Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 30 Jul 2023
Daily Discussion Thread: Sun 30 Jul 2023
Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Met my future dog yesterday.
Long story, but the owner has breast cancer and needed to find a forever home for a staffy (my dream dog).
Spent about 2 hours with him yesterday making sure he'd be happy with me as his human. He's very shy but we both fell in love.
Meet Adam the new love of my life 😍
Eeeeee!!!!! I accidentally found the cat's cuddle spot!!! 😻😻😻 it's much closer to the TV than I would normally sit but I decided to sit there while petting her and she CRAWLED ONTO MY LAP. I nearly died. I didn't have my phone but when she got up for a bit I grabbed it and sat back down and here she is purring up an absolute storm. She hasn't cuddled at all the whole 2.5 weeks I've been here - I'll sit here all day long to feel her purring contentedly against me1. Oh please kitty cat don't let this be a one time thing. We can chill any time. Any time at all. <3
prrrrrrrrrr
I trusted you, Goddess. I could have hung up my laundry indoors last night, but I remembered your comment saying today was going to be 18 degrees. So I waited and hung out my stuff on the line this mroning and it dried perfectly throughout the day. So - thanks! I'm glad I held off instead of having clothes cram up my house. Cheers!
Tomorrow marks a week since I moved into the new place. I'm feeling so much better, and feel like I'm in a much more healthy place mentally than I was in the last place. And honestly, a lot of it is just the little things, like being home alone, and having access to knives, and administering my own medication
Went to the doctor this morning, turns out the dizziness which increased immensely today is due to Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo. Eg I get dizzy from looking up and down and I have crystals in my ear canal. So I've got to shake my head 10 times, 10 a day to fix it. Lol.
On another note, I've never seen this doctor before and they asked in Straight or gay?? I answered without thinking and it wasn't until I left that I questioned the necessity of that question. Lol.
lazy sunday = cooking spag bol with all the veggies I found in the fridge and needed to clear out. Delicious.
Sort of funny but ever since the housemates cat came home from the vet my cat is not happy with him, 9yrs doesn't matter when you're gone for a few days. Also my cat is doing this thing where he approaches housemates cat and just sort of hisses in his face and walks away, and it's so stupid and funny.
My skin has been a lot drier this winter so I bought this product called Glory Oil by Eco Tan. Holy crap. It basically instantly fixed my skin and I have never looked so smooth and glowy in my life! 🥰
I really neglected my self care and appearance while pregnant last year because I was sooo sick. I couldn’t even stand to shower for more than a few times a week. Just miserable. But now at nine months post partum I am finally finding the time/energy/willpower to do morning AND night skincare, regular hair washing and styling, a bit of exercise, and I’m going to try and cut down on my insane sugar consumption (craved it so bad when I first started breastfeeding, now it’s just a bad habit). Oh and I need to cut down on screen time because it’s baaaaaad 🙈
I've been rewatching an ungodly amount British crime shows, and today I thought I'd treat myself to a rewatch of Ashes To Ashes. Holy dooly, I forgot how hilariously wild this show was, Keeley Hawes decked out in 80s garb has me cackling.
Day 4 and it's a rest day, so I just did my tummy exercises. Now Mr Peeler is up I can put on some washing. The Miniest Peeler this morning said, "you're going to have to get new clothes soon Mum." When I asked her why she said, "because the only thing that's holding up your clothes is your fat." 🤣
When I asked you all to cross your fingers that the rain did not come before I got home I was envisaging you holding off the weather. But I guess having my afternoon seminar cancelled so I'm home early works too. 🤷♂️
I was actually a bit relieved it was cancelled, as I was pretty tired from walking so far. The morning was absolutely beautiful for it, lovely and sunny without being too hot for walking. Now I just need to spend some time getting my photos off the camera.
I forgot to get up.
I shall do so now.
A quick brekkie before tuna mornay.if i get blown away then rusty will have been too and i'll have someone to hang out with
Oh there be hangovers in the 'leya house today
Sorted out the delivery. Thankfully this time when I said no to the chat service I got a human. A few items were out of stock which was a pain.
