The apologies are for how rubbish the blog looks at this point in time, but if I spend any more time twiddling this and tweaking that, I'll never get started. That's my way. I also never finish anything once I get started, and getting the look right will never happen...so things will change as I go along, but, as they say (Who are 'they'? Who knows), a change is as good as a holiday, which is generally a stupid statement, because painting my nails is hardly as good as drinking by a shaded pool at some resort with an all you can eat buffet breakfast, but some changes are good, and I intend to make some at some point.
Why Ms A. Whatsit? Well, the 'A' is my initial, and 'whatsit' is a word that I use too often really. Maybe I'm getting old, or had to many alcoholic beverages, or, and this is probably the truth, I'm too lazy or pre-occupied to bother trying to think of the real name for things. So telling someone to "get the whatsit behind the thingymijig" is a common thing to hear me say. The fact that so many people seem to be able to get me the 'whatsit' is probably testimony to the fact that English has too many words...but, and here is a surprising thing, I like it that way. Language fascinates me. So do pumpkins. I'm a complicated specimen.
What is this blog about? Everything and anything that I (and, hopefully, you) find interesting. I may get a bit obsessed by houses this year (and for that, I am sorry), as my partner, let's call him 'Raoul' (not his real name), and our 10 year old son, 'the Doctor' (not his dream profession, but he has recently followed in his slightly geeky parent's footsteps and become a Doctor Who fanatic) are hoping to buy our first house. To this end, I keep buying things "for the house". I have boxes of stuff. Yesterday I bought a doormat...
It may not be 'The' doormat, but, as Raoul said, we can always use it for the back door. And it was 50% off. I also have two door-knockers. I don't know which will be the right one. Maybe we can have both and visitors can choose?
So, with the house in mind, I started a project today. The 'Tarting up the Ugly Outdoor Setting' project, to be precise. My Grandmother's unit block has spent a couple of years and millions of dollars being tarted up and this old setting didn't fit in with the new decor. My Grandmother doesn't think to give stuff to people usually. Usually she just throws stuff out. So I couldn't say no. It's white, therefore, I really don't like it. So, I'm going to paint it bright red. And I'm going to try and do it properly, rather than using my usual modus operandi of, well, not doing things properly. Here is the setting before the initial clean...
And all cleaned up...
So, now I have to clean it with methylated spirits and then to paint it! Flame Red!
Ciao for now,
Ms Whatsit.
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