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eleanorjaneBecause it's late and that's all I have brain for. Swiped from torachan.
1. What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
I don't have a bathtub. There's Imperial Leather in the shower and on the vanity for my boyfriend, but I prefer shower gel/hand wash.
2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
No, it being winter here.
3. Is there anything moldy in your refrigerator?
Actually, amazingly, no. I went through all the lost and forgotten vegetables a few days ago and threw out everything dubious.
What happened to #4?
Aliens.
5. What would you change about your living room?
Less *stuff!* The boyfriend just moved in properly a couple of weeks ago so there's boxes and bags of stuff all over the place, and even without that there's just Too Much Stuff.
6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Clean.
7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
Many, both sliced and whole. Champignons only, though, I don't like the alternatives (usually mushrooms in butter sauce). I use them as a cooking ingredient on the rare occasions I don't have fresh mushrooms, and as a snack when I'm craving salt.
8. White or wheat/brown bread?
White, multigrain or soy & linseed. I'm not a fan of brown bread sans grains. I keep meaning to get back to baking my own, but one thing at a time.
9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
A couple of rolls of garbage bags, an empty cake tin, and a large wooden serving platter.
10. What color is your sofa?
Chocolate brown.
11. What color or design is on your shower curtain?
No curtain; it's a glass enclosure (around a massive shower; I'm totally in love with my new bathroom).
12. How many plants are in your home?
None inside, but on the front porch there are troughs with basil, greek basil, flat-leaf parsley, and oregano, and a very enthusiastic aloe vera plant.
13. How many candles are in your home?
Tons, mostly packed away. I like candles, and tend to keep them around for decorative purposes (and use).
14. Is your bed made right now?
Yes. I don't bother if it's just me, as I use quilts rather than sheets & blankets, but my boyfriend likes it better made and I'm trying to be good about this whole house-sharing thing :)
15. If you have a coffee pot, what color is it?
I don't; I use a handy little black travel drip filter thing, or I make instant.
16. Electric or standard can opener?
Standard.
17. Comet or Soft Scrub?
What even are these? Hooray for Americentric memes...
18. Is your closet organized?
I don't have a closet per se, but I have a wardrobe area of the room with wall-mounted shelving and rods behind some fabric panels. It's mostly organised, though the folded clothes are a bit higgledy piggledy.
19. What color is the flashlight that you use the most?
There are a couple of yellow ones around the house, but mostly I use a flashlight app on my iPhone ;)
20. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
...junk drawer? Is this a thing?
My house is full of drawers. Stationery, health care stuff, nail polish, screwdrivers, jewellery in the study. Linens and towels in the bathroom. Clothes (and other, uh, bedroom stuff) in the bedroom. Cutlery, cooking implements, pans, bowls, baking trays/muffin pans/cake tins, tupperware & lids, teatowels, plasticware and microwave cookware, and small appliances in the kitchen. (Almost my underbench storage in the kitchen is drawers.) Paperwork, cables, good cutlery and batteries in the living room.
So no, no junk drawer.
21. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
It varies; usually a glass 1L bottle, a metal insulated tumbler, or a large plastic tumbler.
22. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
No. Is this another American thing? I don't think you'd find iced tea in even 1% of Australian houses.
23. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
Cluttered no, full of stuff, yes. The underhouse storage area -- which includes the garage -- has a lot of the bf's boxed up stuff, plus old things of mine in storage or to be gotten rid of.
24. Curtains or blinds?
In my house? Blinds -- stylish roller blinds, that is. I hate most Venetian and vertical blinds, but I like the simplicity of a flat panel of fabric.
25. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One fairly thick feathery one, and a small cylindrical bolster to tuck under my neck.
26. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No, assuming I manage to get to sleep at night. The bf prefers the door open, which I'm getting used to, but left to my own devices I prefer a dark room.
27. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None. There used to be one in the living room but it didn't particularly aid the air flow, and it had a thirst for human blood, so we got rid of it. (Tall friends would always wind up sticking their hands into it while taking off sweaters and the like.)
28. How often do you vacuum?
I don't, because I have wooden floors. I sweep with a soft dry mop when they need them, or at least I'm trying to.
30. What color is your toothbrush?
Green and white.
31. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
No; I've got a doormat for wiping crud off one's shoes -- but it's not the classic coir mat spelling out Welcome or anything.
32. What is in your oven right now?
Oven racks, that's it. It being 1am, it's not like I'm baking right now, and the pans have their own storage drawer when not in use.
33. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
It got cleaned today!
34. Is there anything under your bed?
Dust bunnies, some rope (don't look at me like that; it's an in-the-event-of-fire emergency-out-the-window rope with handhold knots all the way down it, anchored to the bedframe), an empty water bottle or two; a couple of Wired magazines; a hand towel.
35. Chore you hate doing the most?
Laundry. So the bf does laundry and bins; I cook and do dishes. :)
36. What retro items are in your home?
I haven't deliberately bought anything retro; one of my armchairs is old and hasn't yet been replaced, though. I dislike 'retro' almost entirely.
37. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Yep, the second bedroom of the house. The third is the spare room.
38. If you have a yard, who mows it?
I have a lawnmowing guy who comes every 2-6 weeks depending on the season.
39. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
Apart from the stuff you'd expect, like a bin, no.
40. How many mirrors are in your home?
Apart from compacts and the like, there's one in the bathroom and a smaller one on the inside of the front door.
41. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
I keep the lawnmowing guy's regular fee tucked away in a drawer, because I can never guarantee I'll have cash in my wallet when he comes.
42. What color are your walls?
Most of the house is a mid grey (Taubmans 'Birchstone'); the dining room and study are a dark auberginey sort of colour called Apium (also Taubmans). The master bedroom is bright mandarin orange, which is lovely in the afternoons, and the spare bedroom is sky blue with a feature wall in darkish grey. The kitchen is white; the bathroom is white tile and cabinetwork with strong teal walls (from mid-wall up to the ceiling; the lower half of the walls are tiled). Ceilings, cornices and woodwork are white throughout; the floors are polished floorboards.
43. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None.
44. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes, although the mirror's hanging over it, which doesn't help!
45. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
Nope.
46. What does your home smell like right now?
Woodsmoke drifting in from someone's wood stove nearby.
47. Favorite candle scent?
Vanilla or jasmine.
48. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
None, though there's an unopened jar of pickles in the pantry, I think.
49. Who are in the pictures you displayed?
I don't have any photos on display, actually.
50. What color is your favorite bible?
Wow. Projecting much?
I'm an agnostic who's pretty hostile towards organised religion. Why would I own a bible, let alone have so many I have a favourite?!
51. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Yes, although it's all pretty full.
52. Ever been on your roof?
No. That would be a recipe for disaster.
53. Do you own a stereo?
I've got a small hi-fi hooked up to the TV and my media centre computer, but these days I listen to most music via my computer (which does have very awesome speakers, a set of Harmon Kardon soundsticks).
54. How many TVs do you have?
One, though it's never actually used for TV. DVDs and downloaded media only, and occasionally streamed stuff (though less of that now Boxee got rid of its NHL applet).
55. How many house phones?
One landline with three handsets, although it's never used. Nobody calls me on it, and I always use my mobile to call out.
56. Do you have a housekeeper?
No.
57. What style do you decorate in?
Simplistic and modern with strong colours; I prefer minimalism but have too much clutter for that.
58. Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints?
Solids.
59. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. A wired-in one in the hallway near the kitchen, and a battery-powered one downstairs.
60. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
If I've got it set up by then, my go bag. Otherwise, my phone, my iPad, my Time Capsule, my wallet, and probably my box of unscanned photos. If I had time, as many of my external hard drives as I could grab.
61. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
I ... think so.
62. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Low 20s with some airflow.
torachan.1. What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
I don't have a bathtub. There's Imperial Leather in the shower and on the vanity for my boyfriend, but I prefer shower gel/hand wash.
2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
No, it being winter here.
3. Is there anything moldy in your refrigerator?
Actually, amazingly, no. I went through all the lost and forgotten vegetables a few days ago and threw out everything dubious.
What happened to #4?
Aliens.
5. What would you change about your living room?
Less *stuff!* The boyfriend just moved in properly a couple of weeks ago so there's boxes and bags of stuff all over the place, and even without that there's just Too Much Stuff.
6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Clean.
7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
Many, both sliced and whole. Champignons only, though, I don't like the alternatives (usually mushrooms in butter sauce). I use them as a cooking ingredient on the rare occasions I don't have fresh mushrooms, and as a snack when I'm craving salt.
8. White or wheat/brown bread?
White, multigrain or soy & linseed. I'm not a fan of brown bread sans grains. I keep meaning to get back to baking my own, but one thing at a time.
9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
A couple of rolls of garbage bags, an empty cake tin, and a large wooden serving platter.
10. What color is your sofa?
Chocolate brown.
11. What color or design is on your shower curtain?
No curtain; it's a glass enclosure (around a massive shower; I'm totally in love with my new bathroom).
12. How many plants are in your home?
None inside, but on the front porch there are troughs with basil, greek basil, flat-leaf parsley, and oregano, and a very enthusiastic aloe vera plant.
13. How many candles are in your home?
Tons, mostly packed away. I like candles, and tend to keep them around for decorative purposes (and use).
14. Is your bed made right now?
Yes. I don't bother if it's just me, as I use quilts rather than sheets & blankets, but my boyfriend likes it better made and I'm trying to be good about this whole house-sharing thing :)
15. If you have a coffee pot, what color is it?
I don't; I use a handy little black travel drip filter thing, or I make instant.
16. Electric or standard can opener?
Standard.
17. Comet or Soft Scrub?
What even are these? Hooray for Americentric memes...
18. Is your closet organized?
I don't have a closet per se, but I have a wardrobe area of the room with wall-mounted shelving and rods behind some fabric panels. It's mostly organised, though the folded clothes are a bit higgledy piggledy.
19. What color is the flashlight that you use the most?
There are a couple of yellow ones around the house, but mostly I use a flashlight app on my iPhone ;)
20. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
...junk drawer? Is this a thing?
My house is full of drawers. Stationery, health care stuff, nail polish, screwdrivers, jewellery in the study. Linens and towels in the bathroom. Clothes (and other, uh, bedroom stuff) in the bedroom. Cutlery, cooking implements, pans, bowls, baking trays/muffin pans/cake tins, tupperware & lids, teatowels, plasticware and microwave cookware, and small appliances in the kitchen. (Almost my underbench storage in the kitchen is drawers.) Paperwork, cables, good cutlery and batteries in the living room.
So no, no junk drawer.
21. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
It varies; usually a glass 1L bottle, a metal insulated tumbler, or a large plastic tumbler.
22. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
No. Is this another American thing? I don't think you'd find iced tea in even 1% of Australian houses.
23. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
Cluttered no, full of stuff, yes. The underhouse storage area -- which includes the garage -- has a lot of the bf's boxed up stuff, plus old things of mine in storage or to be gotten rid of.
24. Curtains or blinds?
In my house? Blinds -- stylish roller blinds, that is. I hate most Venetian and vertical blinds, but I like the simplicity of a flat panel of fabric.
25. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One fairly thick feathery one, and a small cylindrical bolster to tuck under my neck.
26. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
No, assuming I manage to get to sleep at night. The bf prefers the door open, which I'm getting used to, but left to my own devices I prefer a dark room.
27. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None. There used to be one in the living room but it didn't particularly aid the air flow, and it had a thirst for human blood, so we got rid of it. (Tall friends would always wind up sticking their hands into it while taking off sweaters and the like.)
28. How often do you vacuum?
I don't, because I have wooden floors. I sweep with a soft dry mop when they need them, or at least I'm trying to.
30. What color is your toothbrush?
Green and white.
31. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
No; I've got a doormat for wiping crud off one's shoes -- but it's not the classic coir mat spelling out Welcome or anything.
32. What is in your oven right now?
Oven racks, that's it. It being 1am, it's not like I'm baking right now, and the pans have their own storage drawer when not in use.
33. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
It got cleaned today!
34. Is there anything under your bed?
Dust bunnies, some rope (don't look at me like that; it's an in-the-event-of-fire emergency-out-the-window rope with handhold knots all the way down it, anchored to the bedframe), an empty water bottle or two; a couple of Wired magazines; a hand towel.
35. Chore you hate doing the most?
Laundry. So the bf does laundry and bins; I cook and do dishes. :)
36. What retro items are in your home?
I haven't deliberately bought anything retro; one of my armchairs is old and hasn't yet been replaced, though. I dislike 'retro' almost entirely.
37. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Yep, the second bedroom of the house. The third is the spare room.
38. If you have a yard, who mows it?
I have a lawnmowing guy who comes every 2-6 weeks depending on the season.
39. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
Apart from the stuff you'd expect, like a bin, no.
40. How many mirrors are in your home?
Apart from compacts and the like, there's one in the bathroom and a smaller one on the inside of the front door.
41. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
I keep the lawnmowing guy's regular fee tucked away in a drawer, because I can never guarantee I'll have cash in my wallet when he comes.
42. What color are your walls?
Most of the house is a mid grey (Taubmans 'Birchstone'); the dining room and study are a dark auberginey sort of colour called Apium (also Taubmans). The master bedroom is bright mandarin orange, which is lovely in the afternoons, and the spare bedroom is sky blue with a feature wall in darkish grey. The kitchen is white; the bathroom is white tile and cabinetwork with strong teal walls (from mid-wall up to the ceiling; the lower half of the walls are tiled). Ceilings, cornices and woodwork are white throughout; the floors are polished floorboards.
43. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None.
44. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes, although the mirror's hanging over it, which doesn't help!
45. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
Nope.
46. What does your home smell like right now?
Woodsmoke drifting in from someone's wood stove nearby.
47. Favorite candle scent?
Vanilla or jasmine.
48. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
None, though there's an unopened jar of pickles in the pantry, I think.
49. Who are in the pictures you displayed?
I don't have any photos on display, actually.
50. What color is your favorite bible?
Wow. Projecting much?
I'm an agnostic who's pretty hostile towards organised religion. Why would I own a bible, let alone have so many I have a favourite?!
51. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Yes, although it's all pretty full.
52. Ever been on your roof?
No. That would be a recipe for disaster.
53. Do you own a stereo?
I've got a small hi-fi hooked up to the TV and my media centre computer, but these days I listen to most music via my computer (which does have very awesome speakers, a set of Harmon Kardon soundsticks).
54. How many TVs do you have?
One, though it's never actually used for TV. DVDs and downloaded media only, and occasionally streamed stuff (though less of that now Boxee got rid of its NHL applet).
55. How many house phones?
One landline with three handsets, although it's never used. Nobody calls me on it, and I always use my mobile to call out.
56. Do you have a housekeeper?
No.
57. What style do you decorate in?
Simplistic and modern with strong colours; I prefer minimalism but have too much clutter for that.
58. Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints?
Solids.
59. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
Yes. A wired-in one in the hallway near the kitchen, and a battery-powered one downstairs.
60. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
If I've got it set up by then, my go bag. Otherwise, my phone, my iPad, my Time Capsule, my wallet, and probably my box of unscanned photos. If I had time, as many of my external hard drives as I could grab.
61. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
I ... think so.
62. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
Low 20s with some airflow.