• Nath@aussie.zone
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    28 days ago

    Tree is up. Squashed into a new spot in the living room because while it fit fine last year’s spot, we don’t spend time there as a family.

    First advent calendar drawers are about to be loaded. If not for four days of possible showers on the forecast, it’d almost feel like Christmas.

  • Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone
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    28 days ago

    Well, been awhile since Llab was out till almost stumps.

    Breeze was gorgeous in the wee hours of the morning in this fine city of ours. Feet are tired, but trekked the CBD without an issue, in fact everyone who was still out just seemed happy.

    My ears are dead, but glad I went out.

    Reminiscent vibes. Loving it.

    Okay. Bed now. ✨

  • SituationCake@aussie.zone
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    27 days ago

    Ugh had a terrible sleep, kept waking up through the night and then woke up early and couldn’t get back to sleep. Guess it’s a day of being a zombie today for me.

  • Duenan@aussie.zone
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    27 days ago

    Bah!!

    I cleaned up too well the other day and packed away something I needed.

    Tore the place down last night to no luck so I’ve had to go back to buy it again.

    FML

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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      27 days ago

      Aw man, I hate that feeling. And then when you find the thing later you’re like, that’s money and time I could’ve saved. Hopefully it’s one of those things where having two of the item is not a waste. There’s some random shit I found while packing that I never used and that is coming on handy at my current place…

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        27 days ago

        Unfortunately having a duplicate of it will be useless and I really think I’ve lost it.

        Stranger things have happened.

        I’m going to make myself a real coffee today with all the frothing to make myself feel better.

        • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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          27 days ago

          Good idea! And you know what, stuff does just go missing like that sometimes. What do. What do you use for frothing? I was given this battery powered mini frother years ago that I still haven’t even taken out of the packaging… dunno how good they are.

          • Duenan@aussie.zone
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            27 days ago

            Yeah though I didn’t anticipate misplacing it so badly.

            I just use a Kmart branded frother.

            It does the job and does make a lot of froth that’s thick.

            I usually turn it off midway through because it makes maybe too much froth and it’s very foamy thick.

  • Briongloid@aussie.zoneM
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    28 days ago

    Sorry _Seagoon, yesterday someone had posted a daily a few hours early before yours, so I had to delete one of the two and chose yours to keep as it was closer to the day of the thread.

    Didn’t mean to make you feel like you had to wait until midnight, I was just explaining why I was deleting the first thread in favour of yours.

  • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
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    27 days ago

    Had to sort of have ‘the talk’ with mum last night about hanging up the car keys. Had it before and we agreed only short trips (<2km) in daylight and less regular. Now after this it’s completely not safe for everyone. Feels bad, basically taking independence. She brought it up saying in a few days she’ll be able to get behind the wheel again so in that sense it wasn’t a sit her down and tell her something out of the blue thing.

    I think one of harder things here is hearing her say ‘in a few days’ about a lot of things but the reality is things have changed permanently. In not saying anything when she says that I am giving false hope which I’m not sure is good or bad.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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      27 days ago

      ha ha, was thinking the same thing about my mil#1, she’s 87 and convinced she can and should drive

      i don’t really care if she bingles, etc, but i do worry she might hurt someone else

      i might dob her in to the cops

      false hope? I live on that shit. makes me able to get through each day

      now i’m just waiting for fam to die so i can at least be left in peace and not worry about money

        • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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          27 days ago

          i am so over it all

          last night at dinner, I cooked a nice dinner for BIL. narcissist mil always has to give a reason why she can’t cook the fabulous dinners she used to cook, fabulous dinners that are much better than anything I do, while at the same time playing victim to get attention. She has done this routine for decades. She has never cooked in anyone’s memory.

          MIL 😢"I can’t cook because I can’t chop vegetables anymore."

          Seagoon in the deadest most emotionless voice she can muster. “buy frozen vegetables”

          rest of table. Utter silence

            • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
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              27 days ago

              Then on leaving she had the cheek to expect to take home any left overs. I used to pack her loads of complete meals to take home in containers and a bag.

              But she refused to give back my ikea containers and said the good quality grocery tote was perfect for her rubbish bag. Such disrespect.

              She doesn’t get anything now.

    • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
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      27 days ago

      It’s such a difficult situation to be in, and I really sympathise. It must be so hard for your mum dealing with these changes, and for you trying to help her.

      Can you subtly suggest the how good Uber (or whatever car system that might work) is? No parking issues, cheaper overall costs, etc.

      I remember how hard it was to get my mum to stop driving, and she wasn’t great at it even before age-related decline.

  • Tofu@aussie.zone
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    27 days ago

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