TheWitchofThornbury

Dammit. Still, next week will be fine too. Glad to get fairly early warning.

Something similar happened to me with the Moonies way back. Made a donation of $20 (big for then) but the spruiker kept getting at me for the rest of the contents of my wallet. Eye opening.

Time to get dressed and head over to my sister's place for a bbq. Lovely day for it, I'm glad I got assigned to do a salad.

Hugs. This sort of thing seems to be getting more frequent. There are some shopping areas I just don't go to anymore (South Preston Woollies anyone?) because of the aggro beggars crowding the entrance. Was worse when there was a parcel locker there - things got pretty tense with people getting harassed when collecting parcels. So they took the lockers away and things calmed down a bit. Still a horrible experience having that happen to you. Again, hugs.

Chicken and champagne please. And some swedish meatballs (and you know what's in them) in honour of this day in the calendar.

Separate boxes are your friend when packing books. Keep a 'read again' separate box. Done this many many times - then pack up all the rest and tape them up for moving. The read again box is the last one to be taped up and the first to be unpacked. Put a biiiiiig asterisk of tape on the top so you can find it again quickly.
Do the same for pantry items - the stuff you use all the time goes in a separate box for last minute packing. Then unpack that box once everything else is packed up so that stuff is available for daily use and can be quickly packed back up on moving day into a box where you know everything will fit. Procrastipacking is a real thing. It's hard to get on with the necessary when you really really don't wanna.

Hrrmph. I'll let it go, this time.

No sardines? Or bananas? A wasted opportunity imo.

Back in the early 2000s there was a NZ horse racing in Melbourne named Richard Cranium. This was a translation of his kiwi name which was deemed unsuitable by the authorities in Melbourne. Quite a good horse too.

Oooh, I like it! Very appropriate for a racehorse.

Yes please. I don't usually bet on the cup but this is too too tempting. Let the darts decide!

This one has been scratched - failed the vet check