Murphy stood in soft poo this morning and trod it into the carpet in the study.
It is one of those days when the duvet looks very inviting.....
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
why oh why
Why do I change things that aren't broke?
My broadband provider is putting the monthly fee up by £5, their letter made it clear that this isn't negotiable and if I wanted to change to another company, so what!
Enraged by this cavalier attitude and swayed by a special offer of cheap internet and calls, I decided to switch. Filled in my on-line application and sent it off. I got an acknowledgement everything was in order and I would be connected on Thursday (of last week). The new router came on time and I waited with great expectation to be told I was connected. Waited some more. Sigh.
On Friday I rang the 'service' centre and the 'nice' gentleman told me that I had filled in my on-line application wrong and the only thing they could do was cancel the order and start again. I think he may have been a robot because when I asked what I had done wrong he simply repeated himself. Sadly we were disconnected. I can't believe he would be so rude as to hang up on me! I said a rude word and Brian rang them back. He spoke to a 'lovely' man who more or less repeated what had been said but told B that he would do the re-order himself and make sure we kept exactly the same promised deal. He also promised to ring back after 8pm to confirm everything was good to go. The date for connection would be Tuesday.
Guess what? He didn't ring back, but I did get an email saying the order had been placed.
Yesterday we received a returns envelope for the router. I didn't really understand why they would have to send a new one, so put that to one side.
So It is Tuesday. The day. I followed the link to the order to look at the status. It said completed. Yeh. sigh!
I did managed to speak to a human this time. (I may have 'accidently' pressed the wrong button when the telephonist robot gave me options) I started by telling Jason that I understand that none of the above is his fault but.......
I have been assured that both my phoneline and my broadband will be connected on Friday, that the router I already have is the one I will be using and I will receive a text on my mobile phone to let me know when I am connected.
If you don't hear from me for a while you will know where I am..........
My broadband provider is putting the monthly fee up by £5, their letter made it clear that this isn't negotiable and if I wanted to change to another company, so what!
Enraged by this cavalier attitude and swayed by a special offer of cheap internet and calls, I decided to switch. Filled in my on-line application and sent it off. I got an acknowledgement everything was in order and I would be connected on Thursday (of last week). The new router came on time and I waited with great expectation to be told I was connected. Waited some more. Sigh.
On Friday I rang the 'service' centre and the 'nice' gentleman told me that I had filled in my on-line application wrong and the only thing they could do was cancel the order and start again. I think he may have been a robot because when I asked what I had done wrong he simply repeated himself. Sadly we were disconnected. I can't believe he would be so rude as to hang up on me! I said a rude word and Brian rang them back. He spoke to a 'lovely' man who more or less repeated what had been said but told B that he would do the re-order himself and make sure we kept exactly the same promised deal. He also promised to ring back after 8pm to confirm everything was good to go. The date for connection would be Tuesday.
Guess what? He didn't ring back, but I did get an email saying the order had been placed.
Yesterday we received a returns envelope for the router. I didn't really understand why they would have to send a new one, so put that to one side.
So It is Tuesday. The day. I followed the link to the order to look at the status. It said completed. Yeh. sigh!
I did managed to speak to a human this time. (I may have 'accidently' pressed the wrong button when the telephonist robot gave me options) I started by telling Jason that I understand that none of the above is his fault but.......
I have been assured that both my phoneline and my broadband will be connected on Friday, that the router I already have is the one I will be using and I will receive a text on my mobile phone to let me know when I am connected.
If you don't hear from me for a while you will know where I am..........
sods blinking law
I repainted the walls in my kitchen a couple of months ago. This looks lovely but has made the rest of the house look a bit shabby.
Murphy threw up all down the stairs, I did my best but in the end I had to get the carpet cleaned. I thought I may as well get the living room and study carpet done at the same time. In order to be able to move downstairs, I humped all the books/bookcases etc from the study up into one of the bedrooms, (put the furniture from the living room in the kitchen). Apart from the desk the study is empty so I thought I would paint the walls in there before I move on to the bigger jobs.
I chose the paint to co-ordinate with the kitchen so that I get a nice flow through the house. Went to buy it and the diy shop locally doesn't stock that type. Went to the next town, (Grantham) they don't have it either. On Friday I was in Worksop, so I went into the big diy store. They have had a fire recently and the paint sort of blew up. No paint.
I got out my paint charts to find a similar colour but I really wanted my first choice. So on Sunday I drove to Lincoln and hurrah, they have my paint.
Monday, I got up early, masked everything in the room, lay dropclothes to cover every inch of carpet and the desk and got on with it. Hmm. It didn't look quite right, but paint does look different wet so I carried on.
I think the technical term for the colour is HORRIBLE! Not really - it is a lovely sky blue, and I do like it, but it is not anything like the kitchen paint, not anything like the swatch on the chart and oh so not what I want on those walls.
Anyway for a few days, until I rest my hand enough to start again, I will be enjoying blue sky, both inside and out if the weathermen are to be believed
Murphy threw up all down the stairs, I did my best but in the end I had to get the carpet cleaned. I thought I may as well get the living room and study carpet done at the same time. In order to be able to move downstairs, I humped all the books/bookcases etc from the study up into one of the bedrooms, (put the furniture from the living room in the kitchen). Apart from the desk the study is empty so I thought I would paint the walls in there before I move on to the bigger jobs.
I chose the paint to co-ordinate with the kitchen so that I get a nice flow through the house. Went to buy it and the diy shop locally doesn't stock that type. Went to the next town, (Grantham) they don't have it either. On Friday I was in Worksop, so I went into the big diy store. They have had a fire recently and the paint sort of blew up. No paint.
I got out my paint charts to find a similar colour but I really wanted my first choice. So on Sunday I drove to Lincoln and hurrah, they have my paint.
Monday, I got up early, masked everything in the room, lay dropclothes to cover every inch of carpet and the desk and got on with it. Hmm. It didn't look quite right, but paint does look different wet so I carried on.
I think the technical term for the colour is HORRIBLE! Not really - it is a lovely sky blue, and I do like it, but it is not anything like the kitchen paint, not anything like the swatch on the chart and oh so not what I want on those walls.
Anyway for a few days, until I rest my hand enough to start again, I will be enjoying blue sky, both inside and out if the weathermen are to be believed
Saturday, September 17, 2011
Autumn is coming
Two rainbows, great light, pity about the telephone pole.
Monday, September 12, 2011
playing with print paste again
I had some perspex blocks in a drawer. I glued little wooden door knobs on the back (no more nails glue) and they are now really easy to use.
The first piece has a base cover of lemon yellow. I added turquoise to the leftover paste and used it to print using one of my perspex blocks. It is batching now, because I have no idea what to do next.
I added a little golden yellow and indigo dye and used the edge of the card to print the block shapes. Then scraped a tiny bit of scarlet in places. I kept adding layers until it started to go muddy. I used bottle tops in various sizes to stamp the circles.
Friends know that I hate green and rarely use it, but a lover of everything green has been heavily influencing me lately. I know that I will be adding orange or red to the first two prints at some point though.
Thursday, September 08, 2011
Thank you Leslie
Inspired by Leslie I did a little printing yesterday. I started with scarlet and slapped it onto the fabric using a credit card. Then I went over it with wine red print paste.
Of course then I went a bit mad and added black. I was good and left it to batch overnight, and rinsed it out today.
This has been well rinsed, but not washed in detergent yet, it will be back in the soda bucket ready for more work later
I won a prize
Will I use them as they are or will I give in to temptation and print on them ?
Perhaps I could do a hop, skip and two little jumps today..
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