My kid is going camping with friends this weekend which is a little sad because the dog will miss her but gee it's gonna be one hellva party when she goes.
I DID IT !!!!!!!!. It was a little button on my phone God dammit.
Already have one fence dispute (or more specifically Unreasonable flow of water between properties) for the shed up the back. Neighbour came over a few weeks ago and couldn't see a problem. She got the council to come over and look at it FROM HER SIDE and didn't give me the heads up so they could look at it from MY SIDE. Tried calling the council several times at least take a squizz but to no avail yet.
Definitely no problemo there. All they have to do is remove a little bit of soil from their side and let it dry out over summer and put in a little retaining wall / moisture barrier.
Now the other fairly long / high paling fence on the same boundary is collapsing (really fkn wobbly). re-doing the veggie patch so have a heap of old redgum sleepers. Propped it up heavily on my side so when / if it falls it's not falling my way hah.
Woke up early to pick up the new Zelda.
Bought some food and self maintenance stuff. Marvelled at the Cinderella experience set up.
Also had a haircut too. Feels nice to have it cut and all neat now.
Lunch has been had and now have my coffee.
I feel like I want to take out my bins but it feels too early
Oh no. Oh no.
Chillies have germinated far too fast and I haven't even calculated the amount of soil I'll need to pot what I can. It's also too cold outside for them in Northcote. This is a disaster.
This whole taking a break from working thing is doing wonders for my mental health and sleep but that sleep is happening at really weird hours.
The time has come - I've listed my beloved car for sale. She's been amazing fun, but I just can't justify it anymore. Yes, I'll cry when she goes. Of course, I adore my new car, but it's a bit of a brat while my old car was a beast.
Tell me about your favourite cars? What did you love about them? Have you still got them? Or a a favourite car related story?!
Good night everyone, sweet dreams. 😘
🙂Today I bought the last of the materials I need to restore the cabinet and frame of my old sewing machine. It's about 120 years old and it's a functional machine so it has a lot of knocks, it looks old. I got medium grade steel wool to clean the iron up as the hardware store didn't have wire brushes and I got paint which included primer. A new paint brush with an extra long handle for those hard to get at bits. I'm quite excited to get it all done. It won't look pristine or even great but it will look good. Next I might tackle cleaning up the machine inside. I have a new belt to put on and I have machine oil and rust remover. Might even touch up some paint.
Also bought some good dark furniture wax to protect the newly painted big chairs and the sewing machine cabinet.
I have loads of microfibre cloths for these jobs.
I have completed the first part of the physical activity study I am part of, and have the first of my $50 Coles vouchers. I have been allocated to the control group, which means I am required to do nothing different to what I do now, and will be paid $150 for it! Can't complain about that 🙂💰
It's local council voting season and I'm getting over seeing signs of the same three people plastered all over my hood. In front of houses, shop windows, street corners, you name it. Does this really get you votes?! I see their faces and I get angry, not wish to vote for them.
My new weird food rule:
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fruit flavoured ice cream or sorbet - in a cup
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chocolate and other creamy sort of non-fruit flavours - a cone
I normally don't get a cone because I don't love them, but was given one instead of a cup and just made do. The ice cream was part fruit and part marshmallow or something along those lines, and it definitely belonged in a cone.
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Sitting here for the first half of the article going "Please not my council, please not us" It wasnt, thank god. But thats honestly a surprise that it wasnt.
I've taken some days off around the long weekend. I'm going to try enjoy the time off and not focus too much on how much I actually get done vs how much I want to
shaping up to have some nice weather so will go out and do some errands 🌞
have been listening to these guys, I can't believe this is the first time I;ve played them on my little stereo, they sound pretty good!
bjtm, i wanna hold your other hand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7yqn7QDSfI
Listening to one of my favourite Hancock radio shows. I can so relate to keeping bits of junk ..lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaa4m6q56Fo
Tonight I am listening to the original soundtrack album to The Glenn Miller Story with Jimmy Stewart, 1954. It sounds really good and I do remember the movie too. I Know Why. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-e2LXzNjYkw
it's a heavy old record,shellac?, looks cool on my antique style player
probably more a gardening question, but still gonna ask it. I got a wheelbarrow full of dead weeds and green waste. I've got a backyard of clay and rubble. its not draining well, as you might imagine.
Thinking about digging out a section of clay and dumping my greenwaste into the hole, top dressing it and seeing how it impacts my drainage. I've dug some random holes already and filled with some sticks and stuff to try help break up the clay, but its taking an eternity and I'd rather deploy a more dramatic test and make sure I'm not wasting my time. Any thoughts?
