First day of October and we already have a "Prepare to Evacuate" warning for bushfire (Erica/Rawson/Walhalla area). This does not bode well for the fire season to come. ~~At least we've prepared and invested in the Fire Services properly. oh, wait...~~

Edit: currently three major fires: Heyfield, Briagalong and Erica.

I miss bboi :(

little man ran a tight ship. I was not running his.

☑️ Groceries
☑️ Bunnings for flyscreen and I bought nothing else
☑️ IKEA. Acquired glow in the dark space curtains.

Morning everyone 🖤🤍🖤🤍🖤

7-28C tomorrow?!!

Guys, I just made banana bread

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It was so good. Here's the recipe banana bread 5/5 yum yums.

The cat reckons I've made a mistake and didn't move the clocks forward enough hours. He says daylight savings means it's dinner time right now please.

I left Glaze running overnight to get the stronger level of protection... it still threw the 'incomplete' error that protection wasn't strong enough. Even at the medium level it left visible artifacts in the work, which worsen at higher levels. And I'm seeing people say that it's easily bypassed anyway. :(

It's smart to try and protect your work from being pinched but having tried it there's disadvantages. This tool might not be the great solution everyone thinks. Oh well. Here is the painting anyway.

Melbcat the birthday girl! She's 16 today!

I made her tail a bit longer and curlier so it could form the 'golden ratio' spiral. Because she's perfection.

Uuuurgggh...

Maybe unpopular, but I wish daylight savings started later in the year. Admittedly, I like the idea of a spooky season and it doesn't work in October with DLS.

Bushfire evac at my sister’s place. Summer’s here…

It's 23.8 degrees. Ridiculous overnight temperature. This on top of having an hour's sleep ripped from me does not make for a good day. I think Im going to need to schedule extra coffee.

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Apropos of reflections on estrangement, obligations to parents etc I came across this excellent satirical tiktok (via reddit) - mirrored here so you can watch the full thing without an account

In other news I replaced the cats' collars because they were literally falling apart.
They're both preening in an 'aren't I pretty and don't I look smart' fashion. 😂

Sky pretty.

Auto-shutoff fill system for isolated tanks tested and true. Filled to 900l, plenny of space in the big ol' gutter fed 2k for next weeks's rains now. Parts of garden cleared, went for a sixer, instabruised almost my entire left ankle, fuckit, break time.

pun unintended.

Here I lay with those lazy Sunday feels,
No plans planned, no turning wheels.
No problems, no worries, just sun;
I'm more than I thought I'd become.
I've earned this rest from feeling less,
Order has saved me from my chaotic mess.
I'm less stressed, there's more of me;
My eyes are open, and now I can see
The light at the end of the tunnel was just me,
On the otherside of this arduous journey.
But it's Sunday now, no thoughts, just chilling,
Sitting in the sun, no plans, just vibing.

Today is the first time in a really long time that I've done nothing. Hang on, I tell a lie I made toast this morning.

My phone did not automatically detect that I was in Brisbane and I woke up thinking I'd been a proper slob getting up at 9:30am and something must be up with my prim and proper hosts if they were only just having breakfast as well. I guess I should train myself for when I get back by doing as the Queenslanders do and get up stupidly early regardless because of the sun and heat.

Extra coffee acquired, from the pod machine at work. It is... not good.

Where oh where could my hour be?
The gov'ment took it away from me. 🎶

ugh i was just telling new arrivals that our fire season doesn't really start until december... :(

I'm at the point of no sleep where I want to drink toilet cleaner and die. But it's not a fun way to die.

Felt pretty bad waking up at 11 but 10 without DLS isn't so bad. Dad's still not well so he just did a COVID RAT but that came back clear. I've kept my distance since I got here because I've been running under the assumption it could be gastro. Must be some bug. Imma shower and GTFO I think.

Morning all. Had sorta planned to do a run to the op shop but after yesterday's runs to cough suburb cough to attend inspections I feel like a day at home.
Also had my old uni friend ask to come by to get away from her husband and daughter watching the match as they'd just stress each other out, so we had a nice afternoon and evening drinking rosé and mineral water (not together!) and eating a smorgasbord-type spread. The Persian feta from Aldi is chef's kiss.
Did a test run of moving the old couches and managed to get one into the hall, but thought I'd best stop there in case it got stuck. Plus I haven't ordered the replacements yet. At least I've got a good idea how it can be done - solo if necessary!

I'm sitting with a ice cube wrapped in a paper towel because somehow I've managed to connect my chilli fingers to my nostrils. I blame the man because I picked up his fork. This is most uncomfortable.

these cold nights are crazy, I have my oodie on. 🤷‍♀️

I feel bad for not making Melbcat's birthday more special. Her breakfast was late and the same old food. She did get long chest scratches, a birthday song, was prawning on the bed with her back cuddled into my leg and she got belly rubs. The new collar isn't on yet. I'm letting her run around comfy in her birthday suit. She's moved to her heated bed now.

I'm just on the computer feeling like crap and playing Minecraft.

This Minecraft world is wild. I had spawned in an expansive swamp with a witches hut nearby. It's lucky I play on peaceful these days. The first thing I did was tame the cat, put down a wool 'rug' for it and put fish, water bottle, grass and pumpkin in item frames in the food area. Because you can't place bowls... I added a bed, made it sit and put a gate on the hut. There were pumpkins close by but no villages yet. I've found three nether portals so far.

I started flattening some mountains by hand and with tnt in a bad mood yesterday but that got tedious. Died carelessly to fall damage a few times by jumping or falling. That's been updated to hurt you in this mode. I found a single ice and snow block house in midair coming off the side of a mountain and there was a bed inside but no villagers.

Now I'm just compulsively gathering clay wearing a turtle shell helmet for those extra seconds of breath. You can now drown in peaceful too which limits my ability to explore blue holes until I do something about it. I built an arrangement with chests and hoppers that feed fuel and materials directly into the furnace and allow the finished product to fall into a chest below, so I just have to load the top chests and the process is automated.

I'm kind of bored already though. Too lazy to build. Especially another train line. I just want to explore aimlessly but if I do that too much that means being forced further afield for new items once updates come.

It's daylight and I don't feel like dinner yet. Just be reheated laksa with some fresh noodles

geebus, I bought a real easy peasy puzzle, or so I thought. There is not a single straight line in the whole thing. 😂 2 hours and I've done little more than the edges

apparently this is a highly sought after puzzle for collectors, if it has all the pieces I'll sell it for a nice profit. 🤑

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I woke up this morning wondering whether cows can have triplets. Brains are weird