A hearty potato and bacon soup with cheese grilled on top and some freshly baked crusty bread please.

I think I’ll steer clear of that.

At the moment I’m using “World’s Best” cat litter which is made from corn and very low odour and Miss Meow seems happy with. I tried a tofu based one but Mr Woof thought it was a great snack.

3/10. Two of those three were complete guesses.

Normally I get a gentle paw touch to the face, followed by sitting on me and purring loudly into my ear. Not sure why a claw came out today but I was not impressed.

I’ve knocked on some wood patterned laminate for you, hopefully that’s close enough.

As beach pictures are popular here I thought I should share a photo from my once-in-a-decade trip to the ocean the other day.

Miss Meow decided to check if I was awake with a claw to the nose. There was blood.

My small shed has a buyer and all going to plan will be picked up on Saturday. 🎉

The windows at the back are so darkly tinted it does restrict the visibility in the rear vision mirror a bit. It has nice big side mirrors though, it’s just going to take a bit of getting used to knowing where to look.

I don’t have a reversing camera or sensors in my current car, but I absolutely love them. I used my sister’s new car for an activity where I had to park in some very tight parking spots in the middle of the night and it made it so easy. The Caddy has the sensors already and it doesn’t sound too complicated for them to add the camera into the current system - the one I was origionally going to look at already had one added, which was a big part of the reason it was first on the list to look at.

Well, the bonds I was a bit ambivalent about buying are looking good.

I do find it bizarre how panicky the stock market is. It’s not like the tariff anouncements are either a surprise or that it’s actually certain he won’t change his mind again.

Stopped in at NQR while I was out. I am about to find out whether cheese and bacon filled potato cakes are a good idea of a travesty that should never have been allowed to exist.

It’s coming on Thursday. It will actually make it a lot easier to do op shop drop offs now, tons of room and much easier access! But I’ve got a few boxes of things I’m tripping over that I’d just like out of the way so I’ll do it today anyway.

First visit with the new car is going to be the auto electrician to organise a reversing camera - it has sensors, but the visibility at the back is not great and I’d much prefer to add a camera in. Fingers crossed they can install without replacing the head unit, but it depends on which specific unit was installed in the car and they won’t know until they can look at it. I am a bit nervous about manouvering in it, after 19 years in the one car the change is going to be hard.

I only tend to do that for uni assignments - sure I can write up 5000 words after work on the day it’s due!!

I pick up the car on Thursday. I’m going to add clearing out the small shed I have at the end of the carport and putting it onto Marketplace, I’ll have an extra 13cm of car to fit in and need that space back so the new vehicle doesn’t have her butt hanging out 🤣

I had mentally allowed myself two days for looking at cars. As it only took a couple of hours I now have a lot of unexpectedly open time to fill. I might do an op shop run and try to finish off my couch.

Does anyone else write off stupidly large amounts of time to do things that are not actually that time consuming? I seem to do it all the time, which often means I put off things because I “don’t have enough time” and then when I do get them done end up with lots of extra free time.

They have a version with a removable row of seats in the back that would be great for a lot of people too - I think there’s even a 7 seater model, but I haven’t seen one actually for sale here. There are a ton of different configurations - I’ve seen a few turned into refrigerated delivery vans too!

A mattress in the back and a bit of cooking equipment will make for a very decent simple setup. A few mesh curtains for insect control and a roll out awning on a roof rack would make for a good fancier setup, and for ultimate luxe an airconditioner for a small space like that will probably be within reach too. I’ll probably add a bit at a time over a number of years - starting point will probably be sound deadening and insulation for the walls and roof.

I sort of have one of those already - I loaned it to my sister, who has had it so long I’ve told her it;s become hers due to adverse possession laws.

When I was a kid I’d resist bed time because I didn’t really feel safe that far away from my family. Once my parents went to bed that end of the house was safe, but when they were still up my bedroom felt very isolated. And the same thing happened in the morning - my sister and I would usually bring our clothes to the lounge room to get changed rather than be alone in our rooms.

If it is something like that he might be able to sleep closer to you and then move (or be moved) when you all go to bed? Or maybe if you have baby monitor you could set that back up so he feels more secure?

This is her: