In the interests of low cost weekend activities, my Minipeelers and I have decided;
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to have our own festival,
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to do craft about it, and
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to call it “Craftmas.”
It will involve liberal amounts of polymer clay and wool, and focus on making Xmas decorations and gifts (for those we would like to give something to, but either don’t want to buy for or don’t know what to buy). I’m really looking forward to it and am actually excited for this!
sounds so cool , and not just you but all the peelers 🥰
for xmassy baubles you can press beads into the clay
Back when I was a kid, mum & dad were going through a difficult financial patch so we made xmas decorations from gum tree twigs - painted with thin flour & water glue and tinfoil laid on like it was gold leaf. Then wove the twigs into garlands and a whole xmas tree (small). Peach pits got the same treatment and were the baubles along with gingerbread shapes baked hard. Looked and smelled very nice. I remember it as kinda messy but very fun. I think I remember painting the peach pits before they were covered with tinfoil so the colours showed through the inevitable gaps in the tinfoil. The downside was our cat decided she liked the gingerbread shapes to chew on and this wasn’t good for her digestion.
No strung milk bottle tops?
We got our milk in quart jars (in old money). The jars had screw on glass lids not foil tops. Foil tops were fancy. Yes it was delivered by a horse & cart.
That sounds so fun!!! What a great idea for a family day together! 💜 Ahhh!
That sounds like fun! Can highly recommend orange and clove pompadours to make as a cheap gift.
A themed crafternoon. Add a snack or two and this is Most Excellent.
A Crafternoon! I knew a word already existed for it but couldn’t think of it for the life of me, thankyou!
This sounds great!
Excellent idea! Happy craftmas!
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Tickets to NZ are booked. Campervan is in the process of being booked. I’m really excited now.
Going to Mordor in style. Nice.
So awesome. 🙂🙂🙂
I have the autobiography by Edmund Hillary about climbing all the peaks and ridges of NZ as practice for Everest. I should read it to get the dwarf vibe. ⛰️ Misty Mountain ensues …https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEm0AjTbsac
Legend has it he practiced on Mt Cook, which is NZ highest mountain.
He used places in NZ which replicated different parts of the Everest climb. Same angle, rocks, distance, fissures, etc etc So he was only practicing like 20 metres at a time, just a very specific 20 m. That’s so clever. ( I did read half the book … lol )
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Well mum’s eye pressure is back up. When she fell it ruptured the back of her eye where she had an op (for glaucoma) a few years ago which is re-stitched. How they get to the back is beyond me. Her pressure was 2 when it’s supposed to be 10-20.
With any luck it won’t get worse (basically just before she went in she all of a sudden had a ‘blob’ in the middle of her vision).
I think this is a situation where the damage is done but not sure to what extent yet.
Brings into question cooking on the stovetop which will be a bit dangerous and golf (her main form of socialising).
Plan of attack is to get the food sitch down first. Can’t eat solids too well (it’s a long medical history) so I’ll make a bunch of different soups that can be microwaved for dins. Brekky should be fine she just does yogurt w/ fruit blitzed.
Socialising will be a tough one but she has a good network of buds so we’ll see what happens there.
It’s going to be depressing for her so that’ll have to be managed too.
It’s scary how one fall and head strike can alter so many things so quickly.
My daughter had corrective eye surgery and I still don’t know how they did it.
Wishing your mum a quick recovery and thinking of you and your family ♥
Don’t forget the Ensure is an extra option if she doesn’t have some already.
That’s terrifying, I hope it’s not too bad
You are a very responsible and thoughtful child :)
I am definitely taking notes and learning from your exp. Honestly didn’t know falls could have such an impact on vision so I’m going to be a lot more vigilant with the olds (and eventually myself).
Meals on wheels ?
and many hugs and best wishes, I hope she gets back on her feet real soon
I forgot to add this. See if My Aged Care might be a go as they might help with a few things including visitors or care workers at home
https://www.myagedcare.gov.au/aged-care-services/social-outings-groups-and-visitors
Sometimes the Best solution to a bad mood is cat pats and sleep.
Goodnight everyone ❤️
I love how they put 1 paw on you. My cat used to do that
and oh so casually
Hey guys.
I’m not going to start the thread at midnight anymore , or at least I might if I’m up but I just can’t keep staying up for the thread. I’m a natural riser with the dawn and I want to stay up in the mornings, not go back to bed because I need the sleep.
You’ll still all get good night kisses. 😘😘😘
No problem. How about we just have whoever’s up at that time do the thread? Or see if Rusty Raven can revive Botbot.
Raising the dead is always a bad idea, they don’t come back right. A zombie botbot could be the start of the AI revolution that sees us all stuck in virtual reality pods.
