Elder Minipeeler decided to spontaneously clean his room today, mainly and noticeably focusing on purging old school stuff. Did a thorough job and I'm very proud of him.

In the meantime Miniest made a carrot cake, with very little intervention from me (gotta make sure the batter actually ends up in the cake tin and less in the mouth lol)

Waaaaakkkkeeee Uuuuuup Everybody! Time's a-wasting. Lots to do today. Big shop for bulk household stuff, market for fresh stuff (Preston), laundry, garden & a lunch appointment that I'm not altogether thrilled about. This afternoon I'll probably dissolve into a puddle and rest.

Drinks with a friend, very lovely to see 💜 consumed some Guzman y Gomez and got a noice whiskey

Was gonna go to CERES community garden today, but the weather is dodgy so no guarantee the market will be on.

My oodie has been donned, and escape room game has been loaded 😙👌

Saturday afternoon is the perfect time for "doing sweet fuck all". This is my recharge time from the work week.

Sunday is for chores etc.

But Saturday afternoon is blissful nothingness.

Also I bought a pair of Carhart pants. The last pair lasted 5ish years. Heavy initial cost, but the saving is significant over time.

Ugh, I hate that feeling when your ears don't pop after a flight... but I'm glad I got some shut eye even though the person next to me had no concept of personal space. I generally avoid night flights for this reason even though flying during the day "wastes time". Good night 😴

Have been learning about cars the last few weeks as I'm about to buy something cheap.

Looks like the old reliable corolla is going to be the pick.

I got an art book with recipes for mixing colours. You have no idea what a help that is, and something that I haven’t seen before. It was pure luck I scored that at the op shop.

It’s so fucked you can’t share and archive resources. If it wasn’t a crime I would be a volunteer archivist scanning or photographing rare or important books and uploading them. Just so things don’t disappear when they go out of print and physical copies dwindle.

I’ve also missed out on getting the Morpho books because I didn’t want to click a random link on social media to download them and now they’ll be gone off the Internet Archive.

Son has recovered from COVID, only for the wife to be struck down.

No idea how I'm still avoiding it. Superior genes perhaps?

Or more likely my flu+covid shot I got earlier this year.

There's only 3 things in this world I don't eat. Cantaloupe, rice pudding and porridge. Now I can add papaya to that list. Ick.

Big News. An arrest has been made over the Easey St murders.

Considering he’s so small, Chook is an absolute pig. The MESS, my god

Decided to take my (SILs) bike on the scenic foreshore front beach path back home from the shops. Usually don't do that as people (and kids / dogs) are a bit all over the place. Anyway now I have a bell with a unicorn on it which I'm required to use by law. it also has a front basket. I didn't use the bell but felt empowered (and got laughed at by two young girls). They didn't have unicorn bells or a front basket so fuck em. I'm gonna get some tassels next.

In more serious news the Pt. Lonny front beach was absolutely smashed by recent swell / weather. Had a chat to a local who was walking past and she'd never seen anything like it either. Must've been wild.

Also got about 10 hellos from randoms which was nice.

I left the ramen restaurant hungry. You’d think $25 would get you a decent sized ramen but no. Two tiny pieces of pork belly. And the broth was like chicken soup.

Gah. Lost the prelims :(

Going to bury my sorrow in something now.

Ate some delicious kofta, and cranked up my accompaniment to cleaning.

Once this is done, I have a new model to build, but I can’t open Bags And Bags And Bags Of Bits into an already messy apartment

You know you're getting on when you plan to jump in the garden to weed for the 3rd day in a row and before you start first thing you think of is where's the ibuprofen.

Good night everyone. Sweet dreams. 😽

Ok. I’m all set for the game!

Come on Catters!

Got my chips, got some wine. I’m all primed and ready!

🥱☕️🍳💻

Recently discovered that I have very low iron levels so got put on iron pills. Have been taking them for a week, and just got through a heap of housework today without wanting to collapse from exhaustion. Seems like the pills are working - who’d have thunk?!

Gon’ eat me a chiko roll and watch cartoons…

Morning

There are few things better for the soul then a few hours and a few drinks spent catching up with an old friend that speaks your particular form of neurospiciness...

Now home for two rounds of footy (I am bilingual - AFL and NRL)

i think i need to get these https://dangerfield.com.au/products/old-world-embroidered-pant?variant=45128234303706