Melbourne

I went on Bumble BFF to make some friends and I suspiciously have 40 matches in one day.

I have a sneaking suspicion that it's not just friends people are looking for...

Bowls still stuck together. I give up

Kmart pakige arrived.

The magnetic laundry shelves stick well but the baskets are teeny tiny. They won't hold a few of the items I wanted to put in there. Photo mildly misleading. Still it's better than the suction cup hook I had holding the hand towel. The art supplies look good.

Edit: Oh and the resin platter I bought for wildlife water is nice and heavy but also teeny tiny. I need to actually check the measurements on these things. The amount of water in that would be drunk or evaporate fast.

Today's project completed: one large tote bag to carry my meals to work. The fabric is designed for outdoor furniture, with a lining of the type of fabric used for packs and sportsbags. This should mean it will last well - the old bag got quite manky because of the condensation formed by ice bricks. It did make it hard to sew though, both because of how thick it is and because the lining fabric was slippery. Miss Meow did her best to assist. Spoiler: it didn't help.

This is called kafta bil khebez (meat in bread). It's basically kebab meat inbetween lebanese bread.

Now why I was laughing was instead of waiting for the meat to reach room temperature so it's easier to spread my man was standing at the table giving CPR compressions to the meat with both hands.

Onto Harry Potter 2. This one has Kenneth Branagh. Nice. 😊

Yay, managed to get one overdue garden produce/kitchen task done - basil pesto (the damn things were flowering desperately and might not have lasted another week without harvesting. I had to chuck out about 20g of spotty/yellowed leaves...).

I have no parmesan or nutritional yeast, so I peeled extra garlic and quickly shallow fried the cloves in oil, added that with toasted sunflower seeds and a bit of extra salt - verdict: it's delicious! I don't miss the cheese at all. Cheap and easy. Just put most of it in an ice cube tray for future re-use. Somehow it's ended up a lot darker green this time, but I don't mind!

The other overdue job I really need to do tomorrow, before it warms up again, is give the curry leaf plants a big haircut (timing is really pushing it). Gonna make a big batch of South Indian-style curry leaf sambol/chutney with coconut and fresh green chillies also from the balcony, then freeze most of it. Might hunt down some frozen coconut since I think my dessicated stuff is getting kind of old, and I want this to be a smashing sambol

I live for this cool breeze ony face, through my hair, as I'm on way home home from work in a tram that seems to be going just a bit too fast

Dinner is being made for me tonight and I wasn't gonna look but I did and now I had to move to another room because I couldn't stop laughing.

Yay, my Markeplace buyer showed up! After a couple of no show/ghosts on the one item I was starting to lose hope. But I have now gotten rid of the last of my unwanted items that is too big and difficult to get rid of any other way. Everything else should be either donateable to the op shop or suitable for hard rubbish (some with an attempt to sell first, but not really an issue if no one wants them).

I have been surprised by the complete lack of interest in my cheesemaking supplies, they are a good deal. But if no interest in the next week or so I willl op shop them instead. Then it will mostly be a bunch of old tools and camping equipment. The tools should be a good deal for someone who wants to sort out and resell, I have no interest in doing that much work so will put them up as a lot. No idea if there will be much interest in the tent, its a heavyweight canvas one not the funky dome style, but hopefully it will find a new home, it would be a shame to toss it.

I like right-clicking an icon on my desktop and selecting "Run as administrator"; I understand what it does/what it's for, but honestly Im addicted to the pretend power-trip it gives me haha

"You will open and do the needful, and you will do it now!"

I decided last night to finally get serious about getting my dashcam installed in my car. I found a well-reviewed service online and put an inquiry in using their online form.

How much money do you think someone would charge to run a couple of cables through a car and connect them up to 2 cameras and the battery? The cables, cameras and everything required already provided by me, the customer. If you guessed FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS then you might be interested in hiring this company. THE FUCKING DASHCAM (2 FRONT AND REAR) WAS $435 AND IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES YOU CAN BUY!

It's a job I'd honestly almost try myself. A job which should likely take a professional maybe 45 minutes and I'm padding that.

Anyways I wrote back to their email telling them their quote was insane and about $150 more than I'd expect. Called AutoBarn out in Melton and they'll do it for $270 no problem. I can swallow $270 knowing they'll it well and do it right.

I was at Coles and there's a little boy about 3 years old complaining that it's cold to his mother. In all fairness she was dilly-dallying in the cheese aisle. She replied with "I asked you if you wanted your jumper and you said no". Rookie mistake mum. You don't ask the child. You pop it in your bag anyway and produce it on the inevitable request.

Anyway my tip is to make them work while in there "Grab that 2 litre milk there and put in your basket please" then they don't have time to whinge. Win win.