dododumpling

Oops, it’s been a while!

We are so very nearly there. Since my last entry, we’ve given the glosswork a second coat, varnished the floor again (third coat), put in our new furniture (sideboard, bookcase, table, chairs). My parents visited in March and put up the curtain rail and the quadrant around the edge of the floor. We have new curtains, place mats and even napkins and it all looks beeyootiful!

There are, however, a couple of little bits to do before it’s properly finished. I need to touch up the glosswork in a couple of places, and varnish the quadrant. And then once we have finished moving the furniture around, I can fill the bookcase and sideboard (which will also have the benefit of clearing some of the boxes from our spare room).

I’m going to do it over Easter. I am going to do it over Easter. And then I will post pictures of our lovely new dining room. :)

Among my wild releases for April is http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3641554/dododumpling/book-A-New-Russian-Grammar-Anna-H.-Semeonoff”>A New Russian Grammar, which I released at the local Oxfam shop.

And I’ve sent off a few books, here’s my celebratory 100th registered/2nd BC birthday book: http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3691963/dododumpling/book-Flat-Stanley-Jeff-Brown”>Flat Stanley.

It’s been aaaaages now since I had a catch. I need to wild release more. I took a book away with me earlier this week (was in Manchester with work) but kept chickening out of wild releasing. Got to get over it!

Wild release: I released this http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3641542/dododumpling/book-English-Russian-Phrase-Book-for-Tourists-V.-Zotov”>English Russian phrase book on a park and ride bus in Cambridge (on my way to a BC meet, funnily enough!) No sign of a journal entry yet, but then again, I suppose it’s not the most accessible of books for someone to find.

Postal release> I sent http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/3691970/dododumpling/book-One-Foot-on-the-Stage:-The-Biography-of-Richard-Wilson-James-Roose-Evans,-Richar…”>Richard Wilson’s biography to the lucky (?!) winner of the BCUK March sweepstake.