Attempting to sort stuff out on the table, I’m reminded of the Law of Flat Surfaces. Certainly holds true in my case. Every flat surface of my tiny flat is covered in accumulated clutter. Except for the dishwasher. It sprung a leak recently which meant I had to take all the stuff off the top of it in order to cobble together a repair. It struck me how nice it looked for a change, and it made me look around… and shudder. Miniest is a prolific crafter and artist, and I’m discreetly removing the not greatest of her work and binning/recycling. Also the various items (cardboard tubes etc) that I’ve been promised will be used to create something. Sorry but we just don’t have room and it’s making the place look like a shithole. I feel like a monster, both for judging the artistic merits of an almost 10 year olds work and for disposal of it. There’s stuff that’s my fault too, like receipts and flyers and odd unfilled documents. Why am I so bloody untidy‽ I guess I get home from work and have to cook etc and when I have spare time I just want to blob out and do nothing.
It’s ok. You can’t keep everything. A lot of parents do keep a few sentimental items and have to downsize the rest.
You’re also working all the time, raising the kids, responsible for doing everything and picking up after everybody. You’re not untidy. You’re exhausted and needing that downtime.
Peeler is pretty amazing. 👍
@PeelerSheila @melbaboutown oh this is me too, I have the excuse of only just finishing renovations when I got an excruciating herniated disc, which took about 3 months to almost heal… and then promptly another disc popped. Am only now starting to feel like the surfaces might get cleared again as the post-reno reorganising is only just in the last week really starting to resolve.
Ouch! Take it easy mate, that sounds awful! It’s so frustrating when you have to look at things which need doing because you can’t get stuck into it. Mr Peeler gets disc trouble and he can go from naught to bedridden in a very short amount of time.
@PeelerSheila thankyou! Sorry to hear your partner has ongoing issues - I’m truly not looking forward to the potential of this to keep reoccurring now its happened twice in a row with little time in between. But it has given me the kick up the arse to lose weight and despite the ongoing poor sleep and pain not yet resolved, daytimes are pretty good now, I am getting at least 5 hrs sleep (up from 2-3 hrs a couple weeks ago) and can function even though mornings take a while to warm up. My surfaces! I can almost see theeemmmmm!
um, yeah. Same here. I try very hard to clear surfaces so I’m always putting things away.
- well that went down easy. Cheers y’all.I find that one (and most commercial gingers) to have a chemical back taste. LickPier is the goer.
We haven’t been able to find Lick pier for ages, they went bust. Someone has apparently bought them out, but I haven’t seen (or even looked for) any for at least 12 months. I’m shattered as I don’t like the taste of most alcohol, but I did like them.
Yeah, my partner says the same. I don’t get the aftertaste.
It’s nice to see magpies and noisy miners making use of the bird bowl for drinking and splashing in. Hope they are doing ok in this heat, glad I could help them out.
For those that have A/C, what temperature have you got yours set on? Mine is on 22 degrees at the moment.
- Any colder and you struggle to be in the flow of it.
Whole house ducted was cranked to shit during high sun (solar), now up to 24.
I have an old box one in the wall so it doesn’t have a thermometer but the digital thermometer on the opposite wall says it’s 25°c in the lounge room.
I’m guessing it’s a power guzzler too.
It’s not too bad because we rarely have it on. Only when it reaches past 30 inside. It helps that we’re insulated and have big eaves on the outside.
@wscholermann @melbaboutown I usually have my AC cooling at 22 as well.
- I find it can only cool so far when it’s so hot outside so I have had it on 24 most of today to get ahead of it. My place is fairly well insulated though.
My portable says 24
Not on now. Had it on for about an hour earlier today at 22
Set it to 23. I could even go for 24 but I only set it to run for an hour and I figure the residual coolth will be enough.
I actually just bumped it up to 23 just now.
Ok it’s a bit warm now. Commencing atmospheric cooling procedure.
faster plz
That’s what she said…
-Scott, Gretzky, et al…
The doonas are dry. The world can end now and I won’t care.
tsunami from giant meteor wets the doonas
Grrrrr. After spending the morning trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored in the bathtub, I am seriously invested in getting the damned things dry before storing them ready for winter. And this is the first weekend day this summer where there’s been a hope in Hades of getting them dry. Effing feathers. Next 35 plus day on a weekend is the rugs. If I’m lucky, there’ll be a howling wind for faster drying.
