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locked in

16 Friday Dec 2022

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Well damn. The lock on my apartment door has given up the ghost. It’s been “sticking” for a while and then today… that was it. It stuck in LOCKED position and Peter couldn’t get in after going upstairs to hang his laundry. Lucky I was home and could open it from the inside. Anyhow, turns out that this isn’t covered under the landlord’s insurance, so we’re going to have to find a hopefully not-too-expensive locksmith to come and replace the lock. Which obviously is a bit more complex than the one in this photo. And since it’s now the weekend gotta wait until Monday or pay exorbitant weekend prices, which means that we are LOCKED IN. Ok, not totally, but only one of us can go out at a time, so there’s someone at home to let them back in. Good times.

vegging up

14 Wednesday Dec 2022

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I have to say that I have never met a vegetable I didn’t like. And while I may not always fit in Five A Day my diet is pretty balanced veg-wise (not so much with fruit, but that’s another story). However, I have been getting into a bit of a rut with my vegetable dishes, in part because since flatmate Peter moved back in (I do the cooking – he cleans) I’m a bit more limited because he won’t eat this or that veg. Well that’s all about to change because recently we both had our annual check ups and both of us have issues with cholesterol and BP, and our blood sugar is “borderline”.

So it’s time to switch up and start focusing on getting more veg in our lives. And although I love salads and veggie stir-fries, omg it takes so much time to wash and chop and prep everything. So my plan is to come up with veggie dishes I can make “in bulk” (enough to last 2-3 days) and just have them on hand in the fridge ready to either heat up or eat cold. This way I can get more variety (not just one veg as a side dish) and it will also be fun. And since it’s winter, rather than salads, these will probably be marinated, sautéed or roasted veggies. If you have a favourite recipe I’m all ears.

should I…?

13 Tuesday Dec 2022

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silver

Turns out my roots are coming in pretty much white these days (before it was all more streaky brown and grey) so I am thinking of GOING FOR IT and just going silver. I understand it a process and will have to check it out with my guy. But with the alopecia ravaging my head perhaps I’ll also look less BALD if my hair is lighter? Ideally I will end up with my new natural hair colour and then won’t at least have to bother with that any more. What do you think?

today’s grey with… pulleys?

12 Monday Dec 2022

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Out for a walk this afternoon and noticed for the first time that the gables on one side of The House of My Dreams have these pulleys over the windows. It was suggested that they were used for lifting furniture up to the top floor, except you really couldn’t fit much through those windows. Also, although those rooms are clearly apartments now, back then they were probably used for storage (?) or servants quarters (??). This got me wondering about the history of this house, which is massive. Who was it built for? And most importantly, WHY did they install pulleys over those windows. Enquiring minds want to know.

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