I did some yoga today and it felt good after only walking for the past week because I'd hurt my shoulder and then re-hurt it because a spider decided to crawl along the couch while I was wrapped in my doona like a cocoon so instead of a quick get away I rolled off the couch onto the floor hurting myself.
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Righty ho, we've passed 6 degrees outside, it's time to move some bricks before the heat hits.
Anyone else have a surplus of uncooked sausages and burgers from their grand final BBQ? I seriously over-estimated the appetite of our guests! I'd be fine with hotdogs and cheeseburgers for the rest of the week, but Mrs_Owl would be over meat-in-bread for dinner pretty quickly. I'm thinking I could smoosh the sausage meat into meatballs to have with pasta or rice. The burgers will just have to be eaten as intended.
Cut them up and use them instead of mince to make spag bol.
Get a piece of puff pastry, smear tomato sauce or chutney/relish, cut into quarters, wrap a sausage in each square, brush with egg, cut into 3s, bake 180 until brown. Then you have sausage rolls.
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Cut them up and throw them into a veggie soup/stew.
DOG FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD
(snausages and onion in gravy. Called Dogfood by my sister in her single digit youth, name has forever stuck)
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Poured almost boiling water over my hand
Held it under the tap for a couple of minutes
Good as new
I see why it has to be so cold this morning
Hayfever is a funny thing. So I'm walking outside and I'm fine. The minute I step inside my eyes itch like crazy and I want to rip them out!
I've had a blast today, I take back what I said about Qld drivers being crazy, it's really more at shitty intersections or peak hour when everyone is insane - it has been such a cruisey drive, everyone so polite and generous, I know there is a large cohort of douchbag ute drivers but honestly I think the overall level of irritability is much higher in Melbourne.
Maybe it's just the sun intoxicating me...
good shit
Had a really really moving conversation today with someone I really look up to and turns out to have some seriously deep hidden depths - the way he's navigated trauma and loneliness with compassion and clarity has been nothing short of inspiring and I kind of feel like I have a tangible role model here. Hearing him gently pick out my insecurities, counter them with proof, and encouraging me to take that step towards the answer... Hearing someone else actually say I've got myself together and am so close to figuring out that passionate calling (?!) - someone who has no reason to exaggerate - has me feeling like some deep part of myself is reorganising.
I'm so not used to people saying I'm doing the right thing especially when I feel like I'm flailing. My body and mind are always primed for criticism and rejection. This is not smart or productive or kind! I want to change.
Food prices keep going up, but it's not yet as bad as it could be - Nottingham Cheese Riot I look forward to the forthcoming Colesworth Riots of Christmas 2023.
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Trying a new doctor at the same clinic I usually attend as when I got diagnosed with PCOS my original new doctor straight up just told me to lose weight to treat it...yet somehow sitting here feeling guilty for changing doctors.
Losing weight in conjunction with other treatments really helps. Your doctor is right. But don't feel guilty.
I have to lose weight to take the strain off my joints, I have so many past injuries and if I'm not careful I'll end up in a bad way in my old age.
Also have to help my cardio system, being over weight taxes my system and I don't need that. It's also way easier to get fit when I weigh less.
I'm treating changing my eating habits and weight loss in the same way as I would quit cigarettes if I smoked. Slowly retraining in short bursts. I don't fret when I go back to bad for a short while , tho I noticed it's never as bad as before. Making it as easy as possible .
I recently watched a series on hbo on the food industry, it was enlightening!! It's NOT you. It's not your fault. So do NOT feel guilty. big hugs
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I know I've mentioned them a few times lately but these neuron rental scooters have completely changed my view on living in Docklands. I don't tend to get out and walk much but these things are getting me outside more. The beauty of the rental over being something I own is that I don't need to worry about it if I want to stop somewhere. If someone else takes it I can always find another nearby or walk or get on a tram.
I would love my own that's a liiiiittle quicker but I'll take a 20kph top speed over not stressing that it'll get stolen.
If I moved out to a suburb or town I'd consider buying a nice quick one though even just for recreation.
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This entire morning/lunch the fire panel has been on going with a shrill, low piercing alarm that really bores into your head. This has to be a OH&S thing right?
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Bricks moved successfully - the area for the new garden bed is now clear and I have a raised brick edging for a new bed for a couple of citrus trees. Tomorrow I will put down a layer of clay, then wood, then mulch at the bottom of the new bed. Then I need to put together the sides and bamboo framework for the raised beds and wait for a patch of clear weather to order the soil fill.
My poor old garden cart's tyres have given in, and the wheelbarrow is so rusted it is threatening to collapse at any moment, so I think it's time to retire those and look at getting a new cart.
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