Wet doonas now 15000 km away on small island
That small island is former Mount Buller
The major tectonic split that moved the Mt. so far ate your clothesline
Think I might break out the beach tent thing today when we go.
The one that takes 30 seconds to unfold and 30 minutes of headscratching to try and fold it back up.
I don’t feel optimal. I’ve felt a lot worse but this… this is also not ideal.
I’m grateful that I actually managed to get up early enough this morning - got some desperately needed meds (stupidly forgot to buy until they ran out, missed chemist closing time by half an hour yesterday), other odds and ends, and gave the plants a good water before it got too hot. Between yesterday and today and my sore arm I’ve got my 8 cartons of coconut water to get me through till the weather gets cold again.
My neighbours all seem to have headed out, but I’m content to be ensconced at home, although that existential angst over not doing enough with all my free time atm has been flaring up again lately.
Doing a heap of laundry… maybe I’ll catch up on a couple of books if I don’t get caught up trying to solve another stack exchange answer for 5 hours.
Slept in, got some iced coffee, playing a new mobile game. Life is good.
What are U playing?
Kingdom Two Crowns. Little pixel-graphic town/Sim, sidescroller. One is a Queen building her new kingdom. Very little text, it’s absolutely stunning and very intuitive. Discovery, little secrets, mounts, it’s really cool! Plays very very well on mobile imo
I think Emily Blunt might have had some work done and she’s starting to look a bit odd.
Ugh… I ended up sleeping most of today. I have no energy. I left the back door (screen locked) open, forgot to water the plants and forgot to put out bird/wildlife water. I’ve managed to water the plants, close the door and put on the cooling but that’s all.
My health is getting pretty wrecked.
I had one win though. Melbcat has been having little accidents due to the uti but after two leaks in the bed I put down a washable puppy pad and layered some towels over it. That has just saved me from having to strip the whole thing tonight. I’ve chucked another pad down with an old flannel sheet over it and can just throw the other stuff in a nappy cycle with knockoff napisan.
I haven’t been around much, but I’m a bit bummed I missed out on yesterdays thread, because it was a strawberry and last night I consumed my first ever home grown strawberry
It was only little bit it tasted good!
Home grown strawberries are the best! So sweet! I hope there are lots more to come on your plant, keep the water up to it and it’ll keep producing
There’s about a dozen strawberries that are already beginning to form, and that’s just on the top. There’s heaps more under the leaves. I started with 4 plants and now the entire planter box looks like a jungle
They’ll keep coming, I’ve been picking a handful a day. They don’t make it inside 😋
savour that strawb experience. Strawberries seem to be a high value target for every single bird in the neighbourhood so protect the crop
Wow, congratulations!! I have the shittiest luck with strawberries - wilting, mildew, not to mention slugs AND birds - so that is a very rewarding outcome for someone who was so nervous about growing plants :)
Hope you feel inspired to continue on your horticultural journey :D
There’s been a few things nibbling away at some of the leaves, but (touch wood) everything’s mostly alright. The pineberries are a different story, though. The gnats killed one of the plants and the other seems to not be doing much of anything. It’s not dead, but it’s not producing runners, or flowering, or fruiting. Birds (and hopefully slugs) will be deterred by the netting we chucked over it though!
Thank you!
Homegrown strawbs are the BEST! More to come I hope.
We’re back to a prediction of 38 deg today. Light winds only. Cool change overnight. Enjoy this morning’s coolth while we can.
Anyone brave enough to attempt Pride : water, brolly, water, sunscreen, water, and water!
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Ice ice baby
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Too early yet for breakfast on a Sunday. Could I have tea and avocado toast in about an hour’s time?
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Cold pizza sounds perfect
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Thanks. Somethings are just better the next day.
a cup of green tea and a crumpet with blackberry jam would be lovely thanks 🤗
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Thank you 😘