And even more to the point I think the original bot was a miracle beyond my actual skill level, I don’t think I can manage it again.
Quite a few techheads on here - would you be OK if someone else did a Botbot #2?
fine with me.
That sounds like an idea. 👍
I’ll probably be up if needed, I might wait and do if it nobody else has
Maybe this can go against logic but maybe post it up an hour or so earlier if you’re awake and we’ll just use it when midnight or after rolls over?
I’ll do that. 👍
I don’t blame you for wanting rest. Thank you so much for your dedication ♥
I’m starting to feel and look haggard. 😩😴
Thanks for all the work you’ve put in ❤️
Thanks Gooner🫡
Thanks for your service o7
I’ll probably be up if needed, I might wait and do if it nobody else has
Thank you Seagoon!!!
Thanks for all your work, Goosny
I have successfully convinced my daughter to move back to Melbourne.
And what sold her on it was Slurpees. I was telling her how good they are and now she wants to move back.
does this mean your coming back too?
Yes, I am starting to make plans and will hopefully move back around the start of 2026.
Oh cool. Let us know if you want some fires set in some suburbs to reduce property prices. Though I somehow doubt that’ll help much. I cant even afford Paky these days!
I could buy the burnt out shell of a house…
Who am I kidding, couldn’t even afford that.
You joke, but a burnt out shell just went for 400k out my way. It is INSNANE.
If it has a working dishwasher I’ll buy it. It’s been 7 long years of handwashing dishes.
Gotta do what you’ve gotta do!
Guzzling water like a hydro-slut for the blood donation.
I did well yesterday too, only one coffee and then just water all day. Today will be the same.
Im here to smash snacks and save lives 😂
H₂Hoe
Gold
I unironically love this
Can’t… un-see… :|
Stupid Sexy Magikarp
hydro-stud
Hell yeah I am! I’m a water-bed at this point
Lots of tears flowing here at work today.
Thankfully not mine but it’s going to be a long day today.
I hate Mondays.
Damn, what happened?
Tired and emotional people today I’d chalk it down to today.
Monday-itis
Working on my resume and thinking maybe I can just live in a cardboard box.
e: and by writing a resume I mean convincing the Applicant Tracking System into passing my resume onto an actual human.
I heard a trick about putting the ENTIRE job description in there invisibly
Yeah that’s the plan for all the criteria I didn’t directly address.
Is it the weekend yet?
gonna be a LOOONG one this week without the public holiday as well.
Didn’t get the public holiday last week anyway (yay for working in higher-ed!)… I’ve already hit my tolerance limit and have only been here 3 hours!
I need more coffee…
We got it for the first time ever due to new EBA. Creates weirdness over the New Year etc break as a result though
Yeah I bet it would! I definitely DON’T miss having to burn half my AL for the Christmas shutdown like in my former life.
Nearly
Phew. It’s been a long week.
Today’s sort of my Friday - I have the next three days off, yay!
I wish, I might take Friday off this week though.
Have the go ahead, just need to book it in if i’m to commit.
DO IT. Think about the 9pm coffee you’ll be able to drink Thursday night
Do eeeeet!
Thanking my past self for booking a random day off on Thursday
Have you seen the drama in the other place?
Jane Agirtan has doxxed an r/melbourne redditor for pointing out there’s an article detailing her past nasty racist bigoted behaviour.
Omg LOL! good way to break the councillors code of conduct 😂 I don’t think the authorities will like this one (would it be a vec issue? Ultimately I suppose a police issue re: the doxxing).
Edit: lol local gov inspectorate
Wow that’s amazing. What a piece of shit
😬yeah, I actually read and posted to that.
Great. She’s part of my council area.
Any way to get rid of her?
You could submit a question on the subject to a council meeting or attend a meeting directly, depending on how committed you are. You could also contact the councillor for your ward and raise it as an issue. Not sure what other options might be available.
Hello 2am. It’s time to smash Lego roses down the back of the fridge 🐈⬛
🤣🤣🤣
I got woken up just now to the sounds of a violent struggle with a plastic bag
Presumably the bag resulted in somewhat fewer pieces than I needed to retrieve
Not yet lol. It was one of those "what the fuck? Where is she? " moments.
Still can’t find it 😂
Quick update on the Christmas saga. Mrs B spoke to my mother in law who was like “Of course we dont have to go to the extended family thing if you dont want to”. And Mrs B now sees the light of how dumber idea it was in the first place. More than a little annoyed that it speaking to her mum rather than listening to her husband to see that, but whatever. Saves a fight, 1k and promises to be a more chill Christmas.
Lest We Forget
and now I am thinking of some friends 😿 too young
same.
hugs
I used chatgpt to write an email, and the response I’m pretty sure was also from chatgpt.
The circle of life lol
