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Adoption Certificate for Nellie, the Daily Thread numbat (with thanks to @Catfish)
Decided not to have a wild one tonight. Mood was a bit eh for historical reasons, but still go to see my friends which is awesome.
All in all, a really great day.
Thanks everyone for the birthday wishes, you guys are amazing. You've all been an incredible support during some of the hardest times I've had in recent memory.
Thank you, from the bottom of my heart ❤️❤️❤️
Time for some ambient and down tempo music making I think.
Tonight I am playing the groovy sounds of Burt Bacharach. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Vm2KoPsQE
Ted loves Burt 😻
His Master's Voice! Oh god, his furriness is just too good. And of course he would love Burt Bacharach
He never goes up to listen or watch and I play records everyday so this is very rare. He is a cool cat. 🐈⬛
His fluff is glorious!
I GOT MY CAAAAAAAAR!!!!
I need sleep before tonight lol
You got the insurance organised?
Straight away lol
Good stuff. Go rest up for tonight!
You’re going to have a big one tonight!
So cool. 🙂
Today was a big day but the party went great. These council community centres are perfect for parties like this. I could tell things were going well when people didn't start leaving immediately after cake and presents. We just left out some toys and large janga and connect four and all the kids had a great time
That's excellent man ❤️
Okay, for all that I've whinged today, I am pretty damn chuffed with how much I've moved out at short notice on Marketplace. Super happy that a big bench is going tonight. Gone are a whole heap of side tables/plant stands. The elephant in the room is the effing couch. I will have to just move it to my friend's myself and we will problem-solve from there.
It's kind of interesting meeting all these randos who are grateful for a good bargain and they all come with their own little stories. All walks of life, ethnicities, cars, clothes...
Any other melting pets out there?
Mine is snuggled up to me 🫠
Just got back from the late walk. Dog's been huffy for a walk all arvo. Also happened to find what appears to be a baggie of meth. Good thing I grabbed it because a bunch of kids walked by ten minutes later.
Mine are all out in the cat run, even the dog. I'm guessing there is lots of bugs to chase on a warm night.
Got flowers today… Nothing like feeling you are seen. 🖤
Also, they are massive… Like I had to dig out my 50+ cm vase for them.
Feel absolutely blessed. A millions miles from how I’ve felt the last couple of days.
Happy birthday DT. I know a few people here have a birthday today and it's my boys' birthday too. As far as I'm concerned, November 16th can be like the horses birthday for DT
Might have missed the mechanic to grab the car. Fingers crossed he left it outside 🤞🏾
Edit: nvm it's waiting for me!!!!
Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaa.
I'm old now 😂
Edit: perfect time to listen to Grace by Jeff Buckley over breakfast ❤️
My friend has helped me move out about 70% of my stuff (deadset legend).
But I have vastly underestimated how much stuff I have, and how much stuff I can realistically store at this next place...
I am REALLY working hard to keep myself together. Wow this is a huge huge downgrade. I really did not prepare myself for this. Even my friend looked at the other place and (reluctantly, after I was whinging) said "yeah... it's a place to crash at after a long day, not a home - it's a good thing you're only there for six months".
The plan will work, I just need to get everything out of here by the 19th. I will cull and sell further once it's been moved, none of it is too heavy.
so many hugs
And let this new place be a home, just a little home, get to know your new neighbourhood and some local people. Try to keep some of your old habits. It will be fine. 😘
There's just something about "I'm a pensioner and I need to travel a long way will you give me a discount" that makes me want to say no. The attempted emotional manipulation combined with a sense of entitlement just pisses me off. Not sure why it pushes my buttons so strongly but it really does.
Life lesson for today. When you buy a remnant of corduroy to make something, please please please zigzag the edges BEFORE pre-washing it. I am now going to have to run a cleaning cycle on my washing machine which I did not plan to do today. The lint was abominable.
🍒 The season has arrived 🍒
I just bought half a kilo of cherries for my pocket change. I am delighted
I feel like the internet has turned really shit and at some point it’ll be so user unfriendly that it’s barely usable. I miss past eras of it (well the ones I’m old enough to have known) and the niches I like of current day are the ones most similar to that. I want to go back.
Lemmy is like a cosy comforting old school forum.
Three more cupboards gone! 🎉 Just four more to go. If I don't sell them soon they are going on the naturestrip with a "free" sign on them.
Made a thread ✨️
People are walking their dogs in the local indoor shopping centre. What even.
Oh it's for pet photos with Santa.
Melbcat is sometimes refusing to eat her wet food which means I have to crush/mix her meds into a syringe, get her in a very gentle headlock and feed it to her directly… not ideal for either of us.
She’s also vitamin B deficient from an absorption difficulty so
injections
needs monthly shots at the vet… she should be having them weekly but I’m scared to accidentally hurt her when doing them at home.
I know cats go nuts for brewers yeast and Marmite has B12 (I think Vegemite doesn’t) but it’s salty which is bad for her kidneys. So I bought some nutritional yeast and sprinkled a pinch. Yes, she likes it. She ate some of her meal.
She still needs to be wrangled to give the antibiotics directly, same for the anti nausea stuff which she absolutely needs right now. But I’ll remember this for when we can go back to only the normal meds that can just mix into the food.
Summer doona is now on the bed.
My knees really hurt. I’ve done something to them but don’t know what
Fucking wow.. I don’t expect anything at Yarraville to be a rager, but this crowd might as well have oxygen tanks.
