That household meme, via a couple of people

[pensnest]

A red one from Lush, which will probably be there for years as we never have baths.

2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
No

3. Is there anything moldy in your refrigerator?
There are some very decrepit carrots in one of the veg boxes. Hmm.

4. Are there any dirty dishes in your sink?
No.

5. What would you change about your living room?
New carpet! And I'd like to do something more intelligent and stylish with the book/DVD shelves.

6. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Somewhere in between, right at the moment.

7. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
Actually, a jar, but only because we acquired them from FIL when he left the country. Plenty of fresh mushrooms in the fridge, though.

8. White or wheat bread?
Wholemeal/multigrain.

9. What is on top of your refrigerator?
Some handsome tins in case of cake or biscuits needing to travel somewhere. Part-used pack of kitchen paper towels. Various clingfilm/aluminium foil packs. Four large water bottles.

10. What color is your sofa?
One is reddish brown leather, one is red cloth. Upstairs, one covered in a rather ugly orange fabric, which underneath that is pale pastel microstripes.

11. What color or design is on your shower curtain?
Don't have a shower curtain.

12. How many plants are in your home?
None.

13. How many candles are in your home?
Er, several. About eight 'display' candles and a bunch more in drawers.

14. Is your bed made right now?
No

15. If you have a coffee pot, what color is it?
There's a percolator, white with poppies, and a cafetiere which is glass. Don't see much of either of them.

16. Electric or standard can opener?
Standard

17. Comet or Soft Scrub?
Don't understand the question

18. Is your closet organized?
Well, there are zones for - it's sort of - no, not really.

19. What color is the flashlight that you use the most?
I think it's light blue. It's a wind-up. But it doesn't get much use.

20. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
I'm struggling to decide which of the drawers in the house is a 'junk drawer'. Lots of them might qualify.

21. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass, except when my breakfast orange juice glasses are both in the dishwasher.

22. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
This is such an American question. No.

23. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
Somewhat.

24. Curtains or blinds?
Both

25. How many pillows do you sleep with?
One

26. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
Not exactly, but there's the disco-esque display from the computer corner, and the clock radio lights the way to the bathroom very well.

27. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None.

28. How often do you vacuum?
When we have visitors?

29. Standard toothbrush or electric?
Standard

30. What color is your toothbrush?
White and pink

31. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
There's a mat. It doesn't say 'welcome' on it.

32. What is in your oven right now?
Oven shelves.

33. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
I expect it could use a wipe.

34. Is there anything under your bed?
I'm not sure whether this is a yes, because there are drawers under the bed containing sleeping bags, toys, sundry little-used items of Himself's, and my underwear, or no, because there isn't room under the bed-frame for anything besides dust bunnies and the occasional stray pencil.

35. Chore you hate doing the most?
Cleaning windows? I dunno, I'm not into housework.

36. What retro items are in your home?
I'm not sure what counts as retro. We have some G-plan dining chairs which are still really comfortable, and a matching dining table (in the conservatory) and sideboard. We have the piano stool my uncle made and mother embroidered, which isn't far off being as old as I am, and a beautiful Chinese dinner service which *is* as old as I am.

37. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
My computer is in the library/spare room; I also have a craft room (the conservatory).

38. If you have a yard, who mows it?
He does, and we call it a garden.

39. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
Oh, I expect so.

40. How many mirrors are in your home?
Six, plus a wall-long mirrored wardrobe in Bun's room.

41. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No.

42. What color are your walls?
Hall/landing are off-white; lounge is orange, dining room white; kitchen white; our bedroom white wallpaper with pinkish design, this room the wallpaper has an apricot floral design, Bun's room is light blue and creamy yellow, Boy's room bright yellow and dark blue, bathrooms are blue/white and beige.

43. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
Hall/landing, main bedroom, this room, dining room.

44. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
No, it's glass.

45. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
No.

46. What does your home smell like right now?
Home.

47. Fave candle scent?
Not sure I have one.

48. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
Er… plum chutney made by Grandpa, piccalilli. We are out of dill pickles, though I very much like the Polish ones from the multi-ethnic supermarket in town.

49. Who are in the pictures you displayed?
Me, the four of us at my sister's wedding, niece, nephew. And there are a Whole Bunch of pics lining the stairs, including portraits of both brats, sister's wedding pics, me with my Bumps crew, Bun with Vincent Kartheiser, me with The Host, and both of us with half the Firefly crew.

50. What color is your favorite Bible?
I don't have a favourite Bible. (A favourite Bible?) The Bible I do have is, I think, dark blue.

51. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Enough, certainly.

52. Do you own a stereo?
Yes, though we disposed of the turntable not long ago.

53. How many TVs do you have?
One.

54. How many house phones?
Two lines, one of which has three handsets, the other, one.

55. Do you have a housekeeper?
Alas, no.

56. What style do you decorate in?
Er. Comfortable.

57. Do you like solid colors in furniture or prints?
I prefer solid colours, but I get seduced by patterns.

58. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
The computers, I guess. If I could save something pretty it'd probably be the rug and piano stool made by my mother, and I'd mourn the Gorgon's Head and my two Kerry Darlington pictures.

59. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
Hmm. I could probably manage, but I'm not sure.

60. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
We set the central heating to 17 degrees. That'd be nice in the summer, too, if it could be achieved.

Comments

[rikes]

Ahaha, this meme. Fascinating to read, but I'd have to answer "I don't have one" to every other question. That's what you get for living in a studio apartment!