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I've got my the design for the covers for my antique chairs sorted and pinned ready for sewing. I think I will make some matching scatter cushions too. :)
I'm stuffed. Eagles phoned it in like a bunch of Wallys LOL! Thai and drinks for dinner.
Home now and the cat is very happy to see us. His cuddles at the end of the night make braving the cold all day worth it.
Anyone ever had an “Amount exceeds the contactless offline limit.” When trying to pay for something with their phone?
First time I’ve had this…
Edit: Turns out it’s on their end. Annoying.
Something that's popping up is that falling in love, if you can call it that, never felt like peace. It was exciting and all, but the deep sense of contentment that I longed to feel wasn't there? Falling in love in a non-romantic way has just felt way more 'peace and calm'. Maybe it was a matter of being in the wrong relationship.
I hope that this idea I have of love is just a sign of my amateurish existence.
hugs, all of are still learning, no matter our age
that peace and calm comes with romantic love too
I found in an earlier relationship I was often agitated, an energetic unease , to me excitement is more anticipation of good things or positive energy
Bah. Another bad loss tonight. Switched channels to save myself from more pain.
Now I don’t know what to do.
Just got home from big day. 7 hours out and about, 4 of which were socialising. Feeling content and tired
and you’re going to the movies tomorrow
Idk the person I'm meeting has a weird thing of being invisible sometimes. If that happens I might just bail on the movie.
Watched the new Beverly Hills Cop movie on Netflix. Very bland. Eddie Murphy was so flat. Pity. I remember the originals being really fun.
Ended up not making the paella as it turned out I didn't have any stock or stock cubes in the house, and actually I felt more like a stir fry anyway. So I made a satay-ish one with chilli and felt the better for it, esp. with some Stones Green Ginger wine.
Curled up on the couch with Zooks for a while, and have just crawled into bed with Sammi.
moon bright
Roast beef for dinner was a touch rarer than anticipated, but very very yummy. I ended up eating quite a lot, and Mr Woof enjoyed the plateful of juices that oozed out while it was cooling.
I'm really chuffed with my new car stereo! Ahhh, modern comforts in an old car. So good to be able to use Android Auto again (though it sucks balls vs CarPlay - hopeless at voice commands, laggy as hell with confirming messages to be sent). Still, no more squinting at a phone in a cradle to see directions, and not being able to see or respond to urgent messages. No more phone blocking the vents or crackly radio either.
Sadly the front right speaker intermittently working seems to be a speaker issue, not a wire issue :/ it doesn't sound nearly as bad now that the audio is much clearer, but gosh it would be nice to have that speaker working. I wonder if it's possible to replace just one speaker, because the others are perfectly fine...
Here it is already heavily smudged by moi (I must remember to have a little glass wiping cloth in the car)
yay!
E: in less happy news I feel so incredibly sick right now. So headachey and exhausted. If this doesnt clear up by Sunday night I'm booking a drs appt. Worried I might have got pneumonia or something
Replaio is an Android Auto friendly app, for some sweet SomaFm in the car ;-)
I actually used to use Replaio for quite a while! But didn't know it could play SomaFM stations... I used it until it stopped playing PBS FM for some reason and the devs didn't fix it despite reports. I actually use the official app for SomaFM, it's good (haven't used it via AA for many months tho). Looking forward to cruising around to some tunes
Yeah the PBS thing is a bit funny. Also, Hey Google stream Groove Salad SomaFm will work for a bit, then not work, then work for a bit etc ..
I had better luck with CarPlay (work iPhone), I gotta say. Worked about 80% of the time. Android Auto is very glitchy for me (across very different cars). Sometimes I say "no" once it thinks I've said "no" like four times, but then if I don't want to send a message or reply it takes up to a minute to register "no"...
Did the family movie cinemas thing this afternoon. $65 for a family of four - was actually not that bad. Despicable Me 4 - had a good laugh or two.
Edit - two good spoof references too
Did you end up with a banana scented fart gun at your house too, or was that just in mine?
I purchased another security cam which is going to face the back shed area. Unfortunately I can't actually find a position for it to watch over the back road gate/fence and the shed at the same time, so I settled for just a view of the fence. Maybe when my 3 stolen phones eventually get replaced, I could look at setting them up around the other sides of the house, just to keep an eye on everything. That was the original plan, anyway.
But this morning I noticed the paint cans keeping the shed door closed had been moved again. This time there's no doubt in my mind that it was not the wind, although I don't quite feel certain it was the other kid yet. I mean, logically, that's pretty much the only person it could be, but why? What would he get from moving paint cans and opening the shed door? It's just an odd thing to do. There's not even anything in the shed anymore, because he stole all the old equipment and such that we had in there. Here's a rather shitty MS paint drawing of what I mean:
I don't think it's possible for the wind to do that.
Didn't you say him and his friends used it to smoke in there? Maybe the friends are still using it?
Also how full are the tins because its been quite windy?
Yeah I did say that. That is a good thought, and entirely possible. But I thought he would've told them he no longer lives here.
Paint cans are about half full, probably about 1kg each. But where they've ended up doesn't seem like somewhere the wind would've pushed them
sprinkle talc or flour all around on the floor , it will show footprints
I don't have talc, and I actually think he stole my flour (along with pretty much all my spices) before I left, but if I have some I might. Won't the rain kind of ruin it though?
Wind might blow it all away as well.
Yeah
Is there a window or view from inside that you can point towards the shed?
Yep. The laundry window faces the shed, although unfortunately not the side gate. I've mounted the camera on top of the washing machine which had a decent vantage point
It’s probably too dark now but tomorrow place the can back in front of the door.
Also check for fresh signs of smoking.
Don’t confront anyone that you notice, call the authorities instead.
Also sometimes an automatic sensor light coming on might spook them.
Tonight I put one of our wooden outdoor benches next to it. it's fairly light, so i'd suppose they would still move it if they wanted to. We do actually have an auto sensor light, but theres a spider living in there which sets it off every couple of minutes, and my new camera is good in low light or regular light, but takes a solid 20 sec to adjust between sudden light changes, so I decided to just flip the light switch a few times which makes it stay on until turned off again
Edit: I realised I needed to text the cameras motion detection thingy, so I went outside and put the paint cans back. To be honest, I want whoever's moving it to do it again tonight so I can get them on camera and know for sure who/what/when it's happening. Or if by some almost miracle it is the wind or some sort of wild animal, I want to know so my mind can be put back at rest. I don't want whatever's causing it to get spooked and leave it alone. I confirmed the camera's motion detection works fine as well.
Okay… I think I’ve honoured my part.
I didn’t make it halfway through (Choeung Ek) without having a bit of a cry though and I didn’t go into the Stupa.
One thing I respect (and I know it’s not for everyone), they don’t sugarcoat it. They just say it how it is.
I’m generally a sucker for the heavy stuff, but this wasn’t actually high on my list of plans. What on earth does my brain do sometimes?
Anyway if anything, present me is now thankful for my bougie hotel splurge at my next stop. (Recovery and helping the economy is going to be my mantra.)