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Didn't wanna go grocery shopping after work but bah gahd I did it. Now I have ingredients for enough Japanese curry to last me until Wednesday. Good job force
It is also my birthday and I successfully hid it well enough that a big deal was not made. Good job force
Happy birthday!!! I just got through a week of a chickpea curry. I wouldnβt recommend it lol
Happy bday forcey!
happy b'day!
Happy Birthday!!
Happy birthday ππ
Happii baasudee!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ππππππ§¨
Happy birthday πΈπΈπΈ
Happy Birthday!
Hippo birdies!
Happy birthday! π₯³ Have a wonderful birthday weekend!
Low key happy birthday to you π
Happy birthday Force π
Happy Birthday Force. You are loved.
You are also loved (by me π³)
Damn, I think I've had enough mountain driving for the whole year. I've had an amazing time but I'm exhausted!!!! Hours of single lane winding roads in the rain and fog with local drivers paying no attention to the speed limits, I've definitely tested my driving skills to the max. This little Yaris I've rented has been perfect for the drive though. The steering is definitely much more light and responsive than what I'm used to in Australia.
e: after some thought I think I'll regretfully can the Shimanami Kaido cycling part of my trip. It's just too complicated and expensive, what with mailing my luggage ahead and hopping between accommodation, not to mention bike rentals and having the wrong kind of bag and paying $55 just for the train back that way.
As much as I want to have more of an active experience and don't want to be that kind of traveller... I think I could get more from a nice accom in a quiet part of Tokyo for 4 days and do more walking and journalling and visiting some cool museums and the like.
How do you like to deodorise and fragrance your home?
Ozone generators are some what hardcore deoderising thing but they kill everything in the home - plants, pets, bugs, etc...
Well me and the kid like to rip ass with the occasional input from the dogs. So to answer your question my house fucking stinks.
Air the place out frequently and clean with nice smelling products, like that McLintock vanilla spray or something with lemon myrtle. I use essential oils, usually lavender in the evening sprayed on soft furnishings, and I clean the floor with eucalyptus and lemon myrtle oil cleaner.
I orange oil the floor. Itβs not super cheap but really good for the wood and smells nice.
Incense. Nag champa lol
Regular cleaning
Candles & cooking πΊ
I put a few drops of aromatherapy oils on cotton balls and chuck them in all the bins. Put one in the vacuum cleaner bag. I make my own room deodoriser, carpet sprinkles, floor cleaner and surface spray.
During the warmer weather I take the dog bed out and beat the living shit out of it. Give it a good spray of glen 20 or frebreze cos he's a stinky little boy.
And I have one of those things that heats up wax melts.
I deodorise with lots and lots of cleaning and I use scented candles for a touch of fragrance, usually something citrus, rose or jasmine
Made a slumgullion for dinner yesterday - enjoying it now with a nice glass of plonk. Perfect for this weather.
