Today’s weather forecast (Melbourne CBD, 3000): min - 17°C, max - 37°C. 100% chance of no rain
Father dead. Zero clue what to do with this information. Boyo no help would be celebrating demise of his.
Condolences. Now comes the hard part - being kind to yourself and your immediate family. Which will be damned hard. Take time to process your feelings - either positive or negative. I found both. The one true purpose of funerals/memorials is that organising them helps to process those feelings. Be aware that other family members will have different feelings. The damned part is being patient with them and validating their feelings as well as your own. Don’t shortchange yourself in that department. Take whatever time you need. Sending vibes to help when the feelings ambush you. Which they will do - usually when least convenient. Been there and done that myself. I found a grief counsellor helped me a lot after my bloke died during covid. The language of grief/relief can be grimly humorous too which I found to be an unexpected bonus.
I’m so sorry.
I’m really sorry. Take as much time as you need to absorb, it can be complicated
I’m really sorry. Even when you know it’s coming the death of a parent is really hard. Know that it’s OK to not be OK for a while, but that you will be OK again. We’ll all be here for you and do whatever we can to support you in our limited way.
Thinking of you ❤️
I’m glad for you all that his stay in pall care was not prolonged, and I hope that his comfort and care were exemplary. Grief is a funny thing, and you are among friends here. ❤️
My condolences. I’m sorry for your loss 🙏🏼
I’m really, really sorry for your loss ❤️
Condolences 💜
I’m so sorry Catfish. Sending you my love.
Oh shit I’m so sorry :(
Oh catfish. He went into palliative not long ago, right? My condolences, hugs and hope for all the next steps to be as peaceful and easy as they can be. But right now your job is just to breathe and feel whatever you have to feel for a bit.
So very sorry.
So sorry to read this. Sending 🖤.
I’m so sorry. I hope it was as peaceful as possible. My thoughts are with you and I’m sending hugs 💛
Sunset tonight will be spectacular. All those wispy bits of clouds will light up I reckon.
Would have been lovely to see. I almost tempted to go the beach late this afternoon.
Shadow box completed.
Lego
Now on to the Avengers tower 😁
So cool!
Woah, that’s lit
cool
Wow, impressive!
Poor fluffball.
Edit: I legit could go to bed right now.
Fluffy cats melted in the heat united!
What a floofy little ball of orange fuzz!
I must say, you’ve got some neat lighting at your place. It always looks like there’s a filter over your photos
It’s a genio multicolour globe. Well worth it.
Ah yep, used to have one of those. First smart light I ever owned. I moved to brilliant bulbs when I moved to the last place cause the genio died. Think I got it for like 5 bucks on clearance from Officeworks. I still have it in my lamp, and in the 2 big lights in my house that still have normal fittings, I put in Tapo bulbs. Including the one in the shitter! Imagine telling someone from the 20th century you can change the colour of the lightbulb in the dunny!
Poor void 😿
studying is hard work
That looks like some kind of ecology subject? Interesting stuff!
It’s a chapter about honeyeaters and habititat. The pics are different flower shapes they get nectar from.
The subject I’m doing is “Backyard Biodiversity”, about primarily about creating habitat in your garden for a range of native species.
Yeah… there’s soap powder residue on my cutlery so I’m having to rinse everything under the tap again before use. Hopefully it’s only because it was in the rapid cycle but there’s nowhere to put rinse aid in this machine and it’s not very convenient to load. I’m also having to put things on a dish towel or dish rack to finish drying.
Buyers regret. Like I am happy the dishes are getting done because it’s my hardest task but it’s also creating more fiddly little headaches. Pisses me off because of the money.
Guess I’ll use it in the meantime but will start saving up again and this time actually get something better, something I can see in person. When I get another one I can ask if anyone I know wants it or donate on Givit.
Try using less powder.
I can but I’m really picky about residue and there’s no extra rinse option
how about tablets that include rinse aid and cutting the tablets in half for small loads
Kind of adds to labour when I needed to reduce it
easier than rinsing everything after
I’ll probably still have to. It’s still full of standing water for roaches because you have to keep the door open. (It’s either fully open right down to the bench or shut. You can’t just crack it.)
And I know at some point someone else is gonna use it without knowing and serve me a coffee full of soap.
I dunno, I’m tired and upset and something that was meant to help out is only aggravating me.
If drastically reducing the soap doesn’t work I’m just packing the thing right back into its box so I don’t end up drinking it
which model did you get?
It was the Big W Midea. It looked ok for my needs but I’m getting kinda annoyed actually using it
Big W sells dishwashers? I’ve never seen one when I’ve popped in.
It’s online only, through a third party seller I think
use finish liquid cleaner. Powder never fully dissolves in a benchtop. Our sheffield is twice the size of that and still fucks up on powder / tablets. Use about a third of the liquid and you’re golden.
