Sometimes the Best solution to a bad mood is cat pats and sleep.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
I love how they put 1 paw on you. My cat used to do that
and oh so casually
In the interests of low cost weekend activities, my Minipeelers and I have decided;
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to have our own festival,
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to do craft about it, and
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to call it “Craftmas.”
It will involve liberal amounts of polymer clay and wool, and focus on making Xmas decorations and gifts (for those we would like to give something to, but either don’t want to buy for or don’t know what to buy). I’m really looking forward to it and am actually excited for this!
Excellent idea! Happy craftmas!
This sounds great!
Back when I was a kid, mum & dad were going through a difficult financial patch so we made xmas decorations from gum tree twigs - painted with thin flour & water glue and tinfoil laid on like it was gold leaf. Then wove the twigs into garlands and a whole xmas tree (small). Peach pits got the same treatment and were the baubles along with gingerbread shapes baked hard. Looked and smelled very nice. I remember it as kinda messy but very fun. I think I remember painting the peach pits before they were covered with tinfoil so the colours showed through the inevitable gaps in the tinfoil. The downside was our cat decided she liked the gingerbread shapes to chew on and this wasn’t good for her digestion.
No strung milk bottle tops?
We got our milk in quart jars (in old money). The jars had screw on glass lids not foil tops. Foil tops were fancy. Yes it was delivered by a horse & cart.
A themed crafternoon. Add a snack or two and this is Most Excellent.
A Crafternoon! I knew a word already existed for it but couldn’t think of it for the life of me, thankyou!
That sounds like fun! Can highly recommend orange and clove pompadours to make as a cheap gift.
sounds so cool , and not just you but all the peelers 🥰
for xmassy baubles you can press beads into the clay
That sounds so fun!!! What a great idea for a family day together! 💜 Ahhh!
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Does anyone here use Whatsapp? A dear friend is travelling overseas and wants to stay in touch using it. Is there anything I should be wary of? Would prefer to get some opinions before signing up.
Whatsapp is about contacts (i.e. phone contacts) rather than friends or followers. It means someone with your phone number can get access to info you set in Whatsapp unless you tweak the privacy settings. When you sign up, go to the Privacy tab and go through the “Who can see my personal info” section to make sure it suits your preferences. I don’t like to show my picture to anyone who has messaged me unless I’ve saved them as a contact, for example.
The other quirk is “auto-download” I think turned on by default, which means images etc. that get sent to you get saved to your phone. If you’re just swapping memes it can clog things up. Have a play and see what works for you.
It’s basically another Facebook Messenger app. It was its own app until 2016/2017 sometime when Facebook bought it. Your contacts will be shared with Facebook. For all of that, it’s a decent messenger.
I don’t personally use it any more because I hate all things Facebook.
no fb 🚫
If only my family weren’t so attached I’d be gone from there as well lol 😭
I went with Telegram, which functionally at least was pretty identical to WhatsApp back when I had both apps.
Telegram has a bunch of other stuff these days (channels etc); I still only use it for chatting with family and friends. I had leverage over my family: I was in Melbourne and the single source on the Internet of grandchildren photos was Telegram. So they all signed up to it. 😃
Signal?
Signal didn’t exist 10 years ago when this all happened. Encryption is nice and all, but kid photos aren’t exactly state secrets and the user experience of Telegram is 10x better than Signal.
I have both apps, but nobody I know uses Signal.
Scammers who have your phone number (like those scam call thingies) will send you msgs, you can just block and report them.
Otherwise, you just add your friend by the number they will be using overseas (mobile) and you two can msg.
You add people by their phone number. Just ignore any contacts from anyone who isn’t your friend and only add them
For some reason sew’s ‘oopsie’ reminder pisses me off.
Especially when they didn’t send the original fcking bill.
Well I’m sad. I overcooked dinner by accident.
Still edible but was pretty dry and chewy.
I had a bit of salad and a meal shake 👍 I don’t feel hungry or empty at all.
