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[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

I have house! 🏠

Still no power, but that should be connected some time today. I'll need to figure out how to light the pilot light on the water heater at some point, but's not urgent. I won't be actually moving in for a few weeks.

It is as expected a bit on the dirty side - just the expected layer of dust etc. that accumulates in an empty house. It does mean I won't have to do a perfect clean when I leave at least - but I definitely need to add window cleaning to my to do list sooner rather than later!

For afternoon fun I shall measure all the things, then assemble a bed and side tables and a couple of cat trees.

In other good news for the day, the accidental foam couch makes a quite comfortable temporary seat, so I have something to sit on before the furniture is delivered.

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[-] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago

I like how one of the kittens has a little moustache.

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[-] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

I've mentioned it before, but my new gp is fantastic. She listens to everything I say, she hasn't tried to bullshit me on anything. I stuck with my old shit gp for far too long. Literally wasting my life. If you've got a shit gp, at least roll the dice and try a new clinic if you're able. Pay the transfer fee and forget the headache. They're not all grumpy arrogant wankers.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Having a good GP (or GP clinic) is such a comfort.

Happy for you mate

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Hard rubbish down here tomorrow. Guy next door has a kiddy slide and I'm really tempted to take it.

Youth is wasted on the young as they say.

But honestly the amount of perfectly good stuff people chuck is wild.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Donated blood this morning. People might think I do it to save lives, but they'd be wrong.

It's so I can get drunk of 2 beers tonight.

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[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Woke up in the early hours with a very upset stomach, Cerys is running around shrieking for food! Ffoooooooooddddd! And i'm doing the thing where you lie there hoping it goes away or trying to gather enough ooomph to take something or at least die in a slightly more scenic location and she's dancing on my corpse screaming FoOOooOOdD! and i hit the point of ok this is happening and bolt for the toilet with cat on hot pursuit thinking she's got me now oh yea, i've bowed to her will and then i drop trou, unleash hell and she realises

i have made a horrible feline mistake

And then i lock the door.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The sounds grim. There's nothing like a pet waiting for you when you've finished purging. have you finished now cos im hungry?.

I hope it's nothing too serious. Get well soon.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I thinks it's the horrible rewenge of the buffalo chicken burger combined with a few too many allergy meds and guts that have never quite sat right after cancer. Thank christ we have a bidet

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

So does anyone else think that the leftovers that the kids ate was actually the leftover beef, not the beef wellingtons. They talk about meat, potato and beans, nothing about pastry. I know the mushrooms were "scrapped off", but I reckon they just ate beef, not beef prepared as wellingtons.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I'm trying to work out what the motive was. Assuming it wasn't accidental which it possibly wasn't. What did she think she was going to achieve?

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

the local rumour is that the inlaws were nasty religious extremists

so maybe get them out of her life or stop their influence

still not the answer, she could have just taken her kids and left

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Oh damn, that changes things. I did wonder why she kept in such close touch with her ex (?) husband and in-laws if they were separated but maybe there was an element of control that I didn't know about. Perhaps they threatened to go to court pursuing grandparents rights if she left and she tried to take out as many family members as possible to avoid them acting as flying monkeys.

I've now seen there was tension and 'dad doing things to hurt mum' but the article is paywalled.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

To me that was language of a kid repeating what his mum had said, especially when it involved school (bills and reports). Though it's also interesting that the "day of the lunch", the dad dropped the son home but the daughter stuck with him until the evening. Though Erin did say that she felt the father favoured the daughter.

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have bed!

That took a lot more work putting together than anticipated, and I still have to screw down the slats. I'm happy with how it looks though. I don't think I've got enough enthusiasm left to start on the side tables today, I might have a start on the dining table and cat trees instead.

I still don't have any power. Hopefully it will be done soon, I'd like to have it on before I leave.

Edit: I also have dining chairs and a hanging light to go over the table. I don't have the table yet, so I made the footstool fill in 🤣

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

My kid is going for her driver"s licence on her birthday on Thursday. It's gonna be a good day or an even better day. 🙂

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[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Off sick today to make my dreams come true. I have all the ingredients I need, now I just wait until I'm extra hungry. Pics to come

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Finally home!!!

@[email protected] Ive got the game you've been playing! I've avoided any spoilers.

Also guitar and cat!

