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[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

I need to stop shopping and start sorting.

There's always so much to buy setting up a new place though. I've got a stand to put my toaster oven/air fryer on, a bathroom cabinet so I've got somewhere to put the toilet paper, another storage rack for the laundry, a dustpan and brush (mine did not survive the move), new dog poo scoop (who really wants to move a used one?!) and a fence to go outside to create a pet barrier to where the side gate is (which has a gap Miss Meow might manage to squeeze under) and create a little yard for the bins.

Sorting plans for today are the bedroom/wardrobe, and a bit more in the kitchen. I made a good start on the pantry yesterday, got some preliminary sorting of the ensuite cabinet, and set up an area in the garage for putting shoes on/off and hanging outdoor coats etc. I've got a couple more floor mats to bring up to add to the area to minimise dust that gets tracked in and will see if I can find some carpet offcuts and things to cover a bit more - if I can get the area around the door to the house and the pathway across to the other external door covered it would be ideal.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (6 children)

There are so many holes in Erin's story that I can't even. The kids said that they weren't at the lunch because there "adult things" to discuss, yet Erin is saying the kids weren't interested? Yet she hosted the lunch because the kids enjoyed the last one they had with their grandparents? Tasted the blend, thought it was bland, added dried mushrooms "Now I think that there was a possibility that there were foraged ones in there as well," but doesn't taste it again afterwards to double check?!

I NEED POPCORN.

[โ€“] tone212_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Why did her legal team think it was a good idea to put her on the stand? The prosecution is going to destroy her credibility.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

She's destroying what little she has just with her own lawyer! I wonder who had the idea of putting her up there.

[โ€“] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I get the impression she's a compulsive liar that might not even know what the truth is herself. That was what made it so weird initially, when I read the story I assumed it was an accidental poisoning, it was really just her not giving a straight account of where the mushrooms came from that made it look sus. If she'd just gone with "oops, I foraged mushrooms and obviously made a terrible mistake" it probably would have just been another tragic story of mushrooming gone wrong.

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

Absolutely! She can't seem to do anything without a lie being exposed, nothing she says is straight. Someone yesterday called that she'd bring her eating disorder into it and claim she threw up lunch and that's why she wasn't as sick as the others and that's exactly what she's just done.

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I think that's why she's on the stand, to clear things up but instead it's a fucking car crash. ๐Ÿฟ

[โ€“] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 5 days ago

I honestly wish I could see what's happening because everything is saying is just mental and nothing seems to line up.

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[โ€“] tombruzzo@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

I used to think I was bad at graphic design and creative work, but now I think the problem is Adobe software. After being able to punch things out in GIMP, Inkscape, and Davinci Resolve, I tried to do some basic work in Premiere Pro at work and hit the same walls I did in Photoshop.

Maybe the problem isn't me, it's that the software is laid out like shit. Plus, the workflow for every adobe product is different, whereas there is at least some consistency between entirely separate FOSS equivalents.

[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 6 points 5 days ago

painting done, a ton of cleaning done

now off the to the city to get some gumboots for walking down the beach on winter days

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[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I got a text from YL saying she's going to hairdresser after school because she's not happy with her fringe she cut herself. We've all been there. Unfortunately hairdressers can't grow hair back.

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I think maybe it wasn't such a great idea to go to bed at 9pm. Was trying to get some extra sleep but so far it's only extra wake ups.

[โ€“] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 points 5 days ago

Melbcat has put her tail in my coffee ๐Ÿฅบ

[โ€“] CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Happy World Cheese Day ๐Ÿง€

Now this I can get behind lol

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[โ€“] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 5 points 5 days ago (3 children)

another lovely sunrise

I read it's because of upper atmosphere dust clouds because drought

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