The Things Young People Do.

Good afternoon The Internet.

So...in order that we can save up a 10% deposit, procure a mortgage, purchase a house and have a baby to put in it, we have decided to move in with my husband's parents for the next year.  The amount we'll save on rent, council tax and utility bills should set us up with a decent deposit and arm us for house hunting.

There are downsides, of course.  We will be giving up our own home, and living in a bedroom and a conservatory type space, which we have been kindly 'lent' by my in laws.  The bedroom isn't too bad, as before we moved in together, we re-did that space.  The real challenge comes in the shape of the extension/conservatory space.  Currently it houses a set of cane furniture, half a kitchen and a hell of a lot of clutter (read: Junk).  There's also patio doors into the main dining room, and a door into the kitchen, as well as downpipes and plumbing which used to be on the outside of the house, but weren't moved when the extension was built.

The plan is to clear the space, sort out the kitchen-y end, move in our furniture, paint, clean and come to terms with quite literally living in someones conservatory.  This is going to be a real tough one, but in a year we will be finding a place of our very own, so it will be worth it.

Sweet Zombie Baby Jesus.

App lovlieness!

I've been going a bit mad on Apple's App store over the past few weeks, and I'd like to share some of my recent Helvetica based purchases...

  

1.  Calvetica

It works with the iPhone calendar, so there's no need to re tap all your events and things.  This also means it syncs up with your Google calendar, which is a bonus.  Plus, it's much prettier than the standard iPhone affair.

2. Swissmaker

This one is just a bit of fun, I used it to make Douglas Adams quotes look Sexy and then use them as wallpaper.  Not bad for a free app, but all it does is 'Helveticate' your text, left align it and stick it on a black background.  Simples.

3. It's a Clock

This one is my favourite.  I have my phone sitting at work with this running and i get so many comments.  It's a clock that tells the time like a person, ie someone who, when asked the time, looks at their computer and learns that it is 10:37.  They will tell you it's twenty to eleven.

It's also worth noting, however, that my lovely iPhone no longer looks like this.  I recently dropped it in a car park and have a variety of cracks emanating from the bottom left hand corner.  Number one on To Do list-Phone Insurers...

Can anyone recommend a sexy to do list?  I have 2do, which, while containing all the functionality I require, leaves something to be desired visually.

Have a good evening!