This is what I use but I also use powder and tablets on occasion.
good to know
Also worth noting that catch and the reject shop also sell this much much cheaper than colesworth
I had a sneaky late night choc cross buns. Bleh. The ones I get from Aldi have something chocolatey inside. The woolies ones I got don’t, they just put cocoa powder into whatever mixture they used and got rid of the fruit
In Albury for the night on the way back. I’ve definitely had my cup filled (but already missing being out in nature all day and all night, and physically very tired from various tasks). It’s an absolute oven outside. Thankfully the AC was running at my accom before I arrived so I’m just chilling for now (got a free upgrade to Queen, score!).
Debating whether to get a proper meal for dinner or just some ready-to-eat stuff from Woolies… Might splurge on the meal tonight and get some crackers and dip for breakfast and the rest of the drive home tomorrow.
3 things that make me lose my appetite
seeing people who eat with their mouth open
not washing hands
licking fingers and hands
just sayin’
Can I add chewing gum like a cow. The noise. The sight. Makes me nauseous.
I will lick my fingers in ur face with no regrets
Licking hands?!
Hahaha…
No finger licking here whatsoever… Or hands! Who licks their hands?
But you ate alone, right? And at home.
Seagoon… 😮 How do you know?
(I did not eat alone. Yes, I ate at home, but I am one of those finicky weirdos who eats with a tissue/napkin in hand and washes or uses a wet wipe right after.)
i mean people who lick their fingers and hands all the time with every meal or snack
not just the occasional kfc
Depends how much KFC you ate I suppose 😁
LOL. I feel attacked.
I did almost buy one of those meal deals, but couldn’t get an answer so nugs only as a snack it was.
I missed the krc at the shops I went to. They’d just closed up shop for the night. Bummer. I could’ve gone for a go bucket
Agreed
Nice cool breeze outside!
Indeed
The sun’s fucked off too
Yep. Finally can get out of the house!
Today at the opshop I found an antique book of autobiographical travel essays, Across the Plains, by RL Stevenson. 🙂
Whoever signed off on the wedding dress outfit in Mario Odyssey was a goddamn genius.
replaying the boss fight and having the cutscene of Our Hero ™ kicking the door in and interrupting the wedding with Mario as a spurned bride is fucking peak comedy
Dammit. I have a split mail on my finger. Think I made it worse after snagging it on some clothing.
Got a spplit right on the side and about my probably 2 or 3mm long.
Put a Band-Aid on it for now so I don’t make it worse.
super glue also helps
Really? Is that safe?
I am looking for advice though. I was trying to look up nail glue but a bunch of them seem to have very poor reviews and also not really for split nails, I think they’re for glue on nails.
They’re all super glue. It’ll work. If it continues to split you can get an acrylic manicure on that nail so it grows past the splitting point.
Oh ok well tried looking for super glue but I can’t find it so if I was starting fresh and had to buy something what should I get?
Cheap super glue from coles/woolies will do. It’s about $3 for a twin pack. You’ll only need a drop, so line up all the little repair jobs you can find before the tube dries out.
Oh ok. I might duck out quickly to grab some and see if I can do a quick repair job.
Do I need to worry about putting too much glue on or getting too much of it on my nail?
Try to use as little as possible, just a drop to start with and you can always add another later if you need. It’s a pain in the bum to remove if you use too much.
You can also apply clear nail polish, stick a small torn patch of teabag paper or tissue to the wet polish over the split, and then once dry paint a few coats of polish over the top to seal it. (Drying fully in between.)
It might not be strong enough if the split is large but can provide some reinforcement while it grows out
I sort of don’t have those things. I have absolutely no nail products.
sorry
glue part of an teabag paper to it.
This is genius!
The split is vertical from top to bottom for context.
It’s been trimmed back as far as it can go.
yeah I do that off and on, shits me up the wall.
I cut a small oversized square of teabag to go over the split, tiny lick just to make it adhere, then dop nail glue / cyanoacrylate a tiny amount on top to soak through and adhere. let it dry, then you can trim the excess and even file it. If you do a lot of typing it will last until the split grows out
Have to abort my heat hibernation to go to friend kid’s birthday, I really want to stay under my air con.
They have a pool and told us to bring bathers so I will but dunno if I’ll get in. It’s so hot that I might. There will be pizza too.
You should!
A party is a party, and whether you socialise or just lurk, it is often good to be around other people, especially when the weather is difficult to deal with.
We had an 80th here yesterday afternoon. Lunch was rotisserie Bolar Blade and roasted Pork Neck on the BBQ, accompanying salad bought by old people.
Our house has very good thermal Insulation, but very bad acoustics so within an hour it sounded like the scene from Sneakers with the geese, but much more humid.
Outside was much nicer, with the dry heat, tasty food and peace and quiet, even when some of the other guests came out to join me.
Now we have cleanup day today, but this is why we built our house. It shouldn’t take long.
We have a 1st and an 18th this year and a 21st and a 50th in 2026, and we will probably have all the minor birthday parties too!
I am at the stage of flu recovery where my body is exhausted and my brain is running and I can’t sleep. Guess it beats last night’s fever but I want to SLEEEEP. UGH.
aww, hope you feel better and sleep soon 😘
