putting a home together
i love it when advertising has humour, even if i'm not target audience or i just don't care.
this meme was funny. not what im thinking this right now but certainly every now and then. right on.
the volunteering work on christmas week was refreshing. i did 2 shifts at Crisis at Christmas in Croydon. they had 3 floors of a school for the week with 150 beds and it was a really good location and well organised with experienced kitchen team making quality christmas meals, showers, IT room, salon, massage, a large activity room with bingo, table tennis etc... it was very uplifting to do something for others, even just handing out cutlery, helping with computer use, sweeping the floor.one of the best things in 2019.
things i am happy with:
-the kitchen under cabinet lights (motion sensored) are nice
-the light dimmers (with remote) in bathroom and bedroom
-the 14dB bathroom fan
-the new teal livingroom rug
-the view of clapham common i have from our windows
-the quiet of the bedroom as its on the backside of the building
-the high temperatures which are easy to maintain. even a finnish friend (marianne) commented on how warm it is - success!
things i am not happy with:
-new floor has some squeaky bits (can be worked on but i am worried it will never be perfect)
-still need to do new windows...
-currently, we seem to have limited bookshelf space (old fashioned to have paper books tho, isnt it? maybe its ok cos we are old people, born in 79 and 80...)?
-gap under the front door - although i am working on it
-43 steps to our 2nd floor flat
new rug (https://www.made.com/jago-extra-large-rug-200-x-300-cm-teal) i was wondering if its too boring but its luckily got that dark/light thing...
we've set up the projector on the ceiling and have the sound system half there too... on NYE we had some friends over watching films actually. we watched (voted democtratically...) Fargo, The Dead Don't Die, The Anchorman,
a breakfast/brunch made of random things.. now that doctor is eating much more vegetarian too its easier to put together something. it seems to be 50/50 now, him and me cooking or preparing something. flowers are from Eve & Mikko.
Eve & Mikko came over to play some boardgames and i found something i really like, The Mind. i had to order one for us because i totally loved it. a co-operation game with a relatively short play time and requiringing interaction...its a lot of fun.
some recent favourites:
Netflix: Don't F*** With Cats
Maureen Younger (comedian i saw in Top Secret last week)
i dont know what Avenue 5 is about... starting Jan 20... but the trailer sure seems interesting. Hugh Laurie! from the makers of Veep.
that feeling when a new drink you've bought and just tasted is so good you look back at it and check the label like "damn..."
and that feeling when in a tube a stranger just smiles at you, not necessarily in a flirty way but just like "hey mate, wassap".
Last.fm shared my yearly stats. fun.
i admit i had not realised that i'd listened to some of these artists as much.. i guess they were on some compilation lists and whatever... eg. Wangel and Fatboy? im well aware i was really into Nancy Sinatra last year and James Blunt is a staple on my playlist, but some of the others surprised me... and i admit i dont know who is Ben Howard, so.
random london photo.
also, a friend/acquintance who has been dealing with stage 4 cancer seems to be on the mend. im really happy about that. she was the first cancer case in my 'circle', i dont even have any relatives who had cancer... so her, being around my age... i was shocked for her but also just for myself i think, when i heard. i dont know what the odds statistically were, but im thinking not amazing... therefor extra happy that she is pushing through. seeing that gives me general hope, too, somehow.
this meme was funny. not what im thinking this right now but certainly every now and then. right on.
the volunteering work on christmas week was refreshing. i did 2 shifts at Crisis at Christmas in Croydon. they had 3 floors of a school for the week with 150 beds and it was a really good location and well organised with experienced kitchen team making quality christmas meals, showers, IT room, salon, massage, a large activity room with bingo, table tennis etc... it was very uplifting to do something for others, even just handing out cutlery, helping with computer use, sweeping the floor.one of the best things in 2019.
things i am happy with:
-the kitchen under cabinet lights (motion sensored) are nice
-the light dimmers (with remote) in bathroom and bedroom
-the 14dB bathroom fan
-the new teal livingroom rug
-the view of clapham common i have from our windows
-the quiet of the bedroom as its on the backside of the building
-the high temperatures which are easy to maintain. even a finnish friend (marianne) commented on how warm it is - success!
things i am not happy with:
-new floor has some squeaky bits (can be worked on but i am worried it will never be perfect)
-still need to do new windows...
-currently, we seem to have limited bookshelf space (old fashioned to have paper books tho, isnt it? maybe its ok cos we are old people, born in 79 and 80...)?
-gap under the front door - although i am working on it
-43 steps to our 2nd floor flat
new rug (https://www.made.com/jago-extra-large-rug-200-x-300-cm-teal) i was wondering if its too boring but its luckily got that dark/light thing...
we've set up the projector on the ceiling and have the sound system half there too... on NYE we had some friends over watching films actually. we watched (voted democtratically...) Fargo, The Dead Don't Die, The Anchorman,
a breakfast/brunch made of random things.. now that doctor is eating much more vegetarian too its easier to put together something. it seems to be 50/50 now, him and me cooking or preparing something. flowers are from Eve & Mikko.
Eve & Mikko came over to play some boardgames and i found something i really like, The Mind. i had to order one for us because i totally loved it. a co-operation game with a relatively short play time and requiringing interaction...its a lot of fun.
some recent favourites:
Netflix: Don't F*** With Cats
Maureen Younger (comedian i saw in Top Secret last week)
i dont know what Avenue 5 is about... starting Jan 20... but the trailer sure seems interesting. Hugh Laurie! from the makers of Veep.
that feeling when a new drink you've bought and just tasted is so good you look back at it and check the label like "damn..."
and that feeling when in a tube a stranger just smiles at you, not necessarily in a flirty way but just like "hey mate, wassap".
Last.fm shared my yearly stats. fun.
i admit i had not realised that i'd listened to some of these artists as much.. i guess they were on some compilation lists and whatever... eg. Wangel and Fatboy? im well aware i was really into Nancy Sinatra last year and James Blunt is a staple on my playlist, but some of the others surprised me... and i admit i dont know who is Ben Howard, so.
also, a friend/acquintance who has been dealing with stage 4 cancer seems to be on the mend. im really happy about that. she was the first cancer case in my 'circle', i dont even have any relatives who had cancer... so her, being around my age... i was shocked for her but also just for myself i think, when i heard. i dont know what the odds statistically were, but im thinking not amazing... therefor extra happy that she is pushing through. seeing that gives me general hope, too, somehow.
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