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Today is a feast day so to honour my culture , the past, the Seagoons and myself I am cooking a feast of luscious cheeses and crackers, good drinks, a salad, and chicken cooked with nutmeg , parsley and parmesan cheese in a tomato sauce served with egg fettucini. Peaches and apricots for desert.
I am just about to put my make up on. ๐
To honour my forbears, I am ordering a HSP from uber eats. And maybe some baclava if I'm feeling special.
Enjoy your celebrations!! That all sounds amazing!
I'm drinking a Japanese slipper, which is green, so kind of honouring my Irish roots.
Got to talk to my 2 best friends I haven't seen in 12 years on video chat.
It's a long story, but man I feel so fucking happy right now!
Goodnight all โค๏ธ
I planned a friend outing for this evening and honestly I donโt know why I bother. Iโve been getting slow responses during planning, slower than usual, feels like Iโm forcing these people to hang out with me. They can say no? Maybe Iโm reading too much into this but itโs consistent with other things that have happened recently which make it feel like weโre distancing. Donโt say I didnโt try if these friends arenโt in my life in future. I donโt even want to go anymore.
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Met the new neighbours who are moving in soon. 4 cars and 12 people got out lol. Guessing they'll be loud going by them leaving their music blaring from their cars as they were parked and yelling over it to talk to each other. It's a very quiet court.
I don't mind at all as my little studio down here can go LOUDER I hope they like poorly made drum and bass.
They seem nice though and it's good to see the place finally getting used after 6 months vacant.
Crank the subbie lol
Oh man, I unleashed on the broom rider (MIL) last night. An awkward start to the long weekend.
So many people don't stand up to their MILs/FILs. As a kid, my mum always used to complain to my sister and I about things her MIL would say or do, and my dad would either stick up for his mum, or pretend that nothing was wrong.
Thank you. It was something I really needed to get off my chest. Maybe not the best time to do that during a family gathering though.
broom rider
Shouldn't laugh but lol. Seems like easter is just one of those times of the year that gets tense for some reason.
so many hugs, she must have pushed you beyond endurance
One thing I love about country's towns is how people still dress up for lunch. Young lasses in their new dresses, mum and dad all ironed, trailed by awkward boys in their collard shirt and best shorts. It's nice
Espresso Martini time, woooooo!! Home made, possibly a little too strong, bring it on!
Putting a heap of things through the mulcher.. MUNCH..
The only thing going through my head is
today at the beach I found a little fish, two pieces of coral and an ear shell
eee found the water leak.
Wasn't me but the neighbour saw it thank fuck it wasn't under the slab.
Biblically speaking, today's the day they all ate chocolate bunnies right?
Real bunnies today, chocolate ones tomorrow.
Pest species. Nature's way of keeping the rabbit plague under control the delicious way.
Father, why hast thou eaten all the chocolate bunnies? or something like that
Letting myself just relax and have some fun today.
I have this whole issue with hyper independence, where I don't let myself relax and always need to be productive.
Well for today, fuck that. No house cleaning, no learning IT stuff. Just video games, cat cuddles and music.
here are more abalone shells, I like the one with bright contrasting colours
the nacre doesn't photograph well at all
Naaaaaaaaaaap.
beach before I have to do more work ๐
After having it recommended constantly for years, I'm finally reading Lonesome Dove. I do believe it lives up to the hype...
Been binging Severance over the past few days.
I love it, but what in the ever living fuck is happening.
I have decided once the lease on the new place is signed I am going to celebrate by buying a new lawn edger, hedge trimmer and the fancy brushless motor for my whipper snipper. I aim to make the garden so neat people assume it's no longer a rental ๐ It also means I'll be able to properly edge my 3m of nature strip here as a parting gift. Hopefully because the edger rests on the ground it won't kill my arms as much as the whipper snipper does. With a much bigger garden to look after (and a 2-strip of concrete driveway, so lots of edges) I anticipate building up lots of muscle. ๐ช
wait it is risen not rinse?
Full immersion baptism is a thing. Mostly for adults converting. Refer St John the Baptist. Rinse is the same only different. Refer vegetables and washing machines. Then there's the tricky question of the mikveh.
I've had to part ways with my legend of a barber-to-the-stars after his (very justified) price increases. I'm not on consultancy salary anymore.
Not every 'do at Just Cuts has been a winner, but each time I end up with something slightly different and it's kinda fun getting a different take on a bog-standard men's haircut. This month's is nicely textured and sits really well on my head straight out of the shower.
Also these eggs from Aldi are so good, what a Reese's peanut butter cup would taste like if it was made with good chocolate and peanut butter.
Has anyone here done adult swimming lessons?
I took lessons from about age 3 to 13, but that was a long time ago. Also, I was stuck on the same level for about three years, never really progressing, probably because of dyspraxia. The last time I went swimming in the ocean, I found it really difficult to keep myself afloat beyond just floating on my back, which is not conducive to activities like snorkelling.
Good morning, in further public holiday brainrot developments I went down the path of reading about Zizians (already vaguely knew about rationalism and MIRI and that insanity). The intelligent mind truly can go to some insane places. What the fuck is this shit
just a small tragic cult
how is it any different to maga and the crazy shit trump has said?
the only difference is newspapers say that zizians are nuts and belong in jail, papers still pretend trump is a sane leader
Had 'his' first mate over. Vomit before 9. Yeah, cheers thanks a lot.
Fucking lightweights.
But seriously, that's very poor form and childish.
Hope they're ashamed.
Charming, make them clean it up.
I thought to just download my OneDrive files onto my computer, back them up and unlink my pc so it couldnโt fill that storage back up again. Well downloading my stuff isnโt working. They download as zip files that only contain error and .txt.
Iโm also now being told I canโt send or receive emails because Iโm over storage and have to pay for more - recurring subscription of course.
Itโs so very convenient that they force your files onto their cloud (removing them from your computer) and then somehow the process of getting them back is obstructive. Really slimy.
I may end up having to pay to get to the task later but this is making me seriously reconsider Windows.
Microsoft prey on fear uncertainty and doubt. Also on compatibility between organisations. The only reason I donโt walk for Linux is 1. I want to make sure I have everything first and 2. because Iโm not confident of being able to reliably make everything work as I need it to.
Not sure what your arrangement is, but in windows with one drive, in explorer you can select the files and folders you want, right click, and select โalways keep on this deviceโ. This means you have a local copy in addition to the onedrive copy.
