Work from home, light day on the schedule at work, so I decided to do a cheeky bake session in the garage.

Guess who was looking at the wrong Friday, and has meetings all afternoon?

Go on, guess.

Oh.

Oh no.

As part of the sorting I redid the TV stand (we’re going to eventually put the TV on an articulated arm up over the fireplace, with the cavity cabinetted out as a console nook), moved it out into His Lordship’s office ‘cos the little bugger has had greedy eyes on it since we started dating 20 odd years ago and wants it for his gaming corner (it’s actually mine and predates him), then shufted the big ol’ 78 record player over where the TV stand was and plonked the TV and accoutrements on top of it as a temporary measure.

Thing is, that’s over a heating vent.

And Misha remembered she fits under it

Image ID: A fat buttery cat wedged under a record player in front of a heating vent with no intentions of moving

I have made a terrible mistake

Dinner is served. The silverside did not fall apart.

I am the master chef, come at me bruh 🖐🖐

Day off today to celebrate Mr Smeg’s birthday.

Then tomorrow is the day we pickup the dog

Not a bad week really

Apparently the Melbourne subreddit has been banned for “violating the Reddit rules”? Huh…

Good grief! Just sat on the West Gate Bridge for almost over an hour, contemplated driving off the edge for a second there. 25 minutes home took almost 2hrs in the middle of the fkn night.

I do love the hubs but jesus I get a lot more done when he’s not around. Dining room is 100% cleared, most of lounge, things getting squared away and navigable w00t w00t. Also I get to blare music like whoa.

one horrible upside to the housing crisis: It’s real easy to get rid of packing boxes on your local buy nothing group

Dins:

Image is of spring rolls in lettuce.

Whats on for the weekend all? Last night i went out dancing to a live jazz band which was lots of fun. Tonight is Fish & Chips and mead maintenance. Tomorrow is yoga/meditation at the Buddhist centre followed by my first date in 2 years, going to see Oppenheimer, excited and nervous haha. Saturday night going to see the Burnt Sausages and then we have a nice chilled out Sunday :)

I’ve been learning a lot about investing and making a few small investments in shares and funds over the last couple of years, and can definitely say that buying shares in individual companies is not my forte. For the most part the shares I bought have been steadily declining in value, against the trend of the market. Apparently if the shares drop enough the company can arrange to buy back the shares from small stockholders whose parcel of shares has become worth so little they don’t meet the minimum trading amount to be able to sell them through brokers. Who knew?

I have had one success - Estia Health is being taken over, which means the shares I bought for them have seen a 43% increase in just over 12 months. Unfortunately I only bought $200 worth, and the profit from them is still nowhere near enough to make up for the losses on the others, but definitely better than nothing. I am definitely sticking with the index funds in future, I really don’t have the interest or knowledge for individual companies. And the clear winner is my Super fund - I got around 13% last year, plus many tax benefits.

kidcalhoon2 just skated to school for the first time, we were late, and i couldn’t get Huey Lewis and the News out of my head the whole time…haha. just needed a car to skitch on

Ok, get the pitch forks out.

I don’t like sardines. They are too fishy. There, I said it.

Cheers you bohemians 🍺🍺🍺

I’ve taken today as well as part of yesterday off, but having spent most of today out of the house, I’ve totally lost my momentum and left a shit tonne of chores till tonight - as well as a plethora of packing after a month of sprawling out around here - I gotta be out by 9am tomorrow for an appointment.

It’s feeling overwhelming but I’m using the washing machine and dishwasher running time to give myself a breather or time other tasks.

Driving on the Western was yet another shitshow today (even counter peak). Honestly there’s a special brand of insanity out there. I think what took the cake today was seeing a white SUV with a custom plate doing at least 130km/h (actual), undertaking both lanes on the left by using the MERGE LANE that was just ending from an on ramp

It was a rest day for me on the exercise front, but not at work! Peeled 40kg of potatoes and then cleaned and cleaned and cleaned some more! Gave the floor a really good going over with the deck scrubber and got into those annoying corners and crannies, moving prep benches and scrubbing where the legs usually go. Moving supplies and stuff and cleaning underneath. Cleaning underneath chest freezers and moving stuff around. Scrubbed out the whole sink area and underneath the dishwasher, which is in an awkward corner and is a bastard. Flour, pasta, various sauces and egg is a shitty combination to clean off anything, let alone a tiled floor. The floor, especially the grout, has been scrubbed so much and worn down in places over time which means it collects more crap. I love my cleaning times at work though, it’s really satisfying! Now I’m tired, which is also satisfying. We had Fatarse Friday and now I’m blobbing out in bed.