Bought a pool and gazebo shade tent thingy for the backyard. Pool was very cheap so I thought it'd be smallish. It's actually reasonably large and will be used extensively over the next few days and weeks. The kids love it! ๐ It's a W for mum.
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We have a temporary pool we've put up the last few years. Its a great way to cool off, even though its painful to put up at first. We use a chlorine floater thing but when it gets too gritty I just drain it onto the gardens and start again.
I have completed the second batch of apricot jam, which has surpassed the first. This is beyond mere food. I have become one with the apricot.
awesome
I wanted a nice meal at my favourite Vietnamese restaurant before the big hot but they're still closed. How dare they have a holiday when I'm so hungry.
Migraine again. Bed it is I guess. Eesh.
some tea and toast and aspirin
brings you coke loaded wtih aspro
I used to take Panadol with coffee before lying down in the dark. Idea is for the caffeine to shrink the blood vessels back down and shorten the duration
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Goodnight all. May you sleep as well as this cat does most of the day โค๏ธ
Goodnight
and totes jelly at the amazing ability of cats to sleep
Silly dreams
Had an insane dream last night that kept sort of going on between waking up and going back to sleep. The world was sort of split into two and everyone went to either a good place or a bad place โ not like the show though. This was either a desolate planet orโฆ a desolate planet, but with portals to other worlds.
I thought I was in the bad place, but I somehow managed to open a portal to another dimension, in which I found myself working at a wog supermarket and I had magic powers that we were exploring.
I am feeling very, very tired this morning! Yet, I'm back at my desk and... ??? let's get it done, I guess.
The bin trucks sound like a herd of upset elephants
Have you looked outside to make sure it's not? I think elephants would be very suited to a bin collection job.
I must confess I have not. Our new Mayor seems innovative, so it's certainly possible.
Cheers to all the back to work people today. May our inboxes be quiet and may it be quiet enough to keep one eye on the cricket.
Apricot crumble is a lunch food, right?
I see no problem. There's fruit, grains and dairy.
yes, it's healthful food
Yes, itโs healthy and balanced.
Ugh. Barely slept due to stuffy nose and feeling sick. Todayโs activities are long shower to feel a bit human, trip to chemist for supplies, then couch.
Dick back to the grindstone today. As much as I'm interested to check some analytics and try new things, I'd still rather be at home
I've already ground mine down to a tiny nub
The song that was in my head when I woke up this morning.
That's a great album.
Still cannot speak for techsmart, but the xtorque flush trim bits are pretty fuckin' miiiint
oh yes
Bad sleep, going to work :(
The black cat is chillaxing in my yard. Friend, if my own cat wasnโt so stressed by you youโd be risking getting catnapped.
a few tasks then home and doing some calligraphy ๐
pooped, been pretty busy but it's been a good day ๐
Quarter past 3 in the morning and I have Gangnam Style stuck in my head.
On the way home on the train listening to the last moments of lotr audiobook
fighting back the tears while listening to Into the West by Annie Lennox https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RDuQfSwKfY
such a beautiful singer and such a song
beach
Anyone else know the water temp in the shower has warmed up enough to get in, just by the sound?
Yep. And I realised I hadn't boiled the kettle yesterday by the sound it made when I pour it
That one is impressive!
Stood in my bathroom for a moment and went "does the water sound like the right temp?" this morning and knew it wasn't. Thanks for making me conscious of this! ๐
I rode over the hill to and from work today. It may not be faster but it's a much nicer ride. I just need to find a good transition point between two tracks and I'm set
nom, strawbs
time to go router bit shopping, anyone know if techsmart are any good? I just need a flush trim for now, but eyeing off their 1/4 shank sets......
I finally got the dwarf lime tree I was looking for in Spring (Bunnings only had dead ones in stock) at a reasonable price, and from a local nursery. Now I just have to keep it alive through the summer heat so I can concentrate on keeping it alive through the winter frosts.
I also got a sprinkler and tap timer so I can give the garden a good soak before this heat wave, and spend less time holding a hose in the future.
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Bacon and egg bagel and a large flat white please
How is it warmer inside the house than outside
Poorly insulated Australian houses
Clear skies lose heat fast.
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