I am doing Entirely Too Much™® today. I really wanted to build on what we did yesterday, and indeed, spouse and I tackled one of the things he needed to do! Which is awesome! His living environs are again improved -- though this time this was the bedroom rather than downstairs. I ended up getting it in mind that I wanted to scrub the fur out of the carpet, so did a section... and yeah, exhausting. Will I do more of it today? I honestly don't know. I'm trying to direct my fragments of energy to trying to push through some of the house chores ahead of that, so.

Currently waiting for my replacement glue to arrive. I look forward to getting my current project off the loom, and starting another one. I wanted to crank out a couple thin bracelets to add to my offerings when I'm at a village fayre later this month. I'm thinking I should get another bead loom, but I'm struggling to find one that is a good length without being 500 miles wide. Anyone have a suggestion?

*goes to lump for a bit*

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Decluttering went fairly well. Admittedly, there's still stuff that needs processing, but the big work was done. Spouse now has a fairly tidy half of the lounge, and I put my efforts into other tasks. The downstairs bathroom looks much better, and I've removed a thick layer of candy wrappers from under the childrens' desks.

There is going to be furniture moved around in there at some point now. We'd always planned to remove one segment of desk so youngest had more room//didn't block the walkway so badly. Eldest has now requested to move their desktop upstairs. And while we had committed to a fairly firm 'no tech upstairs' rule, we're stepping back because hey, kid should be able to use their computer, and they also need a big bubble of alone space to deal with life right now. So yeah, we can probably make an exception. Plus, it also means I might gain some bookshelf space, so, win? xD

Right. Caffeine. Lump. Look for my E6000 glue again. I'm sure I have a tube somewhere, and I have a finished bracelet that I need to finish the selvages on. At worst, I've got another tube coming in tomorrow.

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I had forgotten again that today is technically my Friday this week. Our declutterer is in tomorrow, so that means I'll be doing... something. The main focus is getting my spouse's area properly reclaimed and sorted for the first time, so certainly that. But also, might make more sense to leave it to spouse and S to sort it out while I like, pick up garbage in the study. We'll see. I always manage to find something that catches my interest.

But yeah, built him a shelf that he'd bought. So that's one thing for tomorrow ticked off.

For now, taking it as easy as possible. My brain has been especially goopy this week. I'm making ridiculously slow progress though the book I bought on bead looming, so between that and the strung loom, my lack of spoons is mocked. xD

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Monday progresses as I like it to. My hair is clean, I got an Etsy order in the post, and we have a free-flowing kitchen sink again.

Oh yeah, the kitchen sink got backed up -- alllllllllllll the way out of the house backed up, ha ha. Our repair guy had already come last week to fix a minor leak in the pipe, and I think we thought it had cleared then. But alas. *laughs* Which means I got to hear some hardcore suction noises as he rodded the drain, which, amusing and probably gross to some ears, but there you go.

Right. Back to lump. And trying to remember to finish my attempted embroidery, ha ha.

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I am very much hoping that tomorrow will be the last working day of the year for me. I'm waiting for at least one batch of invoices to process. Spouse thinks they'll come in over the weekend, which, rude, but whatever will be will be (etc).

For Christmas this year, my mother-in-law gave the kids a budget to predominately spend on clothes. Kids opted this year to get me to wrap them and put them under the tree rather than wearing them as they come in, so they have quite a pile this year. I said to youngest a moment ago (upon her noticing more things under the tree) that they hopefully will have the Amazon experience -- ordering something and promptly forgetting what it was, thereby getting a nice surprise.

As for me, my 'surprises' so far are environmental improvements -- namely a new plug tower, and a new USB charging hub. My area feels much nicer for it.

What else... Vivi knocked a few branches off of the Christmas tree (it's artificial), and I put them on the couch for spouse to put back on the tree. So Vivi bedded down in them and took a nap. Fiiiiine, if it keeps you from climbing the damned tree. 😅 Halo has also liked curling up in it, so I made sure to scoot it down the couch so they have that, and my mother-in-law still has a place to sit.

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Whew, a bit knackered. The heat pump guys finished their work last night, which means the cupboards they needed to get into needed repacking. I've moved back in the things that need to go in, I think. There's some stuff that is going to go to the tip (council run recycling centre).

(Having said that, we have three ancient suitcases that belonged to spouse's grandparents, and he'd love to find those a home. Might try a charity shop, might try Vinted -- whatever works for him to actually get them out of the house. xD)

What else... slowly remembering to add other programs to my new laptop. I had to email the nice folx at Winstitch to get a download file//proper registration codes. Since I'm a Lifetime member, the response was swift and free. Really, if you're a #crossstitch designer (or diamond painting), it's such a great little program.

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Replacing a Google Nest Thermostat with Home Assistant
Author: Ben Tasker

https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/house-stuff/replacing-google-nest-with-a-matter-thermostat.html?utm_source=rss

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The heat pump survey guy came and did his thing this morning. He's going to do his report and we should hear back tomorrow. He said we're on the books for install next week, so hooray, etc.

Also hooray, etc -- unexpected new chair. My mother-in-law offered to replace it last Christmas, but I deemed it to still be fine. It's gotten a bit more worn and hard on the arse, so bossmen decided that yes, work will buy me a new chair. And as my chair as a Secret Labs gaming chair... thankees to the tune of nearly £500. But like, I do live in this chair and do 100% of my work from it, so if they want to pay for it, I'm not complaining. I was considering seeing if we could go half out of the house funds and half out of my fun money, so.

((and it means I don't have to do something stupid like trying to shove toy stuffing in it to repad it, ha ha))

Past that, just chilling. As it should be on a week off. *nodnods*

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Sooo, we ended up starting another big purchase last night -- a heat pump for the house. We had an appointment booked for the guy to come give us the spiel, knowing that we wanted to do it if at all possible. We need to talk to Mum to see if she wants to contribute towards it for our Christmas gift, but yeah... major purchase, potentially get. They're coming to do the final round of survey next week before starting installation as soon as possible. They are, of course, aware that the £7,500 subsidy from the Government is at risk of going away in the Budget, so the sooner the better.

((especially since everyone is gonna need to do it by... 2040, if possible for their homes? and we're not moving house, so.))

Mainly just doing games today so far. A bit of Minecraft, more Shiny hunting, and wandering around LotRO collecting crafting materials. It's a bonus crafting XP weekend, and one of my alts needs some levelling up, so. It makes sense to make that happen. It also helps me drag my heels on getting nearer to end game. Like, I've never gotten the appeal of end game, or treating it like the game finally starts (I say, while spending days and days shiny hunting xD). But like, I don't like grouping, I'm not too fussy about having the shiniest equipment ever -- if I want that, I'll go dive into a Diablo game.

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I am... existing. *laughs* I just felt a headache ping, so I'm not impressed with that. I grabbed a can of Coke Zero out of the fridge as it seemed to be the only non-energy caffeine to hand... and it's been there for some time. Which means it's slightly flat, but that's good for the chugging.

I came down this morning to find spouse and youngest engaged in a public works project. Spouse had in mind rejiggering furniture around here in the lounge so he could move his office chair in. His long-brewing plan has been realised, and it works out nicely (and means he can play games on his computer again). The further plan is to move furniture around in the study so youngest's chair isn't constantly in the way. Like spouse said to me yesterday -- she's only going to get bigger and more in the way as she ages up, so.

I finally finished the first sock in waiting and fit tested it (so good). Second one is cast on, but I've not started on it yet -- too much gaming to be had. Gaming is easier with the head being dumb, obviously.

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