A renovated laundry

Progress is happening in our downsized house. We’re fixing all the things we didn’t notice when we bought the place. One of them is the lack of storage space. Or should I say the storage space was not well thought out. That was particularly true of the laundry.

Like all of the rooms, it was a much smaller space than we’d had in the previous house. Sure, we’d noticed the odd cupboard kind of tacked on to the built- in laundry cupboard but we didn’t understand what that was about until we moved in. It was added on because there is not a single cupboard (except the wardrobes) in the entire house for anything tall, like an ironing board or a broom.

Having added that cupboard between the washing machine and the built-in, there was nowhere to put a laundry basket for dirty clothes – so that went in the toilet. Also, when the machine finished a load, I had to sort of balance the washing basket over the sink as I took the clothes out of the machine.

The whole thing was rather slap-dash. The extra cupboard had to go. The built-in cupboard was gutted to be replaced with some tall storage and adjustable shelving. We added a cupboard above the sink along with a shelf and created a shelf between the washing machine and the built-in cupboard.

When we get our bathrooms done, there will be tiles up to the height of the higher shelf – and some nicer tap fittings. But for the moment, it’s much more functional. And the clothes basket is not in the toilet.

In the wider world, I was completely disgusted by the two nurses who allegedly stated they would not treat Israeli (ie Jewish) patients but would, in fact, kill them. Here’s the full story. Fortunately the incident was treated by the NSW premier and others with the fury it deserved. The two people concerned have been sacked and neither will ever work in the Australian healthcare system again. The case has been referred to the police. Unfortunately, these people are Australian citizens so they can’t be deported. Let’s hope they go to jail. Yet another multiculturalism fail.

On a lighter note, there’s the case of star Aussie football player, Sam Kerr. My first reaction to her story was she’s a rich, entitled professional sports player and her drunken performance at a British police station should have her hanging her head in shame. She was lucky to get off as lightly as she did. But then I read an article in The Australian where a (female) journalist who had listened to the whole 34 minutes of her interview with the police had a different point of view.

“…listening to the full 34 minutes of Sam Kerr’s interaction with the police officers that night. They pleaded with the police officer to understand the fear they felt as the driver sped away and wouldn’t let them out. Kristie was so fearful, it’s the reason she smashed the back window. They spent over half an hour pleading with the police officers to understand and interview the driver. They didn’t take their concerns seriously. At one point the police officer said ”In hindsight has anything happened to you? You were going off hypotheticals that could have happened? They didn’t happen did they? You do not know those man’s intentions you’ve just gone off a hypothetical of a scenario that has happened to someone else and said that could have happened? Do you think that a person that’s going to rape you would drive you to the police station?”

Every woman has felt like Sam Kerr has felt.” [source]

Isn’t that true? Walking at night with your keys in your fist, crossing the road to avoid somebody following you, avoiding catching a train late at night alone… Maybe we should all listen to the whole 34 minutes.

I need to finish with a nice picture.