So, you know that silly household meme

[stgulik]

that's going around? Yeah. I filled it out. Well, why not? It amused me! Maybe getting to know more about my home will amuse you, too.

1. What kind of soap is in your bathtub right now?
Technically, the three of us don’t use the bathtub. The shower has three kinds of body wash because we each believe we require completely different levels of moisturizing.

2. Do you have any watermelon in your refrigerator?
Not right now. I can’t stand watermelon. It only gets put in the fridge whenever my husband can be arsed to buy one himself.

3. Is there anything mouldy in your refrigerator?
Undoubtedly!

4. What would you change about your living room?
The size. It’s small and rectangular, so it’s impossible to configure the furniture for ease of conversing.

5. Are the dishes in your dishwasher clean or dirty?
Clean.

6. Do you have a can of mushrooms in your pantry?
Yes.

7. White or wheat/brown bread?
Whole wheat.

8. What is on top of your refrigerator?
A large decorative basket with a bag of tortilla chips in it. Also a bowl of onions.

9. What colour is your sofa?
Taupe. I don't know the name of the fabric. Microfiber? We usually call it "Laz-E-Boy Leather."

10. What colour or design is on your shower curtain?
The shower is glass-paneled.

11. How many plants are in your home?
Just one. My husband acquired a Christmas Cactus and it’s kind of his baby.

12. How many candles are in your home?
Not many. A few for the occasional candlelight dinner. I don’t decorate with candles because they just take up space and get dusty.

13. Is your bed made right now?
We never make the beds. And we figure anybody who objects to it shouldn’t be walking into our bedrooms in the first place.

14. If you have a coffee pot, what colour is it?
Black and silver – a serious machine for a serious addiction.

15. Electric or standard can opener?
Standard.

16. Comet or Soft Scrub?
Comet, since they changed their formula to be more like Soft Scrub.

17. Is your closet organized?
Actually, yes, quite organized! Stuffed, but organized.

18. What colour is the flashlight that you use the most?
Black, I think? It’s always dark when I use it.

19. What kinds of things are in your junk drawer?
Oh, honey. Words fail me.

20. Do you drink out of glass or plastic most of the time at home?
Glass, of course. Plastic is for toddlers and teenagers.

21. Do you have iced tea made in a pitcher right now?
I don’t, and I wish I did. I would drink a lot more of it! Must get better organized.

22. If you have a garage, is it cluttered?
It’s monumentally cluttered. We try, but it's just no good. The rest of the house is like wacky sitcom-cluttered, but our garage is like hoarder reality show-cluttered.

23. Curtains or blinds?
Blinds. They came with the house and we never changed them for groovier treatments.

24. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two. I sleep upon just one, and the other is nearby as a companion to the working one, I guess.

25. Do you sleep with any lights on at night?
Yeah, we have a night light. It used to bother me but it’s less disruptive than my husband tripping over his own shoes at 2 a.m.

26. How many ceiling fans are in your home?
None. And we call ourselves American!

27. How often do you hoover?
What is that, a dance?

28. What colour is your toothbrush?
I don’t remember!

29. Do you have a welcome mat on your front porch?
Yes. Although it’s utilitarian black rubber and the “welcome” is in a distinctly unfriendly font. Nobody could possibly feel welcomed by this austere mat. Come to think of it, maybe that’s why we never get visitors. Which is just as well because the beds aren’t made and the living room furniture is not for conversing.

30. What is in your oven right now?
Racks.

31. Is your microwave clean or dirty?
Clean!

32. Is there anything under your bed?
A duffel bag and some items that need to be stored flat, like cutting mats.

33. Chore you hate doing the most?
Mowing.

34. What retro items are in your home?
I don’t know what you mean. Antiques? A few random things that have been inherited over the years. Oh, except we have a 1912 Chickering upright grand piano that looks like a piece of crap but that we LOVE and sounds great and is a full-fledged member of the family.

