Well, I opened my mouth a bit to soon. It appears kitty passed away sometime in the night on the couch nestled among the pillows. Had to wake the poor housemate up and give her the news, and she is not taking it well.
Oh, no. But at least your little man passed peacefully and in a lovely comfy place.
Rest well, little one. Topes is probably wandering over to sniff you as I type.
Just wanted quickly pop in and say thank you all for your words of condolence this morning, they were much appreciated. It's going to be a bit sad for a while, but all will be well again soon.
Housemate has decided to have him cremated (he was technically theirs), and I've secretly called the crematorium to have him upgraded to an urn that looks like a sleeping cat, so he will look nice amongst their little fancy knick knacks shelf.
Welp that's the rest of my weekend fucked. I was ok with not going anywhere too far and once a day popping over to my friends place to look after her cats while she's interstate but this morning as I was taking her to the airport I got a phone call from my dad's friend saying dad's sick and he's asked if I can come and stay at the house. So I'll have to drive from Melton back into my place in Docklands, then scoot over to hers to look after the cats (no parking at hers) then come back here to Melton.
Dad has taken up residence in the lounge with a spew bucket so I don't want to be near that. I've just taken myself to a back bedroom where I've just got my phone to keep entertained, ready to be called in when he needs something.
I guess that means I could get a Buddy's pie for lunch though. I better not catch whatever dad's got or I'll be PISSED.
Oh gosh. I hope dad recovers quickly. Remember chunky beef pie. Their plain or curry pies are good too. Pop next door for a home style sausage roll for Ron.
Today my evil plan to mow the lawns while the GF is on may have to be postponed due to hot weather (not good for lawns). So I'm going to start up the mower at 8.30 am precisely to wake everyone up so that they can get ready for the GF or whatever they plan to do. It's a public service really.
remember it's daylight saving tomorrow, or actually no don't remember, so everyone cam sleep an hour longer and wake up with their normal body-clock time
As I will soon be having my own kitchen (for the first time in 2 years) and I want to continue my healthy eating/losing weight, does anyone have some good websites for healthy dinner recipes? Trying to get on top of it so I don't get junk food under the guise of 'I just moved, you deserve it'.
So glad nothing bad happened to him. Objectively every time I look after him it's just mind boggling how intelligent and clever he is. I thought my old abyssinian was up there but this thing is a few steps beyond that.
Bit of a relief handing back really. No type of door will stop that cat.
Looks like dad may have just had food poisoning, he's feeling a lot better now so I've been released into the world. About to head back to the city but couldn't resist my curiosity for one of these local sausage rolls before I go. They must be good because they're the only thing sold out but they're making more, but I gotta wait.
lol just saw a regular youngish Melton family come out of the bakery.. ex-local footy legend type and a pub princess, with their 2 little rat tail haired kids around 5 or 6 years old. I thought "I bet one of them is named Jackson or similar", then the dad called out to one "Jackson!". I know my home town.
@[email protected] excellent call on the sausage rolls from that bakery. Very much home made style. They actually remind me a lot of the sausage rolls my ex used to make, which is fine because I liked them and her very much at the time.
Always takes more time to cook in an unfamiliar kitchen and especially one that is cleaned so meticulously that you're conscious of keeping it spotless when you're done. Anyway, at long last, dinner is served. I posted more about the Mexican rice and the jackfruit side on Food Australia here. and after that post I put together a red cabbage and carrot slaw using this recipe.
Pig Face. I used to collect it, then I lost most of it during a bad summer replanting exercise. I love the way it blooms so intensely for a few weeks each year. I planted out some garden beds with it at a rental which looked amazing in bloom. Then we left and the landlord had it all ripped out and replaced with... nothing, just bare shitty hydrophobic dirt
No pies for you next year. Please try eating some demons, bomber jets, a policeman's trousers, hawks or tigers. Maybe even a black cross with some KFC.
Ate a bit too much and now stuck in a stupor. Have picked up groceries to cook for tonight and the one thing that snapped me out of feeling lobotomised was the outrageousness of paying $3 for one of those stupid little plastic trays of coriander - not even a whole bunch but a few measly leaves. I felt dirty paying for it because I had nowhere else to get any nearby. Coriander: definitely one of those things totally worth growing if you can.
One good friend of mine is a hard core Collingwood supporter. Another good friend of mine passionately supports Brisbane. Both want me on their side today. Today’s Grand Final will be…something I have to carefully negotiate. Help!
Claim to be an Essendon supporter - rusted on. Both friends will then realise that you cannot be swayed and will cease their efforts to recruit you. If meeting up, take a scarf with you to whirl around whatever the result is.
Finally finished my last assignment for this trimesters unit. It was a group assignment. 4 in a group. 2 did nothing. How is it fair my grade suffers because of them?
Group work sucks.
Online group work is even worse.
Went out rental scooting after taking care of the cats. It's lovely out. Missed a phone call from my nan, she leaves a voicemail message "it's not important, just wondering how your dad is" (no idea why she didn't call him) so I keep scooting. She calls 4 more times in 5 minutes. Leaves another almost identical voicemail message. Old people.
