Cooking for one (Mark Three)

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PN a pack of assorted grey sponges on sticks, supposed to be disposable but I use mine over and over. Just done the touching up as filler was dry enough, anyway it is white on white, including the outline left by my modern cuckoo clock. Just use the edge of the foam and it saves on paint plus very easy to wash out. I put the opening date on my paint, 09/2015, I always put parcel tape around the lid and it is still as good as new. Don`t want to buy more of anything

Elona_2

I have been in the bungalow for over two years now and thought I had done most of what was needed. I then found the "genius" previous owner had planted creeping bamboo (not in pots) near the conservatory. It has taken a while to find someone who had a licence to use the special stuff to kill bamboo but I have got them round and they quoted to dig out the patio, cut out the bamboo, inject solution into bits difficult to reach and re lay and level the patio.

I don't dare estimate what the garden has cost as two huge fish tanks had to be demolished , cut up and dug out etc. before I could even think about nice plants etc. My half dozen "blue for you" rose bushes have just started to bud and a couple of roses are already out.

Just about to have a brunch of bacon and eggs after hanging out the washing and doing a bit more sorting out in my bedroom. I dragged a small ladder in to try to change some tiny bulbs in the ceiling light over my bed but realised I could not see properly and to reach I would need to balance precariously on the bed so decided to be sensible and wait for the next time son in law is round and get him to do it.

PasturesNew

kittie wrote: »

PN a pack of assorted grey sponges on sticks, supposed to be disposable but I use mine over and over.

What are they? How big, where from?

I've had toast, scrambled eggs and beans..just about to build a bit of Ye Olde Flatpack here... with a gazillion bits

I'd love to be the sort of person that could afford "decent quality" furniture where you go round shops and look, point, pay - and it's delivered ready built.... but I'm of the flatpack buying classes B&M.

PasturesNew

Elona wrote: »

.... to try to change some tiny bulbs in the ceiling light over my bed but realised I could not see properly and to reach I would need to balance precariously on the bed so decided to be sensible and wait for the next time son in law is round and get him to do it.

Ah, lighting on ceilings is over-rated.... too hard. Lamps are easier

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like these pn. I got a pack from amazon, rustins because rustins stuff is good
https://www.manomano.co.uk/paint-brushes-1088?model_id=1397008&referer_id=537135&ach=5fb98&achsqrt=164f3&gclid=CjwKCAjw6djYBRB8EiwAoAF6oTNjR44PS78cBm9eTEnPub5kqKDqA91LqqKvNG3n-QxFDJR_22Q_UxoCf5YQAvD_BwE


look up foam paint brushes


re ceiling lamps, my upstairs ceilings are very high so if I need to take heavy ceramic lampshades then I will have to get the local handyman to get them down. I am a shortie and will never stand right at the top of a ladder

Elona_2

Pastures

I agree with you about ceiling lights. Once son in law has replaced the bulbs in the ceiling light over the bed I am going to just use the bedside lamp I already have . I think there may be a problem in the actual light fitting as bulbs never seem to last long.

I have dragged a few things outside ready to go to the recycling centre and moved a few boxes round in the internal garage so I can find things. I am quite tall but hate heights and don't like being more than a couple of steps up on a ladder.

PasturesNew

kittie wrote: »

look up foam paint brushes

Blimey - never heard of those before!

kittie wrote: »

re ceiling lamps, my upstairs ceilings are very high so if I need to take heavy ceramic lampshades then I will have to get the local handyman to get them down. I am a shortie and will never stand right at the top of a ladder

Lampshades cost £1-2 ... and if they can't be put up by me with a regular ladder... I'll go without

I bought two at a car boot the other day for 50p, well, I bought one and as I was paying she offered me the matching one "for free" as they'd broken it a tiny bit when unpacking their stall. It'll do for the space I can use it! I'd seen some identical to those at £6 each just the weekend before and had looked and kept walking... so I was super pleased with that unexpected purchase. 50p you can't go wrong!

PasturesNew

kittie wrote: »

... pincers and easy to use, just remember to protect the wall

When I did my first rawlplug, I remember trying to grasp the plug and pull it out, made such a mess. Then I had a doh moment and left the screw part way in

That's what I was going to do ... grasp and pull.

I'm googling pincers

Mine's new build cheap plasterboard!

Just googled and found out that the metal washers I have a called "metal anchors". You seem to prise the front off... then poke the back into the wall, but I'll be checking that before I do it (and finding a screwdriver big enough for the job).

Now eating fruit pastilles for lunch!

moneyistooshorttomention

Elona wrote: »

I have been in the bungalow for over two years now and thought I had done most of what was needed. I then found the "genius" previous owner had planted creeping bamboo (not in pots) near the conservatory. It has taken a while to find someone who had a licence to use the special stuff to kill bamboo but I have got them round and they quoted to dig out the patio, cut out the bamboo, inject solution into bits difficult to reach and re lay and level the patio.

I don't dare estimate what the garden has cost as two huge fish tanks had to be demolished , cut up and dug out etc. before I could even think about nice plants etc. My half dozen "blue for you" rose bushes have just started to bud and a couple of roses are already out.

Just about to have a brunch of bacon and eggs after hanging out the washing and doing a bit more sorting out in my bedroom. I dragged a small ladder in to try to change some tiny bulbs in the ceiling light over my bed but realised I could not see properly and to reach I would need to balance precariously on the bed so decided to be sensible and wait for the next time son in law is round and get him to do it.

Sorry to hear about that - I guess that was part of the fact that bamboo is currently fashionable and I guess some people are just plonking it in place without taking the trouble to find out first if that is a practical proposition.

Re light bulbs - actually, as a short person (with slightly dicey balance at that) I've got a combination of a shortie lightweight type stepladder with the "rails" at the top on the one hand. On the other hand - if I think a lightbulb feels a bit dicey for me to change - then I wait till someone taller etc comes round. Meanwhile - that's one of the function of moveable side lights as far as I'm concerned. So (with having several side lights) then I can just plug one of them in nearby temporarily if need be.

Actually - one of the reasons I had under cupboard lighting fitted just underneath my kitchen wall cupboards (ie when I got a new kitchen fitted recently) is that I've got some sort of lighting in the kitchen even if the main light fitting has had a couple of bulbs "blow" on it. I figure those lights and the cooker hood light would be perfectly adequate if it came to it.

Re a ceiling light fitting that is regularly "blowing" the bulbs in it - it doesn't actually cost that much to get an electrician around to change the ceiling rose. We are talking 2 figures - not 3 - level of £s.

gt568

5 hard boiled eggs. Now sitting heavy on the stomach, won't be pretty when they work through! :money::D