forever.
06. are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
We don't have a dishwasher.
07. do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
No. If we have mushrooms, they're fresh.
08. white or wheat bread?
To eat? In the fridge? To buy? Also: why is it 'white/wheat'? Don't you guys have brown or wholemeal? Multigrain? Sourdough?
We have white bread, home made yeast-risen, in chunks in the freezer and the fridge. I prefer the taste of sourdough, though.
09. what is on top of your refrigerator?
One casserole dish, borrowed from mum and never returned. Several ice/cool packs. The recipe book stand.
10. what colour is your sofa?
Deep brown.
11. what colour or design is on your shower curtain?
It's a white nylon (when it's clean, which it isn' right now; there's mould streaks all along the bottom).
12. how many plants are in your home?
I was going to say 'none' but then I remembered the fishtank I brought in and am using as a greenhouse. I have about a dozen punnets of seeds growing right now.
13. how many candles are in your home?
About a dozen, if we include the 'emergency lights out' box that we have in the laundry.
14. is your bed made right now?
Sort of? I climbed out of it and flipped the covers back, but it would never make the cover of a magazine.
15. if you have a coffee pot, what colour is it?
Silver. Sort of. It's more of a coffee filter than a coffee pot. I don't drink enough coffee per day for a port.
16. electric or standard can opener?
Standard. (Wouldn't an electric one take up a lot of space on the bench?
17. comet or soft scrub?
I have a 'loofah' - as in, the actual fruit/gourd/vegetable scrubber that gives it the name. You grow it as a vine like a pumpkin/squash, and then when the 'fruit' is ready, you peel it and you've got a vegetable sponge.
18. is your closet organised?
Vaguely? It's sorted into groups; jackets, shirts, suits, dresses. The drawers are a little more loosely sorted.
19. what colour is the flashlight that you use the most?
Black.
20. what kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Everything?
21. do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass. No plastic.
22. do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
No. But then, we almost never have iced tea at all. Cold water, now, yes, we do.
23. if you have a garage, is it cluttered?
No garage, but it would be.
24. curtains or blinds?
Curtains (mostly) with the kitchen window still blinds. I've been planing to make roman blinds for them for a while.
25. how many pillows do you sleep with?
I just sleep on one, but I have several on my bed for propping up for reading.
26. do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No.
27. how many ceiling fans are in your home?
Two. Both in the bedrooms.
28. how often do you vacuum?
Not more than once a week, if that.
29. standard toothbrush or electric?
Electric. It polishes the teeth better, and I have teeth prone to decay.
30. what colour is your toothbrush?
White and powder blue.
31. do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
Yes. But it's a very worn broom-bristle one.
32. what is in your oven right now?
A small frypan I used to fry bacon and eggs this morning.
33. is your microwave clean or dirty?
Dirty. Or, at least, it hasn't been cleaned lately.
34. is there anything under your bed?
Under my bed is an entire storage space - by design, not by accident. So, yeah, I've got a lot of things under the bed.
35. chore you hate doing the most?
Mopping the floor. Or vacuuming. Mostly because our vacuum is old and doesn't work very well: the suction from the current head is terrible. I should probably look at buying a new one or something...
36. what retro items are in your home?
1960s solid wood cabinet. A set of drawers that probably came out of the 70s. A metal filing cabinet that also probably came out of the 70s, but just looks plain and function (at least to me): it sat in the study for the entirety of my childhood.
37. do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Sort of? It's an office/study/sewing room right now.
38. if you have a yard, who mows it?
Me. When I can be bothered. It's going to need a mow shortly, because the tufts are getting just too big.
39. is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
A lot of bits of food and dust, probably.
40. how many mirrors are in your home?
Three, I think. One is broken.
41. do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No.
42. what colour are your walls?
Which ones? Kitchen-dining is an aged cream, entryway is a rainforest green, loungeroom wall is a paprika scarlet. B1's bedroom is lilac, and the study is golden yellow.
43. which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None of them.
44. do you have a peephole in your front door?
No. But the study window is right beside the stairs up to the front door, so I usually get to see who's there.
45. do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
No.
46. what does your home smell like right now?
Bacon and eggs.
47. fave candle scent?
Candlewax. Or vanilla.
48. what kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
Cucumber, radish & turnip, kumquat, cabbage...I think that's it.
49. who are in the pictures you have displayed?
We don't have any pictures of people on the walls. Or even in photos around the place. Wait, I have a child I sponsor, and I have a picture of her on my wall.
50. what colour is your favourite bible?
Grey with a red spine and a diamond-hexagonal-stars pattern on the cover. This is a weird question, I feel, if only because I don't imagine too many of the people who would fill this out would have a bible, let alone a favourite one.
51. do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
No. No, we do not.
52. ever been on your roof?
Plenty of times. Sometimes to clear out guttes, sometimes just to see the view from up there.
53. do you own a stereo?
Connected to the TV, yes. It doesn't really work.
54. how many tvs do you have?
Two, but we only use one.
55. how many house phones?
Two: one in the study, one in the kitchen.
56. do you have a housekeeper?
We're about to hire someone to do some cleaning, because I think we need a regular cleaner.
57. what style do you decorate in?
The style that I feel like whatever that is at the time that I'm decorating?
58. do you like solid colours or prints in furniture?
Solid colours.
59. is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. You are obligated to have one in your house in NSW at least, possibly in Australia. New houses must be built with them, and older houses may require them for insurance purposes.
60. in case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you could make only 1 quick trip?
My laptops.
61. do you know how to work your electrical box?
Sort of, yes.
62. what temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Between 20-30C.