{"id":527,"date":"2004-06-28T10:22:39","date_gmt":"2004-06-28T10:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guyweb.co.uk\/?p=527"},"modified":"2004-06-28T10:22:39","modified_gmt":"2004-06-28T10:22:39","slug":"diy-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/2004\/06\/28\/diy-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d say we&#8217;re about 90% finished with decorating now. Just the skirting and architrave to do. We ordered a new extendable, circular pine table and chairs to replace the rather formal looking rectangular beech table that never really sat right to me. It&#8217;ll be with us soon and then we&#8217;ll be able to quit the TV dinners. Helen and I are most pleased with the result. I&#8217;ve decided to wait until it&#8217;s all finished before posting before\/after pics but let&#8217;s just say it&#8217;s now cosy beyond belief thanks to the light, finishing touches: a new terracotta rug and lined curtains.<\/p>\n<p>I also finally got around to plugging the sound outputs from my PS2 into my amp. Having thoroughly weeded and mowed the neglected garden I rewarded myself with a blast on Gran Turismo 3. Unfortunately, this second hand purchase didn&#8217;t include the much needed game-data and I was left to complete the license tests or race in a Suzuki Wagon-R. Great sound, dull game play (for now at least). I expect that by the time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B00009N2KS\/qid=1088414120\/sr=1-2\/ref=sr_1_10_2\/202-8776332-8211005\">Gran Turismo 4<\/a> hits the shops that I&#8217;ll have just about completed all the license tests for 3!<\/p>\n<p>The awkwardness of having a hill for a front garden has finally hit home and I&#8217;m now planning a three-tiered terrace laced with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gonegardening.com\/xq\/ASP\/dept_id.70501\/pf_id.705020\/referer.\/qx\/gg_shop\/product.htm\">Cotswold stone gravel<\/a> and a range of hardy, green shrubs. The imposing boundary wall at the side of the house will become hidden by bamboo, clematis, jasmine and honeysuckle and, most importantly, I will no longer need to heave the heavy (and crap) flymo up the awkward hill for mowing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;d say we&#8217;re about 90% finished with decorating now. Just the skirting and architrave to do. We ordered a new extendable, circular pine table and chairs to replace the rather formal looking rectangular beech table that never really sat right to me. It&#8217;ll be with us soon and then we&#8217;ll be able to quit the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","tag-personal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guycarberry.co.uk\/guyweb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}