Cushion 1 is complete. I’m very pleased with the pattern matching.
Five more cushions to go.
Nice job!
Good job!
wow, that looks great and such beautiful work 🙂
Gorgeous!!
Magic
I finally made the jump from reddit to Lemmy. While it was slightly confusing for my technologically dyslexic ass I’m happy to be here.
Welcome to the party. This post runs daily and although without any real rules we try not to be a dick to each other.
Yeah I’m cool with that premise
Welcome. You’ll find it refreshing here
G’day 👋🏼
Hi frenchys 👋 please be sure to stop by chef Bacon’s food truck whenever it rolls around, typically once a day whenever chef feels like it. Food quality is good but the variety is where it’s at - free too
Welcome! There is definitely a bit to learn about how everything works, but I think it’s worth the effort.
Yes I’ve learned a lot just in the last few hours but I still have a ways to go. Cheers for the welcome
Welcome to the house of fun
Welcome to our happy home. ☺️
Welcome to the animal farm.
Hey, welcome to the madhouse.
Welcome!
Welcome!!
and a good day to you !
The calico waits for me every day. I was late last night and she was still there waiting.
Soooooo easy to pick up and place in my pocket lol
aw, I love her.
Trigger warning: ASD, ADHD
So a couple of weeks ago I had a phone chat with my oldest sister, someone I’ve always admired and think is pretty awesome. When I was a kid she was my idol, so artistic and clever, rebellious and political. She told me about her recent autism and ADHD diagnosis (I was pretty surprised). She knows our father’s side of the family better than I do, and pointed out a pretty strong case for ASDs running on dad’s side of the family. We ended up talking for over 4 hours. Some of the things she said seemed oddly familiar, in a way that played on my mind up until last night, when I did an online Autism Spectrum Quotient self assessment and landed right in the mid zone for Asperger’s. Some of the questions were almost creepy in a "how did they know?" kind of way. I told the kids and Elder asked if they (the kids) had ever been assessed. I had to admit no, they hadn’t, because nobody has ever suggested it. If your kids are well behaved and do the right things when required without meltdowns and ostentatious or eccentric behaviour then they generally won’t suggest it. Now I’m thinking about it for Elder, because from what I’ve been reading he and I have a lot of parallels with it. My sister welcomed her diagnosis and said it felt like, for most of her life, she’d been operating a complex piece of equipment without a manual and then was finally given one. If he doesn’t have an ASD, fine; but if he does then this knowledge may help him in his further development and understanding of himself, and assist his school with modes of delivery for his education. I figure if it’s a good idea (given the revelations about my family) then better sooner rather than later to be of most use to him. Otherwise I’m feeling a bit weird about the whole thing, like you’re feeling like there’s going to be a knock at the door and then there is.
It is super common for women and girls to not receive a diagnosis and be left to struggle. And it is genetic.
Might be good to know if it’s the case so he doesn’t blame himself for being different
There are a ton of resources at https://www.reddit.com/r/aspergirls/wiki That you might find varying degrees of useful. I had my “holy shit!” Moment after 40 and so much stuff just made more sense
Thanks for this!
Mine was when my kid was diagnosed as a teenager so I did a heap of research, including on how it presents differently in girls. It was like, ohhhh, that explains a lot!
I had put much of my social stuff down to having attended a very weird primary school and never having learned early enough because of the restriction. Still could be a factor, but ASD makes broader sense.
fuck! little bastard
ted just bit my bum
Bite him back!
I’d have to chase him as he bites and runs …lol
And having a mouthful of fur wouldn’t be great, either…
There is a reason I argued for deleting the Venetian blinds
That picture of an unhappy cat feels like that might be what your cat looks like right now.
That’s my GrumpyCat door bell I can’t put up because stupid body corp rules. 😿
Just had my fourth root canal and a really aggressive antibiotic filling to hopefully make up for my compromised immune system.
Fingers crossed that it works because the next stop is evicting the tooth.
They underpaid me $1k. We have this thing where you can access upto $1k of your pay early.
I didn’t use it. And I don’t have an account with the details indicated.
Fucks sake.
Sorry for my negativity today
but it’s still your pay, you worked for it?