I did that with one of my shitty home made burritos. Here’s to Cajun food!🥂(That’s what we used to jokingly call it when a chef accidentally burnt something. Sometimes you can smother in creole/Cajun seasonings and burn it a bit more 😉)
I did have quite a bit of seasoning on though me thinks it was burnt.
It was pretty close to chicken ala charcoal.
At least it was still ok to eat. Just a bit chewier and less juicy than normal.
Charcoal is good for the digestion. Also absorbs poisons. You may have done yourself a serious favour.
sky’s gonna be pretty
If sky pretty but you don’t get to see it, was sky actually pretty?
If the sky is pretty but you’re not there to see it, did the pope shit in the woods?
Only if the bear was Catholic.
I might respect a Pope if it was brave enough to Christen a bear in the woods
Blessed be thy paw, thy salmon, and thy holy hibernation. Amen
Procrastinated a bit long on it but finally made an inquiry re: movers. Have one friend locked in to help with some big stuff on Thursday - was a bit touch and go as her own housing situation was looking precarious but thankfully she got the news today that she has some breathing space and she can take my plants (and any junk that I can’t get rid of on FBM). Another friend is locked in to help me with the main move on Saturday.
If I can get the movers booked by end of tomorrow for next Monday, I’ll be feeling very confident about being on track to clean everything up and hand back the keys next Wednesday. So glad that the moving site lets me add extra items up to 24hrs in advance, less stress about generating more heavy boxes than anticipated. I’ve got to keep reminding myself that I got this.
Okay! Time to use up this jar of banana blossoms for dinner… then wind down before a 7:30am start tomorrow
You’re amazing - so on top of all this. I’ve moved a lot in the past and have faffed around like nobody business with it
Man, my house looks barely packed and there’s gonna be a lot of last minute shit… but thank you! I’ve had to try and organise as much as I can ahead of time because otherwise my stress would be through the roof. I’m definitely faffing around a lot in between. No packing tonight or the next two nights I don’t think.
Man I just don’t have the vibe tonight for singing. I’m just like blerghhhh, I want to get this over with.
Sometimes its just like this. You do the practice anyway, even if it’s mechanical.
Have you seen the drama in the other place?
Jane Agirtan has doxxed an r/melbourne redditor for pointing out there’s an article detailing her past nasty racist bigoted behaviour.
I explained in that other place that doxxing a constituent in this way is completely disgusting, and speaks to her character as even more likely to be a nasty racist and bigot to this day.
Great. She’s part of my council area.
Any way to get rid of her?
You could submit a question on the subject to a council meeting or attend a meeting directly, depending on how committed you are. You could also contact the councillor for your ward and raise it as an issue. Not sure what other options might be available.
Omg LOL! good way to break the councillors code of conduct 😂 I don’t think the authorities will like this one (would it be a vec issue? Ultimately I suppose a police issue re: the doxxing).
Edit: lol local gov inspectorate
Wow that’s amazing. What a piece of shit
😬yeah, I actually read and posted to that.
I don’t normally have beetroot in the house because I don’t really like it but for a change I thought I’d dish it up. Comments were: don’t really like it and it tastes like dirt. It’s a no from everyone.
Understood. If you have a household of beetroot refusers, then currying the beetroot can work. Mildish curry paste, and use orange juice as the cooking liquid. The tang tends to defuse that musky taste. Which I love but I can see why people don’t. Pickled in a burger - well that hits the tang factor too.
Was it in a burger? If not, you’re doing it wrong.
Hahaha. Yeah it was wrong cos I just put the balls on the plate.
Did you get them out of a tin? They look like the ones in tins.
I didn’t think it needed saying but… never just put balls on a plate 😇
I don’t mind them if they are washed well and steamed. I slice them and eat them hot. They are messy to prepare tho.
Sky News article popped up as a suggested read on my phone for some reason:
“Hackers are targeting people who type these six words into their computer.”
Wrong answers only - what are the six words?
How to teach your cat manners
(Hackers realise you’re illogical and will probably fall for a scam)
Best Crypto to invest in today
Hackers and bengals? I wouldn’t download one of them again noisiest little fuckers out there.
