Technically more of a refurb than a reno - depending on how strictly you define it - but “Refurbishing Wives” just didn’t have the same ring to it. 🥲

Spoiler: we are also NOT going to do all of it ourselves, because we value our own sanity. But we are doing a lot and we’re very excited 😄

I swear we thought we’d get a lot more than done but it turns out that’s fairly time- and energy-consuming work 🤣

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In our first 10 days (on holiday) we:

🗑 Ripped out most of the kitchen inc tiles, anaglypta & polystyrene cornice

🔨 Removed a double door & frame to make the living/kitchen area more open plan

✨ Ripped up the carpets & had them replaced

🎨 Decorated our bedroom, inc. removing woodchip wallpaper

And dinner is Short Rest Stew (it’s just Pinch of Nom’s campfire stew but it tastes better if you make it nerdy)

I call our first mocktail of the evening… Ruidus Riot.

It calls to mind Colbert’s comments from the Emmy’s about losing something he loves (his country). I’m still not even sure some people (as in, people who are theoretically against Trump) get that this is what’s happening. Maybe actions like this against high profile people will push that dial.

And not how just far Trump’s fascist government is willing to go, but how low these corporations are willing to bend out of fear of repercussions.

If anyone has power to try to stop this it’s the people with these platforms, and now is the time for them to do it. Whatever the cost to themselves.

There's so much handwringing about whether violence is acceptable that ignores the fact that violence is utterly normalized - normalized one way only. If violence was unacceptable, Palestine would be free, almost all guns would be outlawed, and Trump wouldn't be president. Violence is daily.

That is not to suggest all violence is equal. Violence comes in many forms, and should be judged on its necessity, the power dynamics at play, and the precision of it: not by the influence or wealth or fame or political reach of the person or persons it is committed against.

Where?

⬆️ That was to this part. Doesn’t really work when you can’t see the whole thing

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