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Feels like I've been going flat out even after settlement day, so this is the first chance I've had the space and energy to have a little celebration.
Couple of dishes from the little Chinese cafe which is a bit of a local institution, the bottle of bubbly the estate agent gave me when we sold the house, and sitting down to finally watch Bridgerton. Ahhh.

Jeez. Massive house fire a few doors down in kew.

Thing just collapsed in front of us all...

Everyone safe.

Poor cop telling everyone to stay away. Not an easy task when there are 200 people watching on she gave up.

Guys, I think there's somethinf wrong with Ozbargain. It's meamt to help you save money, but instead it's making me start a whiskey collection?

Has this happened to anyone else?

Good night everyone 🐱

I'm zonked from the gym. Early dinner, some music making and video games then off to bed.

Plans for the day abruptly derailed by realisation of failing silicone job at base of shower wall right in the splash zone.

Try getting through marine epoxy grout you fucker

I have marketed.

I have procured

• fruit
• veg
• chorizo
• pork chops
• fresh fish
• felafels
• milk
• honey
• coffee
• bread
• soap

And a partridge in a pear tree

I really really love electric blankets. In the top ten of humanity’s greatest inventions for sure.

Up early today. Cleaned house (family effort), mowed the lawn, went to the gym, had GyG for dinner....now chillaxing with beers with my feet up.

Gotta appreciate the little things.

Spicy ramen flavoured Twisties...

1. exist
2. are pretty spicy
3. are pretty gross

I trimmed my beard, shaved, gave myself a haircut, showered and was seconds away from booking a room up on the border for the night but then all of my motivation just fell away. I might just stay home and save my money, then go for a drive and find some mountains and start a new audiobook tomorrow just for a day out.

I do need to source some lunch though.

Had a go at cleaning the kukri last night. Lemon, salt, baking soda, vinegar...

First time it has been used. It's never been sharpened (by me) and that went through a lemon like it was nothing (sharper than my chef's knife). @[email protected] was right that edge keeps. Will need a few more passes but something tells me it's a very old blade and it'll be difficult to get shiny.

Cleaning it did reveal some detail like how they poured a little bronze or whatever in a few bits which is a nice touch.

This is the closest I've ever been able to get

This kids gonna drive me insane and if he doesn’t the wife will. I said a 4pm nap was a bad idea, lo and behold who was right? 8pm and he won’t go to sleep. He’s gonna be up till 10pm again I can tell. And im a bad dad if I don’t do my part in helping fix a totally avoidable situation of my wife’s own creation.

A pummeled charity koala and a crate of VB please

So much cheese on pasta bake this week. I'm so gassy I've formed my own personal atmosphere.

Edit: the sun through the clouds is beautiful today

Hrng

Penkl

Charkol

Even though I've been back in Perth a few years now, Aldi's snow week here still amuses me:

None of the snow gear moves at all. This stuff would have been gone in the first few hours in Melbourne. I think this is actually the second week, too!

Every light sniffle or cough I have picked up over the last couple of years has developed into a brutal sinus infection. I do not like this new chapter in my life.

another boring day of resting

Market GF pie acquired, sauced and demolished.

Bag full of veges for roasting and soups. Couple of easy meals for the freezer to avoid take away. Even got some honey and eucalyptus drops for this post flu foolishness. Coffee drunk. Puppies patted. This is a good Saturday morning.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

Ahoyhoy

I always dreaded going to the post office on Saturdays because the queues would be long, the packages would be piled up everywhere and nobody had their shit ready when it was their turn. This morning however, only person in there was paying bills and there was a few tubs on the ground of packages but nothing like what it used to be. The purse strings are tight here in the inner north.

In other news there are far too many pictures of me in my new passport of varying sizes and colors. 0/10 do not recommend.

Holy crap. I was meant to go for a short nap and fell asleep for 4 hours :(

There goes my day :(

Edit: fixed spelling mistakes while I was groggy

Went and grabbed a weeks' worth of dinners for what ends up being like $7 a meal at the South Melbourne Market and that's awesome BUT it was getting a little late to cook something so I grabbed a crispy chicken Caesar wrap from maccas on the way home. I mention this because I asked them to add a bit of that new spicy fiesta sauce to it too - which they wouldn't do for some reason - but sold me a little tub of it so I can add it myself. Which I did. And it was incredible.

I might email them now and suggest strongly that they add it to their lineup and I am not the kind of person who does that.

Going to the market. Requests will be taken

Today is my "wash everything" day. All items of bedding inc. pillow and doona, and clothes, and my work backpack which is getting a little smelly. Going to take 4 loads but will be very content when I'm done

I'm taking the pressure off. No art, just sharpening pencils. That's my hobby now. /s

It also leads nicely into whittling and woodwork. If I had a slab of wood, glue and sandpaper I could even carve a handle into one end and make my own sharpening sandpaper block. I have some fence staples to hold the paper layers on. And then that could lead into making one for knives or making strops...

But no more physical hobbies or tools. I just run out of energy and drop them.