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Henna henna splat splat and now waiting for it to sink in. Could only get the standard red rather than the dark red egyptian (still Pikos though), and the dye release didn't seem as good, so leaving it on for longer. Last of the cider vinegar, red wine, white vinegar and the usual water, gelatine, honey mix.

Spent half an hour finishing book in front of fire - yay to wood burner and a good way of getting rid of dead pizza boxes. Now onto the loitering in front of the computer randomly surfing and catching up (while Z catches up with dishes). I may make it to 2 hours... just.

But the delightful things you find:

Smart Bitches who love trashy books are a great trawl though. They had a contest for "Name that Texas Vibrator!" when Texas decided they were legel. The winner was ( look below if you don't want to trawl through yourself )

. The prize was a Hello Kitty Vibrator...

The fact the new internet connection exists is good, but the fact it is somewhat intermitent and cuts out regularly is less good. Will see if that continues...

Getting close enough to 2 hours and my scalp is getting itchy. Time to degoop...

Edit: Buggery buggery sod. What is worse that lots of little bits leaking dye everywhere? Lots of heavier black little bits that don't leak dye everywhere ie sod all dye release. Note for next time: Picco's dark red henna and accept no substitutes, not even from the same supplier. Mutter mutter mutter. May need to grovel for a dark red henna care package from down south...

And I hadn't quite rinsed out the oven properly after cleaning, so no roast mutton for dinner :(

Sigh...

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Petticoat is now done. Z's hessian reinforcing strip (previously used on tents) does a really nice job of stiffening the hem and giving it a bit of body. Will be nice and save the pinning of the skirt for tomorrow night.

And there are apparently bags of dismembered dolls and 60s era paintings of mountains and roses in the roof cavity. The things you find while attempting to work out if the air conditioning/heating system can be used just to recirculate the warm air from the wood burner...