Absolutely. They’ve basically deducted it, despite the fact that I never withdrew it in advance.
All deductions and details should show up on your pay slip.
Does it show number of hours you’ve been paid for on your payslip?
In any case something on your payslip should show the difference from last payslip.
Don’t let them get away with it!
Yep I’ve emailed HR 3 times now. Let’s see what happens.
Hopefully you hear from them soon.
If there’s a payroll department I think it’s be worth getting in touch with them as well.
My little dog has hurt himself. I let him out for a piss this morning and he came in limping. It doesn’t help that he leaps off the porch like a superhero. He seems to be getting better but I’m still keeping an eye on him.
My JRT does superhero dives too. Never hits the middle step on the way down.
JRTs are nutters. He had me worried and now he’s out there chasing birds.
They’re pretty resilient usually!
I hope everything is OK!
He’s all fixed now. He perked up when the others came home and then he begged for his dinner.
Awww all is well ❤️
Might be time to make some ramps. I’ve been feeling the same about my wee fella.
Honestly he wouldn’t use them. There’s one step there but he chooses not to use it unless he’s coming inside.
It took my Toby a little while to use his ramp when he was getting older, but once he learnt that going the ramp didn’t hurt like jumping, he got a lot better. Plus teaching via yummo treats.
Hope your dog isn’t too ouchies!
I think he’s ok. I’m playing classical music while he’s dozing.
Could be his knee or maybe arthritis? My sympathies, Melbcat is arthritic and I won’t let her jump anymore
Nah. I think it was his shoulder. He’s all better now.
Can’t recall the original attribution of this, but it deserves another round
cats are less toxic
Had a 30 minute power nap and missed a meeting. No one asked and no one cared.
seems like the perfect scenario
It truly is.
Health insurance hike? Go fuck yeself
Ooh, I just got one of those too. Grumpy
And that’s WITH the rebate. Without the rebate, it’d be a $150 hike. For a fucking childless couple with no claims apart from dental and some glasses. Fucking madness.
Using uTube on the TV as a stereo is proving to be infested with Clive Palmer bullshit currently. Need to get off my arse and replace the dead unit. Argh, more decisions.
It’s absolute brain rot. I can only handle it by running smart tube next as a YouTube replacement
I just linked it, then saw your comment lol
I can help with this.
If you have a smart TV of some description,
Interesting, thanks. Will see if that is possible.
I had a dream I was working as a mechanic in a factory and I lived upstairs. I could make music 24/7 without any issues.
It was a nice life.
I miss the camaraderie of the labouring work I used to do. These office people can be such complete and utter twats.
Fuck Hospo though. Never again.
I had a dream that I was watching Spirit leaving the bay, but like a pinball, bouncing off these giant ships and rolling around. Very strange.
I enjoyed physical work in my 20’s. If I did it now, I’d spend the whole weekend recovering my broken body.
It was fun though.
I had a dream where 2 friends were gonna do the deed but I crashed the party and we all sat there awkwardly playing uno whilst she stared daggers at me. What was weird about it (as if that WASNT weird in the first place) was they are 2 friends I dont walk to any more. Hope they are both doing well.
TIL you get a small bag of corn chips like Doritos or whatever, smoosh it up a bit, open it and put your taco meat in and the rest. It’s called a “walking taco”
I’m sure it’s tasty but I don’t like the idea of eating hot meat out of a chip bag.
I’ve seen an IG reel about a food truck that “specialises” in it - you show up with whatever chips you want, pick out the taco meat and topping that you want and they put it straight into the bag. Can’t say I have any interest, but also won’t yuck someone else’s yum!
I’d need a spoon atleast.
Chopsticks haha
I’m not that skilled
Practice makes perfect.
It needs to be in a bowl.
A bowl made out of corn chip stuff!
Ooooh, now you’re talking!
I mean, that’s pretty much a tostada
That’s true
hrmm I’m not sure how I feel about that either.
I make a taco salad with chilli and corn chips in it, but it’s in a bowl.
That sounds lovely
It is, just all the taco stuff but in a salad bowl - lettuce, tomato, onion, salsa, sour cream, grated cheese, chilli, corn chips, jalapenos maybe avocado when the market is up. Heavy on the salads to get that daily veg up.