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

fuckin cheesemare influenced by watching Pokerface and eating cheese

5/10, for a nightmare it was pretty lame and not very scary at all

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Was tired but had meal with a friend who invited another person because she figured we would get on. We did. New friend? It's nice. I am not good with understanding that people might like me. Even when we have demonstrably been mates for decades. But I try. It's nice to be rewarded with a good night out and no anxiety.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Cheers gang 🍺

*This post was proudly brought to you by the new yank pope who brought home the chocolates

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Starting to realise that anxiety is just like being physically ill. It fills nearly all our thoughts/prevents other thoughts. When we live an anxious life we are never bored, never have empty time to fill, it keeps us busy.

This year I have recalled a few times a strange little book I read many years ago, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, it describes obsessive and dysfunctional thoughts very well. ( not that I'm a sinner! ) The days and years fly by.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

It's not like being ill, it is being ill. Just because it's less tangible than a worn tendon or excess urea crystals in your big toes, it's still a pathology which impacts your health.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

sky very pretty

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I had a follower on my afternoon walk. Always give her pets when I see her but it’s never enough, follows me down the street demanding more.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I am missing three out of four lip balms. I have accumulated that many because I bought one, then my mum bought a pack of three and gave me two, then the other one was because the first one was running out. I hope they're in a pocket somewhere, because it's driving me a bit insane.

Anyway, happy Friday! Cheers 🍻

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

They'll be in that bag you haven't used for a couple of months.

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[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Fuuuuuuuck, insommmmmniiiiiiiaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

Lame.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I can see three ringtails frolicking in the tree outside my window.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I too had vivid dreams last night!... mine involved being at my childhood home, my beloved aunt was there but so was my creepy dad; I was a young adult supposed to be flying to the UK but running late for my flight and realised I hadn't booked any accommodation... not the best dream ever. Luckily I woke up feeling rested and relaxed. First time in weeks I've slept this well??

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I got early Mother's day presents. Magazine racks and Snoopy notes.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Many pollen much nose tickle

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I open my email and there's an infodump from vasili about liquid home made fertiliser.

Life is absolutely taking the proverbial

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Left the house at 5pm to organise a medical thing. Will not be home till 9pm.

I just want to zonk out with cheesecake and cat.

Very soon.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That was a loooooong drive home.

The GPS told me traffic was really bad on my route, but assured me if I followed the new route it had calculated I would be home before 7. I decided to trust it, and ended up going through a bunch of places I did not recognise (Ascot Vale and Travencore included). Once I was on that route the GPS informed me that traffic was actually bad that way too and there was no way I was getting home before 7.

When I did finally get home there were packages waiting though - Miss Meow's tree cat scratcher and the leaf shaped mats for the garden themed corner, Mr Woof's new fluffy grey rugs for the front bedroom, and the big rug for the lounge. The big rug looks nicer than I was expecting and is very soft.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

This fatigue is debilitating -_- Fell asleep with the old kitten after doing her supper/meds and lying down for a brief rest. Was quite late with my antibiotics.

The pumpkin vines are looking quite sad so I’m just leaving them and the tomatoes to finish up. I still haven’t had any energy to fill the compost bin and wondering if those will be fit to go in due to disease but I need to sort the higher priorities first.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

hugs

don't stress it if it's not perfect, that you do everything you do is awesome 🙂👍

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

That wire thing that you dry clothes on inside, do you call it a clothes dryer or a clothes horse (it's proper name) or something else? I had no idea what the man was on about this morning when he referred to it as the dryer thingy.

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ok here we go:

spoiler
🤤🤤🤤

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

I rarely use Siri. On the odd occasion I do, when it responds with its rude toned ‘uh-huh’ it reminds me to not use it again for the foreseeable future. Why not have an option to change the response it gives?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Desk has been sanded with extra fine then cleaned and now first coat of stain has been applied. It looks great. Once the second is done, varnish is done, then I will shorten the legs by 3 cms. Don't worry, I know how to do it.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Really wanna set this as my teams status! https://nohello.net/en/ "hello tiny break hope you are well" No you dont just tell me what you bloody want!

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Same with more social situations. "Hey, are you free on the 19th?" FREE FOR WHAT, DEBORAH?

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I HAAAATE that question. Tell me why you're asking!!!

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