Essencious http://essencious.org Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 24 May 2012 08:41:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Where did this heat come from? http://essencious.org/2012/05/where-did-this-heat-come-from/ http://essencious.org/2012/05/where-did-this-heat-come-from/#comments Thu, 24 May 2012 08:41:39 +0000 Krystal http://essencious.org/?p=2659 I started writing this entry yesterday at lunch and thought I’ll finish it in the evening. Unfortunately my internet was down all night! It came back at around 10:30pm which is already bed time for me, grr!

Anyways onto the entry…

April falls fell on the United Kingdom this year. There was heavy rain once a week and at least a little bit of rain each day from April till now. The rain was just never ending, felt like summer was never going to come. Off course we will have a summer, just didn’t expect it to come all of a sudden. Out of no where, England is getting a massive heat wave which started yesterday. Not only is there a lot of sun, it’s also very humid. It’s so nice to have the hot weather back again. Not sure how long this is going to last though, as we don’t have very long summer in the UK.

Fingers cross that this carries on over the next month as I’ll be officially moving into my flat next weekend. We’ll have the sofa and bed in place by then. My boyfriend has already moved in but sleeping on the floor at the moment. He only needs the internet and his computer anyways. We have fibre optic internet at the flat so he’s totally enjoying that at the moment. He downloaded Diablo III (a 7gig file) is 17 minutes which just shows how fast the internet speed is.

]]> http://essencious.org/2012/05/where-did-this-heat-come-from/feed/ 4 It’s getting close http://essencious.org/2012/05/its-getting-close/ http://essencious.org/2012/05/its-getting-close/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 13:41:41 +0000 Krystal http://essencious.org/?p=2651 D.I.Y is hard! I never thought painting is so difficult. Myself, my boyfriend and dad painted all the walls and ceilings last weekend. More painting this weekend as we still need to paint the doors, door frames and skirting boards.

That’s only the end of the painting part, we still need to tile the kitchen and floorboard the rest of the rooms.

I can’t wait to move in though. I’ve waited so long already.

I won’t be able to show any pictures for a while as I’m going to take some photos when all the furniture are in place. Our sofa won’t be delivered till June!!! And we still haven’t decided which TV to buy.

]]> http://essencious.org/2012/05/its-getting-close/feed/ 10 D.I.Y http://essencious.org/2012/05/d-i-y/ http://essencious.org/2012/05/d-i-y/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 19:26:13 +0000 Krystal http://essencious.org/?p=2647 We got the keys to the flat last Friday and spent the whole weekend working on it. We started out by cleaning the place as the previous owner didn’t really clean (especially her sinks and oven). There was about a 2mm layer of limescale on all her sinks, taps and the shower tap/head! I spent a whole days scrubbing all the limescale off the the sink in the kitchen and my boyfriend spent his day cleaning the two bathroom sinks. We also manage to get the ceiling painted.

We still have loads to do. We still need to

  • Paint walls (two layers)
  • Paint doors, window sills and skirting boards (would like to mention we have 8 doors!)
  • Remove all the carpets (the carpet is pretty old)
  • Floorboard most of the rooms
  • Carpet the bedroom
  • More cleaning!

I’ve got some time off this week so hopefully will be able to get loads done by the end of this weekend. I want to move in already. I actually want to start buying things for the flat so it will feel personalised. Won’t be able to do that for another week though.

It’s been a long wait but we finally made it :D I will post pictures when it’s all done up.

Once I settle into the flat, I’ll have more time to spent on the blogging world. I’ve pretty much neglected you guys and haven’t read many blog post for a while. Thanks everyone who is still following me *hugs*

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I was having fun with Instagram. I had it installed on my iPhone but never used bothered using it for a while. I’m loving the blur and tilt shift effect though.

]]> http://essencious.org/2012/04/meatball-ribbon-pasta/feed/ 6 This Friday is the day… http://essencious.org/2012/04/this-friday-is-the-day/ http://essencious.org/2012/04/this-friday-is-the-day/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:24:03 +0000 Krystal http://essencious.org/?p=2639 We’re getting the keys for our flat this Friday. It’s been a long wait and we’ve finally made it. It’s going to be DIY time for a few weeks then we’ll be able to move in.

There isn’t much to do really. We need to paint the place, put in new floorboards & carpet and clean the place. Off course we need to buy a few furnitures but we can easily pick them up from Ikea. The flat is very close to an Ikea so will be easy for us to pop round and buy a few small bits.

Kitchen equipment is going to be a big spend. Good cookwares are expensive. I suppose you only buy them once and they last for years. We found many awesome kitchen gadgets, and totally can’t wait to get our hands on them :D

We also have loads of plans for the future in our little flat…can’t wait!!

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