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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Need to buy a mandoline, need to buy a mandoline. NEED TO BUY A MANDOLINE!!
Julienning (is that a word?) my third mango and I want to fucking die, so annoyingly slippery. I mean, I don't actually mind having to julienne things because it's pretty simple, but when it's multiple things that are a bit cumbersome to grip it's a huge pain.
Took the bottles and cans to the nearest deposit place only to discover it's got an electrical problem and isn't operating. Piled them all back in the car and Mr P scraped the front of the car on those yellow bollards on the way out ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ So we went up to the depot in North Coburg & got $24 from it. The outing cost $34 in snacks and Slurpees. Luckily the kids chipped in with their pocket money (I've told them that I'm happy to supply essentials and some treats when on special, but if they want junk food etc from a 7-11 or similar, they've got to pool their resources and pay for it themselves).
3 loads of washing and a batch of bolognaise sauce bubbling away on the stove, and we had an "inside BBQ" (where I cook sausages on my cast iron grill pan inside instead of sweltering outdoors). I've got tidying and junk on the table to sort through but I'm feeling ๐ฆฅful.
Kitty still has the uti. Debating whether to give the first dose now or wait til supper
Edit: Ok, I've had the 5 minute rest. I'm giving it to her now. It's close enough to her dinner time that I should be able to give the next dose in the morning. It's with food though so I hope she still eats her medicated dins Edit 2: It's once daily so that is totally fine.
Found a lovely seat in the shade to enjoy my fancy pie. I should be so lucky.
I wanted to leave a second google review for this place I love it so much, but apparently that's not possible so I'll hype it up here. "Pasta Khan Dolan Uyghur" not far from Melbourne Central. I first went about 4 weeks ago, since then I've been about 10 times, including 3 this week. Extremely good, authentic Uyghur food (excuse the clumsy rebranding to 'Pasta'). Every dish I've tried has been amazing. It's hard to choose a favourite. Pics below are Big Plate Chicken (for two), 'Chefs Special Spaghetti - with lamb' - please note is not spaghetti but hand pulled Chinese noodles. Lamb neck with flat noodles in spicy sauce with Szechuan peppercorn And a very spicy one with Chinese celery, capsicum, onions etc.
If you're near Melbourne central and don't know where to eat, give this place a try, you won't regret.
pics
So this is like the world's biggest first world problem, but it is a pet peeve of mine that Grammarly can be so impressive and yet it fails to register a quote in my work, even when using quotation marks. It constantly annoys me that it keeps trying to correct grammar errors in quotes. Is slowly driving me insane the more I write.
Out doing the unit inspections again, having a breather before a couple later this afternoon.
So far:
Ooo slightly headachey today.
One too many Bungholio shots
Now there's a word I didn't expect to hear today!
Furniture has arrived. I've assembled two trolleys so far. One of the trolleys I have three already that are nearly identical that I've collected from various hard rubbish piles.
Update: Shelves now assembled as well. Three drawer units to go, then I can start on the hard bit - sorting and putting away all the stuff to go in them.
I'm gonna go tooooooo... *licks finger and holds it in the air* Kyneton for a pie. Then maybe Bendigo just because why not. Then I'll see.
Very good home made sausages in Kyneton. If local butcher is still open, enquire.
Here we go again, another lesson learnt, better know your friends, or else you will get burnt...
Wooo road trip to moe. With a fellow ASD of a fellow age with a wonderful alignment of music and conversation lengths and topics. Quite looking forward to it.
Jeez the sound of the surf this morning sounds rough.
I was cleaned up fairly hilariously yesterday by a triple wave (where 3 waves sort of turn into one). Seen 2 waves do that before many times but not 3... I was not ready for that ~3m wall of water.
I think that was my first real encounter with a rogue wave. Usually diving under waves is no biggie but it certainly did not work with that one.
Good reminder that the sea can f you up even at 'safe' beaches
edit: and hrmm, another drowning this morning just down the road at Barwon Heads apparently a boat overturned :( It's rough out there today so if you're planning on swimming on the surf coast over the w/e take care.