Won lottery what should I do?
Bottles of alcohol while working today
See, now I want to know if they’re legal. But I’m not going to type that…
Hand bigger than face mean cancer?
Inventive intercourse invloving small bristly trees.
I want to see inside your mind.
Wrong answers only - what are the
Commission MLP rainbow Trump Rogan MPreg
This comment gave me cancer.
Essential oils activated almond coffee enema
How to wipe browser history permanently
Dispose of body no evidence left
Where to purchase a pasta tap…
Don’t you think they look tired?
Sexchange vicar vice horror shock pix
Did you used to work for The Truth lol
Akshully this is quoted in a Redgum song.
What to do with my money?
I was thinking along the same lines as you
So who really shot Mr Burns?
This is my bank password: hunter2
can you retype that I only see *******
How do you know my password?
Straight porn but gay level acting.
Round of applause 👏
Oh my god 😂
Quick, hurry pull my Mal Meninga.
“Hot ladies”… “How to delete post?”
Both FB posts
I forgot that I already ordered the extra potting mix. Barely remember doing it. I’m a dumbarse. I still have pots but they’re too deep and narrow for the round carrots and baby spinach I have.
Maybe I should get those mini pumpkin seeds as it’s planting time… but I don’t need an entire pack and that drives up the money spent on stakes which are a bit expensive and I don’t want to pay $25 in postage alone.
I also liked the thought of tomatoes but it’s too late unless I buy seedlings. Which I can’t get posted and also require stakes.
Maybe I can plant the spinach and let it get full sized.
Edit: Or natives for pollinators
you absolutely can get seedlings posted jsyk
Ah ty. I meant the particular place I buy from doesn’t do it. Tunnel vision
eden seeds, mudbrick cottage, daleys and the big green shed :)
Oh I usually buy from Bunnings because I need other bits and pieces
that’s the big green shed :)
Ah sorry XD whoosh
I did google it though because I thought so (like the Golden Arches) but a real place came up.
Natives are a great idea! It’ll support bees and native bees, and insects, and you’ll get more wildlife in general that want to eat the insects. Plus depending on the native plant, they’d require generally little upkeep as they are suited to the environment.
I think you could plant a little flora paradise honestly 💜
The pack sizes tho… I do have sunflower seeds and could try starting them inside. They have deep roots so would use the pot size
You can probably still get away with tomatoes, particularly cherry tomatoes. I had great success last year with some seeds planted from a punnet of mixed cherry tomatoes from the supermarket, and they went in a bit late.
Maybe. 🤔 I’d be upset if they were still vulnerable in the heat and the hot sun killed them though. Is it very late for tomato seeds?
It’s only a touch late. The main problem with planting now is that the plant needs time to establish and ripen fruit before the cold weather, which is one reason cherry tomatoes are a better option for late planting. If you have a spot that is warm and sheltered enough they can survive over winter too, they are only an annual plant here because they are killed off by the cold. Tomatoes don’t really like full summer sun at any age, it won’t be more of a problem because they are planted now. Cherry tomato plants also seem to be more resistant to sun too.
GIVE US YA GAFFA TAPE
'CAUSE WE DONT PLAY GUITARSNew glasses have been obtained and are being worn. Everything is weird. The difference between my prescription and the “real world” is now so big I can’t use these reading specs at all to look around the room
and lots of those aldi meal replacement sachets have been bought. I will have to tale lacteeze but I do not care. Husband says he will take them too , which is a huge relief.
If it helps there is a Nature’s Way plant based protein powder.
I’m a bit worried the unflavoured one is discontinued as you can only get it at CW now but Coles still sells vanilla and chocolate
Ok on some wise advice I have kept only the 4 plants I already potted up, and have the rest of the little Audrey II’s at a visible spot where people often leave hard rubbish.
Feels like abandoning them :( Maybe I should swing by occasionally over the next days with a water bottle and see if they’ve all been taken. I hope they don’t just get trashed
