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Canโt wait for my coffee to be ready. So relaxing to sip it slowly, especially while Iโm hiding inside.
Definitely gotten hot outside.
Treated myself to some bottles of half price coke and some chippies.
Trying to stay as cool as I can, plenty of cold water in the fridge and ice cubes and ice packs if I need today.
Hope everyone else is managing to stay cool or enjoying the warmth.
Commencing nap #1 of the day ๐ด
Iโd quite like a nap, but I cannot. Dadโs due here to power wash the bird cage
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Coffee and Eggs Benedict please. No wait, are Eggs Quentin on offer? If so, those. I agree that Eggs Eadgifu are better suited to the after eight menu so not those.
Bought Kmart sheets. Hoping and praying the colour doesn't rub off while drying on the line.
Excellent weather for sheets and towels wash day. Have even hung out the doona for a thorough uv powered airing out.
Absolutely. And my new Kmart sheets have held up and the colour hasn't rubbed off on the line unlike another pair of sheets I own twice the price did.
Ran a risky play and popped the oven on for thirty mins to crisp up some pre-parboiled vege to have for the next few days, doubled down and cooked some snags....I think it worked. Now have yummy salad options.
yums
Mulwala Water Ski Club has generously decided to fund my entire weekend and even added in a little extra spending money. Now back to hide in my air-conditioned motel room.
Normally I penny pinch to a ludicrous level (because I like having extra money for emergencies) but there's a $25 magnetic laundry shelf thing at Kmart that might keep things a bit tidier. It also holds a roll of paper towel but with the placement it could hold a hand towel.
I'm also wanting various art supplies. Perhaps a few more pairs of period jocks. Why does everything cost so much.
Be careful with magnetic shelves, they can be addictive. I'm up to four in the kitchen and one in my locker at work. If you have the right spot for them they can be very useful.
I decided to sell my weights set as, despite best intentions, I have really not been using it. One last workout getting everything to the door for pickup. Miss Meow is going to miss the bench, she enjoyed sitting on it.
Edit: weight set is now out of the house. No idea how the guy who bought it is planning on getting it into his car. Mr Woof is keeping an eye on him while he tries various tetris combinations.
Oh no not the Moomba parade ๐ That and the birdman rally are the only decent things about Moomba.
moomba parade was started to stop people going to labour union marches
Ha, that's the most humany shit I've ever heard. "Sir! The people are revolting over shit conditions and lackluster wages!"
"What the fuck is wrong with these greedy, self absorbed, entitled savages??? Only I deserve to be making money around here. I know! Have some people walk around in costumes! That'll ~~distract~~ cheer everyone up!"
"Holy shit it worked! You're getting a double bonus this year you legend!"
Wow. That changes the whole vibe. Thanks for the headsup!
Back in Melbs from Tassie and holy crap itโs still so hot. Now for the impossible task of cooling my house thatโs been locked up for 3 days.
That singular bag of ice is already deceased. ITUS
Ps I smell terrible
Doing a sad song thingy on YouTube
Charles Bradley (RIP) changes is so, so good.
Do you think frozen raspberries in banana bread would taste ok because I think it would?
I think bananas are evil incarnate, but frozen raspberry would work well in any similar bake if you account for defrost liquid.
Trying a portrait in charcoal and getting the physical urge to beat my head into the wall. It looks ok but I'm having trouble controlling the charcoal to put marks where my eyes want them. I try instinctively to shade with the side of the point but get it marking a centimeter lower because I'm holding it at the wrong angle. This would be easier if I had the paper vertical at the right height.
Holding it upright in the air with my other hand has given a better angle to control where it goes. But I've noticed myself holding the pencil sideways because then there's not much room to hold it vertically. Sitting/crouching on the bed isn't the best position to be working in. I have that portable easel but I'd have to put things behind the sketchbook to bring it flush with the ledge to avoid catching my hand, and it's still too low so the end of the pencil would hit a surface or a knee.
My eyes can see the shapes and exactly where everything goes but. My. Fucking. Hands.
If I had a proper easel it would be easier. But I'd need an adjustable gaming chair rather than standing and even then would get exhausted sitting for too long and moving the weight of my own arms. Plus I'm going to be tripping over all of it in my flat.
Edit: I think I'm going to sand the nib into a flatter shape, less curved. And put a few sketchbooks behind the current one. Then idk put it on top of a box of the right height. I have a desk but that's being used