Sounds heard from my balcony this week:
Beautiful! A much richer variety of sounds than I hear at my joint!
This is a sound picture. Lovely. Life happening all around you, and you can choose to engage or choose not to.
It truly is my favourite place to live, I love the sounds so much.
so many hugs
this is city life at it's best :)
So about two months ago I bought new sheets. They were a lovely teal colour.
The problem is they don't seem to be particularly colour fast. There's already fading and lines across them from where they were hung on the washing line. How disappointing.
Maybe the moral of the story is to not buy coloured sheets? Or maybe I just chose the wrong brand.
Dye is so finicky sometimes... I used to dye my own clothing at home and had to be careful of it running. (I didn't have any of the special product used to remove the last loose traces either.) I used cold water washes, salt, air drying inside and sometimes detergent meant for dark colours.
There are also dye fixatives that I've seen now - I haven't used them before but if you were interested in giving that a try RIT at Woolies seems the easiest to get hold of.
Edit: It could very much be a quality issue with the sheets too but unfortunately I don't have any advice on which are good. I just gave up and buy very cheap white cotton sheets which can take a beating or some bleach.
Wrong brand. I have various coloured sheets and they're still holding their colour after years.
Look it's hard to tell with sheet quality sometimes unfortunately. I have two sets of linen sheets, both expensive organic whatever... the navy one from Elkie & Ark bought in Dec 2020 started not just pilling but, to my frustration, leaving tiny, pilled fibres on the mattress under where I slept and it's been impossible to get them off. The other one, an olive green set from Bed Threads with two extra ochre pillow cases bought in Mar 2022, has had no issues.
Neither has faded though.
Hmm ok sounds like I was very unlucky with my choice then. This is a lesson to me to do more product research before buying.
Also, if you have doubts, you can wash items BEFORE use with salt in the water instead of soap powder/detergent. This will fix the colour - even for very cheap dyed items. Dosage is 1 cup of pure cooking salt (not iodised) per 10 litres of water in the machine. Rinse with clean water as normal. This also cleans your machine quite well.
Interesting, thank you might give it a crack next time.
Go for koo.
They seem to be quite cheap price wise, and they have remained colour fast? I'll admit I'm surprised.
Another very weird dream overnight but involving a lot of childhood friends and a weird alternative version of the country I grew up in. No details today because it was very personal and at one point weirdly sexual and I'm still feeling pretty weird about that...
I think my brain is still processing the fact that I'm really here for good now after over a decade of uncertainty. There was a sense that I was very much a visitor over there and I liked that I had somewhere else to return to.
Breakfast ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅญ๐๐ฅฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฅ๐ซ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅฌ๐ฅ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ง ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฅ๐ฅจ๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ง๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐ง๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฅ๐ฆช๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ชผ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฅฎ๐ข๐ก๐ง๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ฅโ๏ธ๐ต๐บ๐ถ๐ฅค๐ง๐ง๐ฅ๐ท๐ฅ๐ธ๐น๐ง๐
daughter of CEO I heard you like electrons โก๏ธ
Another classic Uyghur meal, but no electrons please - those things cause cancer
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I need energy and focus to get me through furniture assembly day. Iโll start with a full english breakfast and three cups of strong black coffee please. Plus a plate of assorted pastries to keep my energy up during the day.
I'll have what she's having, only with tea and some electrons too please. Didn't know energy drinks were on the menu, but glad to find out.
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Thank you. This will power me through the massive heaps of laundry I intend to do.
I need energy and focus to get me through furniture assembly day. I'll start with a full english breakfast and three cups of strong black coffee please. Plus a plate of assorted pastries to keep my energy up during the day.
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๐ฅจ๐ฅฏ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฅง๐ช
A low power drill does wonders for furniture assembly.
Drill is ready to go. Still waiting on the furniture.
Thirded.
Fully agree with this. Gamechanger.
A trained carpenter does not. They want to argue with the instructions all the time.
Toni Childs!
I don't think she had dreads. Lovely voice though - Many rivers is a favorite of mine.
Yeah I was wrong about that bit. Impressive wild mane, but not dreaded.