So glad work was quiet today. Stopped off at coles on the way home and I've never seen northcote plaza so quiet. It was also great for autistic butt to be able to shop at coles with barely any people. There should be grand finals every day. Also, I don't follow footy at all but may Collingwood die on the field and suffer in their jocks for eternity. I want to drink their miserable tears and gain sustenance and power from their grief.
terrible music, cringe lyrics, bad sound-engineering...
but the worst part was the lyrics of the last song - pure war-propaganda, just the kind of shit the likes of BRS would be into.
Good game though
I'm not a fan of either summer or winter. I prefer to focus on enjoying the in-between times in autumn and spring and not dragging them down by focussing on weather I don't like.
Brilliant and bright out in Brisbane today, gonna go to GOMA, have a nice lunch, stroll around and try not to get burnt, then get the hell back before all the afl excitement shenanigans potentially start.
It's worth noting how brown the grass is and how much earlier the jacarandas have come out.
I actually own a Collingwood scarf from back when I used to watch the game with my best mate and his family who were Collingwood diehards, it was more fun to follow with them. Especially when they won a grand final and we all got real REAL drunk and sang and cried and hugged. It was a good time. I haven't seen him or them for about 9 years. I should really get rid of the scarf because I feel nothing that they won just now.
Glaze took 5-6 hours to process 4 small images on medium and just returned an error on my favourite one... Fuckkkk. But I can post the landscapes now (as late as it is). The picture of Melbcat can be posted tomorrow.
Keep in mind that while I did traditional art as a kid I've been art blocked for a long time. I'm also new to digital, this was done on a phone screen half the size of a hanky and also in the first few weeks of having the app. So I was and am still learning to use it. (If this post is still being weird - there are three pieces of art.)
Blue Mountain
This is the chronological first one. It's so intensely blue because it's meant to be at the 'blue hour' of dawn or dusk. I like the colours I randomly picked by eye but it's overall it's a bit dark to see well at smaller sizes. Opening it in a new tab helps.
Spring Morning Hill
I don't like these colours as much. I picked from a premade palette and the colours are a little samey. It's early morning and breezes are kicking up hayfevery pollen.
Desert Cactus
Same deal, premade palette. To be honest this was just done acting on a simple piece of advice for breaking art block. "Draw a cactus."
I like how every picture leads your eye in a different direction. 😊 The waterfall leads down, the stream leads across to the right and the cactus leads up
What on earth do you get a 12 year old girl you don't know well for a birthday present? She isn't close to my son and he's totally clueless as to her likes and interests.
Edit: Thanks so much everyone, I went from having no idea what a girl gets for a birthday to debating options with my son. I was set to get her the beads, even had them in my hand and he was certain that she wouldn't like them - instead she'd like a basketball. Which is what we ended up getting. I'm saving this thread though, there are more 12 year old parties on the horizon. I need to investigate Typo. It sounds like it fills the hole left from growing out of Smiggle.
Yeah, it's not plan A. I hate them because they show zero thought or effort. Still, I'd fall back here rather than getting something I don't think she'd like.
Some of these ideas are great! I am clearly out of touch, having never heard of your first three ideas. $60 for a water bottle? Is this like Gucci for teenagers or something?
Could I please have a full English breakfast and some tea to prepare me for the ordeal of GF day with (shudder) the pies playing. Speaking as a Carlton supporter.
How much longer until the game is over? I've had to close my 3 out of 4 of my windows to block out the screaming from a few houses down but I really need the breeze 😭
Got 3 op shop vinyls today. 2 of Elizabethan airs and dances using original instruments and a dudley moore trio album. The Elizabethan ones are really nice, kind of like listening to a movie of a Shakespeare play.
The last I haven't played yet. Dudley was a very good musician and composer, the album could be either awful or amazing. Won't know until I play it.
First unit viewing done. Um.
For those of you who've dealt with a body corporate before - what's involved, what are the pitfalls and would I be better-off removing my own epidermis with a potato peeler than dealing with one?
Body corps are as unique as the individuals that are a part of them. You could get a really chill body corp or one full of Karens.
Look at the minutes from previous body corp meetings to get a sense of this. Also talk to the body corp manager, this is usually outsourced to an external company.
Several people in this broader residential complex must be watching the footy, there's been a few muffled squawks coming from some of the apartments and townhouses and I'm fairly confident it's not from the varied avian visitors to this area.
Exercises completed in between loads of washing. I decided it was perfect blanket washing weather and have been doing just that. I didn't realise I had so many of the damn things!
I've run out of potatoes (shopping tomorrow with the Minipeelers so they can choose some healthy snacks that they will actually eat). It makes me realise how much we eat potato. The only time we don't is if we're having something with pasta or rice. God I'm a bogan!
I went to Temu to buy some string, and ended up buying many things. Hopefully Miss Meow likes her new toys. I almost bought a Christmas tree shaped cat scratcher too, but managed to stop myself.
Ugh. I left wet clothes in the basket overnight. Glaze is taking even longer than it should because not enough memory, so I might as well load those back in for another wash and do a few dishes. Maybe I'll even pop it on a short timer so I can grab a shower first.