by Neil | Sep 18, 2007 | House, Life, plumbing, Seemed like a good idea at the time, why is it always me
I am bone tired. I am so tired even my hair looks knackered and my hair is a legitimate life form in it’s own right. I knew we had it too easy with the rewire, their just wasn’t enough disruption and so it is with some acceptance of inevitability I report...by Neil | Sep 16, 2007 | House, raining inside the house is bad, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, Why you shouldn't give me power tools
I fear I am no longer popular with the neighbours. Our plasterer let us down and failed to turn up to take the kitchen ceiling down. The kitchen ceiling was, if you recall, completely blown by the shower leak a number of weeks ago and the plan had been to take it down...by Neil | Sep 15, 2007 | House, Life, Mouse, Neil is a wuss
The thing about preparing for major work on the house is you find all sorts of things. For example I located a number of books that had been mislaid in the move, some spare parts for the bike and an entire saucepan. Also a small shrew (that’s a mini-mouse to you...by Neil | Sep 15, 2007 | House, Life, Neil Gaiman, rambling post that goes all over the place, Susanna Clarke, work, Writing
For some reason last week feels like an age away, rather like looking down the wrong end of a telescope. I seem to have been flitting around all over the place, trekking around with the 2nd draft of “Priest” all the while, somehow I managed to fit in a...by Neil | Sep 10, 2007 | House, humor, Humour, Life, Why you shouldn't give me power tools
I am possibly the world’s most inept wallpaper stripper. The early part of the weekend just gone saw me dangling from a ladder, wallpaper steamer in one hand, scraper in my teeth. Some how I managed to get wall paper stuck to my forehead as a kind lady in the...by Neil | Sep 2, 2007 | Ghost, House, just plain odd, Life, Thoughts, What does the cat see that I can't?
I think we have a ghost. There has of late been a spate of weird instances. They started a while back when we came home to discover one of the hobs had been turned on, it couldn’t have been on long or the house wouldn’t have been there; the smell more...