Thursday, March 11, 2010

A Cupboard of One's Own

The Organisation that I hire my Tap Hall from finally let me have my own lock-up cupboard there. I'm ridiculously excited about this. Here's why.

See all this stuff?

Storage

That used to live in the Corolla's hatchback. And had to be unpacked and packed all the time.

But now, look! Space. For the groceries. Or school bags.

clean hatch

Three years I've hauled a boot full of boxes, shoes, t-shirts, hats, canes and other tappy paraphernalia. Now I can just unlock my Very Own Tap Cupboard. No more staggering out at the end of a class with loads of stuff. I can just lock it up and stroll out to my car, the one with all that space in the back of it. No wonder I was smiling like a Cheshire Cat yesterday.

NB. The bottle of coke is for making my floor non-slip and absolutely not for drinking. Ask Nell how she got the hole in her stomach lining if you want to know why. I mop the floor with the evil sugary addictive corrosive so-called "soft" drink mixed into hot water and detergent and it works quite well. A ballet-teaching friend of mine told me that tip, and when I said Wouldn't lemonade do? because I hate buying coke, she said No, it has to be coke. I did buy some very expensive fancypants anti-slip stuff recently and it is much better than coke. But while I save up for the next container of that, the best solution is mopping the floor between each class. It's taken me ages to work this out, but I'm pretty sure the slipperiness is caused by the tap plates leaving a metallic residue. I know, duh! All this time I thought I'd used the wrong paint. And if all else fails I also have an emergency can of hairspray which can be sprayed directly onto the tap-plates for instant grip and a bonus asthma attack.

19 comments:

  1. Woohoo! Don't you love that 'I'm finally organised' feeling?!

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  2. A tapper's cupboard is her castle... or something like that. Where have you stored your sparkly purple bowler hat? I don't see it in the cupboard and I do seem to recall seeing it in the corolla.

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  3. Congratulations on the Acquisition of your Inaugural Cupboard for the Taps (AICT, which actually means nothing, but it will make you think for a split second).

    As for the coke, you should leave it in the car.

    I heard on the radio that if your car catches fire, a bottle or can of coke is a life saving device and if shaken, opened and pointed at the fire will act like a fire extinguisher.

    Handy tip! 'cept I haven't bothered.

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  4. woot!!!!

    Lets hear it for an uncluttered boot, YAY!!!!!!!!!

    And I really do need a report on the whereabouts of the purple sparkly bowler....

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  5. That is a BIG cupboard. You could take a class in there!

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  6. Tracey is imagining the purple sparkly bowler, but I wish I DID have one.

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  7. Coke on the floors?? Bizarre! Guess you won't be doing any routines to 'Old Time Rock and Roll' Tom Cruise style huh? That one needs a slidey entrance for sure!

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  8. Poppy tried on her first tap shoes today and I think it may of been love - who knew you could make oise with your shoes, how could that not be tops

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  9. Yay for an empty car hatch!

    And OMG, if I mopped my floors with Coke we'd be up to our eyeballs in fire ants in no time. Does it not draw bugs? Because don't even TELL ME you don't have bugs down there. I will be on the next plane.

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  10. Hooray! Your VOTC!!!!

    I *knew* there had to be a great explanation for the lone bottle of Coke. ;)

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  11. I love that you have a label called 'coke is evil'. I couldn't agree more!

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  12. I was actually expecting to come in the day after I first tried the coke-wash and find the floor crawling with ants but it never occurred. Think mixing it with normal floor-cleaning detergent keeps them off it.

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  13. Wot, no purple sparkly bowler hat?

    Coke is indeed evil. Have you ever read the list of ingredients? Frightening that people ingest that stuff on a regular basis.

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  14. I am fascinated by your Coke anecdote. Congrats on your new cupboard!

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  15. I am glad to read Coke is good for something, besides rotting teeth, & bodies! SO much space left!! Woo Hoo!

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  16. What a joy to not have to lug that stuff here and there.

    So do you have to wash the floors down before and after your classes?

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  17. Very impressive. Of course, I most appreciate the neatly lined up shoes!

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