Even before we finished unpacking, the house met with the (grainy, blue-tinged) cats’ approval.
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The general parent category for most of the things I write about on here.
One of the more interesting Louisa-centric sub-categories is biodata (where I explore my personal history with graphs, maps and whatnot), and if you’re that way inclined, you can read about the wonderful felines and canines with whom I’ve shared my life too.
- was pulled into a yawn-fest by Boron and @johnleach. Is it time for the weekend yet? #
- lies about who made tea this morning but suspects @johnleach is not convinced by her scheming. #
- thinks @johnleach's coffee might have kicked in. #
- very much enjoyed hearing some new Gillroyd Parade songs at their rehearsal this evening. #
- has been awake for frickin' ages but not accomplished anything yet, bar the consumption of a bacon buttie. #
- hears awesome news :D #
- is on the bus to drama but has a horrible feeling she has forgotten something important, like pants or shoes. Very unsettling. #
- @sarahjarvis hurrah! hope all goes well with it :) in reply to sarahjarvis #
- has packed 15ish boxes but aside from the bookcases, the house looks exactly as cluttered as it's always done. worrying. busy few days ahead #
- failed at making tea: my cup was icky, substitute cup cracked right down the side (only found out after pouring in tea) & the milk is lumpy. #
- was just called "Mrs Leach" by someone. No. Just no. #
- likes that the new house smells of burnt wood from testing the chimney. Reminds me of our ace holidays in Staithes at http://bit.ly/staithes #
- can't believe how much nicer & warmer the house feels now we've painted the cyan stairway magnolia. Like a real home. #
- @urbanwide @monkeyhelpr super congrats on the new arrival :) #
- exchanged in dangerous horseplay today during a painting break. regret it now. the bruises on my arm & arses will be a pretty purple. #
- met five day old Joe today. Neither of us freaked out or started crying. Probably because he was asleep. #
- took a bowl of cereal and half a cup of tea to realise the milk was very, very off (I just thought the muesli tasted funny.) #
- @jeremyjarvis i finished paying off mine in april. even though it's not much each month, it's a great feeling to get rid of it, isn't it? :) in reply to jeremyjarvis #
- @Threebt I managed to wash a load last week, almost all socks but none of them matched. No idea where the others are. Blame washing fairies. in reply to Threebt #
- @thattommyhall brightbox uses Xero which is pretty good – £19pm though. lojoco just uses a spreadsheet, enough for our limited ins & outs. in reply to thattommyhall #
- suspects she shouldn't be talking about rosemary's baby and the alien baby in V to 37-weeks-along katherine… worst. friend. ever. ;) #
- might have the wrong office chair today – I'm sitting up far too straight. #
- is home alone and has to make the difficult decision between ordering in some yummy Chinese food or eating random things from the freezer. #
- a piece of random white fish, a sweetcorn cob and hash browns would be a strange dinner, would it? #
- has had an evening of pyjama-clad crochet action. wild. #
- is sat on the new house's balcony, watching squirrels jumping from tree to tree. awesome. #
- is tired. glad @johnleach "volunteered" to cook dinner. #
- has some time-critical stuff to do this evening but would really much rather snooze. boo. #
- is feeling rather unfocused today. Have started writing about a billion different things but abandoned them all after two paragraphs. Bah. #
- wonders if any Rubyists can think of a better way to evoke "home sweet home" than "class Home ; acts_as_sweet ; end" #
- @thattommyhall what? seriously? :( #
- has gone through a wide range of emotions so far this morning and she's only been up for 30mins. practise for first drama class tonight? ;) #
- made it through the first drama class without breaking down crying or blurting out a swear. Now needs spicy soup. #
- and @johnleach have been working on their soon-to-be new office tonight: well, I took down the old fitted cupboards while john made dinner. #
- got a mysterious parcel in the post. i prized open the kitchen roll wrapping to find homegrown chillis from mum & dad. no note, just chillis #
- likes it when coincidences lead to fun discoveries. #
- is going for a walk in the sun under the pretext it's work. #
- has been stripping wallpaper in the new kitchen. it peeled off really easily and addictively, like picking a giant fake-tile-patterned scab. #
- has had a busy weekend at the new house: kitchen fully stripped, fake stone wall down. met the neighbours' cats and we are now best friends. #
- @emmakirton hi! you look younger in your profile pic than i remember ;) Found you randomly on Fri, glad to hear you & D are doing great :) #
- is at the leeds carnival, has fingers that smell of curry goat and a tongue stained purple with grape sofa. #
- comes down after an afternoon high on sugar cane and candy floss. #
- wants to cry: we're supposed to be getting the keys to our new home tomorrow but now we're hearing that everything STILL might fall through. #
- @Threebt i will support you re: echidnas, if you will support my desire to have a slow loris http://bit.ly/Ju7eA in reply to Threebt #
- needs a wee. needs a wee really, really badly. #
- feels unsettled and eats random things for breakfast. we may get our new house today, we may not, who knows. #
- has heard from the solicitors at last: the house is now ours! hurrah! big thanks to everyone for putting up with our 5 months of moaning. :) #
- is writing her first tweet from their new house while @johnleach is christening the toilet. #
- has so far spotted two cats and a squirrel. Our cats will fricking love it here. #
- thanks everyone for their congratulations re: the new house. Can't wait to move in properly, going to clean/sort out the garden tomorrow. :) #
- is getting rained on by @johnleach's power hose. #notaeuphemism #
- has now seen 4 new neighbourhood cats but all from a distance, not properly met them yet. Will bring bribing treats tomorrow to change that. #
- is very tired after a long but productive day in the new house. could have done without having to push start the car on the way home too. #
- has had a disappointingly unproductive day, still tiring though. Need to plan what next for the house – more work to do than we'd thought. #
- suddenly feels overwhelmed by everything but thinks some sleep now and planning tomorrow will help her feel better about things. #
Our first full day in our new house was spent pressure-cleaning the paving and hacking back the overgrown beds. The garden looked super tidy for about three days – then the leaves started falling and we pulled the fence down behind the swing to reclaim the other half of the garden.
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