I moved into the new house this day last week. Yes, I'm still surrounded by boxes and no, I still haven't finished moving everything from the old house. I have, however, been trying to bring a bit of order to the chaos in the new house. My current fixation is hanging things up. I haven't developed a weird fetish or anything. This is a pragmatic attempt at resolving a real … [Read more...] about Fixated With Hooks and Other Solutions for Hanging Towels
Michele.blog Featured by DotBlog Domain Registry
The guys over at the .blog domain name registry have been doing a series of short posts to highlight or showcase "dotbloggers". My switch over to michele.blog as my main domain for my rather random blog posts was recently featured by them. You can read their post here. I made the move over to michele.blog early in January of this year, as I outlined here. Don and Paolo … [Read more...] about Michele.blog Featured by DotBlog Domain Registry
Storage Solutions for Books, Crockery, DVDs and More
Over the past 13 years I've accumulated a lot of stuff. I sort of knew that. But it's only when I started trying to unpack everything in the new house that I realised a few things: I have a LOT of stuff I have ended up with extras for a lot of things, because the old house had deep cupboards, so you couldn't see what you already had When you have a dishwasher and … [Read more...] about Storage Solutions for Books, Crockery, DVDs and More
I’ve Finally Moved House (More or Less)
Yesterday was a busy and exhausting day. It was moving day. Moving myself out of the house I've lived in for the past 13 years is a pain, but mainly because I've accumulated a lot of stuff over the past decade plus. Going room by room and packing up my life into boxes and bags took most of the day, but now my old sitting room is pretty much empty: Last night I … [Read more...] about I’ve Finally Moved House (More or Less)
Getting Ready to Move House
For the last couple of weeks there's been a steady stream of deliveries and various professionals in and out of the new house. Up until about 48 hours ago the house wasn't habitable, unless you're happy with not having any heating, a cooker or floors. All that changed over the past two days and I should be moving the bigger bits of furniture into my new house tomorrow! Moving … [Read more...] about Getting Ready to Move House