year2023 #1

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@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Here's a little reminder of what we started with.
<Cards images={[
{title: "Before", src: s("hallfront-before.jpg")},
{title: "Before", src: s("hallback-before.jpg")},
{title: "Before todo", src: s(".jpg")},
{title: "Before we moved in", src: s("hall-before-before.jpg")},
]} />
Not too terrible from a distance.
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ Whilst Simon was off in Sicily (potentially committing airport arson?), we had o
<Solocard title="⚡+ 💦 = 🔥 (+ horrible smells)" src={s("zapped-thermostat.jpg")} />
Luckily the only damage was to the thermostat and that was easily replaced - but it was a nice opportunity to ask them to replace it with a white one which then would match better with the hallway. (Previously we had a black one that would have matched the master bathroom fittings, had it been inside the master bathroom 🤦)
Once Simon got back and Will had explained what happened we were treated to a few trademan's stories of fires in lath-and-plaster walls that were started by plumbers soldering, or electrical faults 😬. Apparently it's very hard to put out a fire you can't access. Fortunately, Bath stone is less flammable, but it did make us go and check that we knew where our fire extinguisher was 🧯
@@ -134,6 +133,8 @@ We think the hallway looks so much better but it's currently very bare and imper
<Cards images={[
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-1.jpg")},
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-2.jpg")},
{title: "Looks lovely 😄", src: s("hall-done-3.jpg")},
]} />
## Garden Plants
@@ -154,6 +155,8 @@ Whilst at the garden centre, we bought some herbs for the kitchen balconet 'brea
{title: "The 🪄 water wizards 🪄 that look after our plants when we're away", src: s("water-wizards.jpg")},
]} />
It's been really good seeing the garden getting tamed and being able to start influencing it ourselves.
## Garden Gate
Our garden gate has been getting steadily less and less secure. The lock was dangling by a single screw in a slowly rotting screwhole and would probably have given way with a good shove or a slight breeze. We thought this less than ideal, so we bought a new garden gate lock. It was a bit annoying to install, avoiding existing rusty screws and holes and the doorframe, but we managed it with (on average) half our tempers lost.
@@ -182,11 +185,11 @@ Ozzy still picks his shoes up and goes upstairs to put his shoes on. Habits are
## Tusks
The 3d printer has come in clutch many times during our house renovation - see the wifi backbox (link?) - but it also has uses for the frivolous. On the list of prints has been proper tusks for our elephant toilet who has been dealing with split ends for a long time.
The 3d printer has come in clutch many times during our house renovation - remember the <a href='/week5-6#ethernet'>electrical backbox</a> - but it also has uses for the frivolous. On the list of prints has been proper tusks for our elephant toilet who has been dealing with split ends for a long time.
<Cards images={[
{title: "Printing", src: s("tusks.jpg")},
{title: "#todo", src: s("gardengate2.jpg")},
{title: "Looking smarter than ever", src: s("toilet.jpg")},
]} />
Every so often I wonder whether the 3d printer was worth it and do some sort of cost-benefit analysis of printing vs buying. Now that I can print elephant tusks I think I've covered the entire cost of the printer in a single print 🐘
@@ -205,8 +208,8 @@ So we bought some anyway with our personal fun money.
<Cards images={[
{title: "Down", src: s("kayak-down.jpg")},
{title: "Up", src: s("kayak-up.jpg")},
{title: "📦 Down 📦", src: s("kayak-down.jpg")},
{title: "🛶 Up 🛶", src: s("kayak-up.jpg")},
{title: "Pub on the river", src: s("kayak-pub.jpg")},
]} />
@@ -219,9 +222,9 @@ This also means we have a spare inflatable tandem kayak if anyone wants to come
It's been really interesting having people round again to do work. I must admit that my patience for them has gone down considerably compared to the last major projects. I think this is because 1) They were very much in the way all the time, and 2) There were no interesting techniques or cool tools
As a final sign-off, Nikki will be running the Bath Half Marathon this October and her runner's kit has just arrived in the post. If you feel like sponsoring her, she's raising money for <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-osborne-1692702949098">the Brain Tumor charity</a> in memory of Laurie Brokenshire.
As a final sign-off, Nikki will be running the Bath Half Marathon this October and her runner's kit has just arrived in the post. If you feel like sponsoring her, she's raising money for <a href="https://www.justgiving.com/page/nicola-osborne-1692702949098" target='_blank'>the Brain Tumor charity</a> in memory of Laurie Brokenshire.
<Solocard title="Looks all official and stuff #todo" src={s("tusks.jpg")} />
<Solocard title="Looks all official and stuff" src={s("race.jpg")} />
See you next time!