Still been trying at digital because pencils and paper require me to sit up for too long. It’s frustrating though. While I picked the controls up quickly and have been managing to ‘paint’, sketching smoothly or with any precision is near impossible and kind of forcing me to relearn bad habits (pressing too hard just so the stylus will register, and chicken scratching).
It’s probably the limitations of the basic program and small equipment (it’s an on the go visual note taker for phones with fewer features than the standard version) plus my posture. But it’s really hard not to take poor results personally.
Edit: I went into the settings of the pencil and turned ‘streamlining’ up to 100 which helped a lot. Much closer to a real pencil. But yeah. That control has to be manually trained for a real pencil so it feels like a skill issue :(
Alrighty! Got a new wok and the ingredients for a tofu sitrfry. Gotta say, I haven't made a stir fry from scratch before and the amount of various exotic oils was unexpected lol
The sunrise is so beautiful this morning. Purple sky and the stars were still out.
At some point I think I may have overwatered one of my indoor plants on account of a couple of yellow leaves. I since have backed off and done a lot more research on how much water is needed which is surprisingly very little. I should note I'm quite inexperienced with indoor plants so this is a learning curve for me.
Stir fry turned out great! A bit too much vermicelli, but all in all quite tasty and I feel great afterwards :)
Spewing that I’m not in great physical condition now and can’t really garden. Seed libraries are around if anyone wants to try it.
Also I’m not sure of the heavy metal in the soil (the tested map sites on either side vary) so I’d have to do raised beds which don’t move house well. And if I went outside the furry baby would either be crying inside or follow me out and take the chance to abscond. Melbcat’s a fully indoor kitty now.
I know that leafy veg have shallow roots and require less light so maybe that’s a go, window box inside. Maybe more cat grass. Paris Market carrots are also very short and round for containers, I think root veg also need less light than fruiting plants. But I have to fork out more for either self watering pots or watering spikes for bottles because I’m not going to remember.
It all adds up at Bunnings 💸 But I’m just trying to think of something constructive but not overwhelming while I feel like shit
For some reason, Google thinks that an Indonesian film is Jumanji...
People can get things very wrong. Have a look at the bozo answers. Australian slang I get that you might never have heard it. It doesn't mean the op is wrong though.
Missed all the rain. Stoked! Racked up almost 200km with a late start this afternoon. I always forget how cool it gets up in the hills.
Product recommendation:
image: Bull's-eye Carolina Reaper and Black Garlic hot sauce. It's the hottest sauce I've ever bought from a non-specialty shop. It's also insanely tasty, and a little goes a long way. Available at Woolies for $4.75. side note: I do not recommend their less spicy bourbon infused one - not very tasty.@baconmash@aussie.zone need pics and review of tuna mornay
Checking out my garden which comprises plants in pots. Quite a few ded because summer. It wasn't a lack of water. It was the sun made the pots so hot the roots cooked and water made that worse. Need more shade but even that won't help if it gets really hot.
It's like I'm watching "Miracle Mile" in slow mo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixCVdhy0lQ
@landsharkkidd@aussie.zone @StudChud@aussie.zone
Hey folks, have any of you played Outer Wilds and if so how was it?
Gonna go back to my uni days and make breakfast burritos. I love my Milo cereal, but I want a bit of variety atm.
Pokemon Sleep:
Makes my sleep worse because I HAD to put the phone down before I was sleepy enough.
And when I woke up in the middle of the night I couldn't scroll a bit till I'm sleepy again.
And I have to be careful not to knock my phone off the bed.
Deleted.The photos of my day have now been sorted. I put a couple in a post on the Main Page, and there is a link to my blog there if you want to see the whole lot. I should pick one for the pictures community too, get some more Melbourne representation there.
The winds and the rains. They are here.
Just heard someone dry-retching in my buildings hallway. If they throw up and I smell it, ima throw up on their front door wtf
Home made bun rieu for late dinner was just chef’s kiss
Doggo is spent after weekend runs on the beach - https://i.imgur.com/lHRTj27.jpg
Not so dirty little secret… I enjoy the dash cams channel way too much…
Slight chance of sky pretty. Boring as day. Rested and did housework. Vege stew for this week turned out great though. I hope I can remember the spice herb chile mix next time, but I doubt it. Cats are up so now it's time for the hated vaccuum.
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