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|  || Tuesday, September 12, 2006 || Day 7 - Home.What a gorgeous Monday afternoon. Moved into my room today. Spent the afternoon vaccuming and cleaning. In true Bree van der Kamp style, I vaccumed thoroughly and twice-wiped each surface clean! I feel so domestic. Speaking of domesticity, I brought along a domestic guidebook "How to Run Your Home Without Help". Very fitting. It teaches you how to sew (darn, patch and make over household linens! With quaint diagrams included.), clean stubborn stains (to get rid of inkstains, use a solution of oxalic acid or a solution of permanganate of potash and hydrogen peroxide! To make the solutions, dissolve the crystals...) and entertain with enjoyment ('the right kind of menu is half the battle... learn to make good tea and put a good amount of filling in your sandwiches'). I love a good book! Anyway, no pictures of my room yet. It's messy at the moment and starkly ill-furnished. When I have finished with improvements I will show you pictures. In the meantime, have a look at the garden.  Oh in case you were wondering, permanganate of potash and hydrogen peroxide works cause the permanganate reduces the peroxide to give oxygen! Which presumably and somehow will remove the inkstain. I need to brush up on my chemistry. |