I fucked up. Instead of picking up a bag of "fun size" Bounties I've picked up the inferior Milky Way. I will have to live with this until tomorrow.
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Does anyone have any idea what to use a really tiny funnel for? I apparently misjudged scale on these ones and they are about the width of my fingernail π€£. I have three of them!
Filling very small bottles. Can't think of any other use.
EDIT: brainwaave! - Icing bag tips for writing icing!
Make 3 tiny little tin men.
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Removing and rebuilding this 10m long retaining wall is a bit harder than I thought. 1m down 9m to go!
Digging a metre down found a bunch of mysterious old ceramic pipes (which seriously don't move) that would've been there since 1914 (when the place was built). This place used to be a double block and had a tennis court before it was sub-divided waay back (1950's-ish). Starting to think it was part of the plumbing for a little bougie tennis viewing / outhouse thing.
Sort of conjures up romantic images. Sunny Sunday arvo in spring, everone dressed in their finest cheering on, looking crisp, sipping champagne.
These days though it's someone arse up in the air, coinslot not leaving much to the imagination, digging dirt out of a ditch with their hands (too tight for a shovel) trying to get shit level wearing trackies and a t-shirt.
Er have you heard of tool libraries?
Nevermind, I read that as the wrong tight
What a real good luck-bad luck rollercoaster. Got to leave work early and had a good run of traffic... stayed too long on High St while at MKS and got a fucking $200 fine... ugh
Pakige!
Finally arrived. A few thing a bit dodgy that I might return, but mostly looks pretty good. I'm very impressed by the cross stitch kits - stamped patterns have come a long way, these are all really clearly marked square by square, the ones I remember from years ago were horrible to work with because you had to make a lot of guesses about which colour to use for all the stitches where two colours joined. Given that these kits were mostly around $3-$4 they are amazing - some include an embroidery hoop, and one has a pair of thread cutters as well.
Now I need to go through all the various hemming tapes and things and make sure I know what everything is.
The universe must have been listening about my over-ordering of sticky tape because it seems to have been missed.
Made a new friend today. A new young neighbour introduced himself and asked to be friends. I asked if he liked dinosaurs and of course the answer was yes, I said if he and his grandma could wait a moment I had some dino puzzles he could have. He danced with joy. π₯°π¦π¦
did you ask him his favorite?
No, it was just a very quick talk in passing.
This afternoon is playing all the LPs I haven't listened to yet.
This one I bought without knowing what or who but it just looked interesting. I lolled and lolled when I heard it. It's old tv music.
Huh. For years I've wanted to know what that piece was!
It's also the theme to the Red Skelton Show. I grew up watching that. π
all my records are sounding crackly because of the dry air from the heating
Preso is done! Went better than expected and there was one question for me (didn't have enough time for more as the previous speaker took up a lot more time). Got a few good comments as well after! Go me π
Well done! I also get super nervous giving presentations, the relief once theyβre done and the confidence boost is nice.
Yay, nice work!
Go you!! Congratulations. Tuck that memory away to come back to next time you got to do a preso.
yay
we knew you would ace it
What a relief that must be! Well done!
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New Malatang (kinda hotpot where you choose ingredients yourself, then hand them over to be cooked in a soup) place on corner of Elizabeth and la Trobe for lunch today. As usual I chose too many ingredients and it was like $32 but it was delicious and I'm stuffed:
Mala hotpot is the beeeeeest 2am food
Still waiting for packages βΉοΈ
I have done some random tidying, a load of washing and some sorting of shoes - insoles in one pair, and relacing with elastic for peak laziness in another. I might try walking Mr Woof and hopefully we will return home to packages.
Edit: walk has now been completed. It was lovely out, but still no packages.
Complaining about money and wishing I could penny pinch better
Iβve been buying some things Iβve needed and watching the bank balance go downβ¦ I really hate the way having disabilities, sensitivities or food intolerances adds unnecessarily to the budget.
If everything was default and my body worked I could just have porridge or eggs for breakfast every morning, sandwich/hotdog/leftovers for lunch, and eat a batch made chickpea curry or stew for dinner until it was finished. I could have ramen. Beans and rice.
Edit: I could walk around gathering fruit from public trees. Bike to the op shop.
Buy an 8 pack of whatever bar soap was cheapest and use it head to toe. The dirt cheap highly scented laundry detergent. Wear literally whatever was on clearance without discomfort or alterations or be physically large enough to shop in the menβs section.
If it wouldnβt lead to being targeted (perhaps violently in my area/circumstances) I might be able to buzz my head at home to not need to pay or fuss around with technique on home haircuts.
Itβs really blocking the financial min-maxing I could be doing.
The highly scented cheap laundry detergent could set off my catβs asthma as well. (I hate how unscented basics are more expensive even in homebrand - if you can find that.)
And if she wasnβt allergic to chicken I could have her on cheaper brands or on proper prescription renal food π As it is Iβm looking at a really swanky brand that isnβt prescription but happens to be lower in phosphorus to try and slow her kidney disease.
I would cook the nutritionist diet for her but she refuses to eat it and my physical capabilities are limited
This is what all this money fretting is in aid of. Making sure I have the financial stability to weather what difficult times come.
can I just say i love cheesy spy novels and movies
grew up lovin' 'em, then for a few years had no patience now I find them pleasantly amusing
Oh thank goodness today is pretty cruisey at work. Some family drama that cropped up and left a bad taste in my mouth. Angling to leave early and go meet my friend for dinner earlier and bring some positive vibes in. This weather is really lovely too.
Doubling the positive vibes your way! β¨β¨
so many hugs
I feel you on the family drama front, it's not fun at all to be involved in it.
Hope you've been feeling better and you have a good meet up with your friend tonight.
Agreed to wait till 3pm for a coffee with a colleague. Why do I do this to myself?!