35. Do you have a separate room that you use as an office?
Yeah, I sort of took over a bedroom.

36. If you have a yard, who mows it?
Usually my husband. Occasionally it falls to me, if his arthritis is particularly bad, and then comes the Complaining. Our kid already has set chores, and won’t take this one on without a fight. I see a yard guy in our near future.

37. Is there anything on your kitchen floor right now?
As far as food goes? We have two dogs, so no.

38. How many mirrors are in your home?
Seven. Mostly in the bathrooms and bedrooms.

39. Do you have any hidden emergency money around your home?
No, but the penny jars are getting pretty full.

40. What colour are your walls?
White, except the kitchen is painted a sort of gold.

41. Which rooms in your house have wallpaper?
None.

42. Do you have a peephole in your front door?
Yes.

43. Do you keep any kind of protection weapons in your home?
Well, not guns.

44. What does your home smell like right now?
I’d say my house smells not-unpleasantly like dust, dog, lavender, lemon, and laundry detergent.

45. Favourite candle scent?
I don’t like scented candles, although currently I do own a fruit-scented one right now that’s all right in small doses.

46. What kind of pickles (if any) are in your refrigerator right now?
Dill pickles and sweet pickles. Yum!

47. Who are in the pictures you display?
No pictures are on display right now. Okay, wait, I can explain. Last February, as you recall, we held a Harry Potter-themed birthday party. I took down all the pictures and hangers so we could put up a large HP poster montage. And although we took down the posters a month later, we never hung the family pictures again. The truth is, the pictures are all in grotty frames and we never really liked the way they looked. What we really want to do now is find giant paper sheets and tape them to that blank wall and let my daughter illustrate her Astronomy homework. That’d buy us some time on the home décor front.

 
48. What colour is your favourite bible?
We have a few different versions of bibles but I don’t remember what colors they are.

49. Do you have plenty of cabinet space in your kitchen?
Basically, yes. I think we’ve conformed to what we have, and know of no better way.

50. Ever been on your roof?
Hell no!

51. Do you own a stereo?
Yes. My husband’s hobby. He’s always tinkering with the components.

52. How many TVs do you have?
Two.

53. How many house phones?
Three right now, all cordless, and therefore when they ring they’re never where you think they’ll be.

54. Do you have a housekeeper?
Heh. No. We hired one during a particularly hectic period of our lives. It was fantastic and I wish we could afford to do it during peacetime as well.

55. What style do you decorate in?
I’d call it a tasteful combination of Mid-Married, Consignment-Shop-Eclectic and Late-Century-Flatpack.

56. Do you like solid colours in furniture or prints?
Solid. Prints are for throw pillows.

57. Is there a smoke detector in your home?
A few. We took down the one in the kitchen because it went off almost every night.

58. In case of fire, what are the items you would grab if you only could make one quick trip?
Well, the dogs first. But if they were safe, then I’d go for the photo boxes and the two external hard drives.

59. What temperature in your home is most comfortable to you?
About 76 degrees (23C).

60. Do you know how to work your electrical box?
Mwah ha ha ha! No, but I know how to work the phone to call someone competent.

Comments

[scumblack.livejournal.com]

8. What is on top of your refrigerator?
A large decorative basket with a bag of tortilla chips in it. Also a bowl of onions.

Oh my goodness, are you sure we don't live in the same house?

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

Hmm, maybe we do. Are you fifteen and have a blue streak in your hair and do almost anything to get out of doing the dishes?

[scumblack.livejournal.com]

That sounds almost exactly like me. Except I'm twenty and I'm not daring enough to put anything in my hair and I do everyone's dishes.

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

>gasp< You could be twins!

[kittylefish.livejournal.com]

hey, i think we have the same unwelcoming welcome mat! and much the same decorating style. ;)

[stgulik.livejournal.com]

Based on our similar thought processes during the Snupin LDWS challenge, I really believe you and I are a lot alike!