• Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    in non pooh news, got a wild hair up my arse yesterday and ripped up half the backyard paving. His Lordship toppled the rest this arvo (I left it for him to go SMASHY SMASHY with the sledge, he so rarely gets to)

    IN MY DEFENSE it’s a pathway we’re gonna replace anyway because 1) it’s too narrow for my garden trolleys and 2) the bloody thing’s subsided to the point where it’s at a 40 degree angle and 3) I need the new level for the end point between the food garden ground level and the path for aforementioned trolleys. And I didn’t mean to. I set the goal of moving my fruit trees to the other side of the greenhouse, and edging down it so we could plot.

    But then I looked at those nice clean edges and thought “I could get a pry under there, I wonder how easy it would be?”

    Surprisingly easy as it turned out. Especially with a 2 meter lever. But then I had a meter and a half of 15cm thick concrete with bluestone chips embedded through it at a 90 angle. No point in letting it back down after all that, and I couldn’t leave it propped up. what if it fell down on wildlife? To the sledgehammer! So then I had pieces that will become the crazy paving on the new path.

    Then I started wondering if the next piece would come up that easily and, well, curiosity, cats and now we’re missing 8m of pathway. Birds are going apeshit on the rolly pollies.

    • just_kitten@aussie.zone
      7·
      7 days ago

      I live cathartically through your epic backyard landscaping adventures, looking forward to the day I can go in on buying a house and bitta land with someone so I can potter around/go manic as needed (well as much as I can, considering I’ll probably be arthritic by the time I can afford that).

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
    10·
    7 days ago

    Had a great night practising. I have 3 new songs ready which I’m super happy about ❤️

    Here’s my number one fan hiding in the cupboard in the studio

    Goodnight everyone, and thanks for listening to my vent :)

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
    10·
    7 days ago

    Success!!! Got the big unwieldly couch dismantled with my friend’s help both physically and mentally. Now I can hopefully get rid of it sooner and if there’s no takers at least it’s a helluva lot easier to move myself. That’s a big ticket item cleared.

    Next up, gotta keep culling and packing clothes… made a bit of a start this am, but I’ll probably do most of it tomorrow. It’s been a big day today with long chats, grabbing a coffee, going to Bunnings together, dismantling this couch in confused stages, going out for lunch, dropping friend home…

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
      5·
      7 days ago

      That’s great news.

      Has update on when you put in your notice to vacate?

      Did the LL communicate back to you in any way?

      • just_kitten@aussie.zone
        3·
        7 days ago

        LL did finally get back and acknowledged receipt at least so she won’t kick up a fuss about leaving early. Hasn’t said yet how she wants to organise key handover but I don’t really care, it’s on her now. Just focusing on next steps. REA is pretty sloppy where I’m moving to so I gotta have my wits about. Still pretty chuffed I got away with paying the original listed rent thanks to their lack of attention to detail.

        Some other big things I need to do are fill in some small holes where I’d put a blackout blind (relatives lent me spakfilla and a spatula) and try to remove some scratches in the toilet bowl.

        • Duenan@aussie.zone
          4·
          7 days ago

          Don’t forget about your bond as well after you’ve sorted out everything.

          Anyway you’ve done good today and it’s time for you to rest up and have some R&R.

          • just_kitten@aussie.zone
            5·
            7 days ago

            I’ll be claiming my bond the second I hand my keys over. I can wait the two weeks if it means I don’t need to do anything further and the landlord has to take it up to vcat if she wants to fight.

            Yep pretty chuffed with today’s efforts. Been sat in the car for 90 minutes doing crosswords, gonna haul myself back up home and go through some clothes then wind down with some Poker Face episodes.

            • Duenan@aussie.zone
              2·
              7 days ago

              What’s the Poker Face show about it and what is it on?

              You reminded me about Only Murders in the building season 4 and Fisk so I did a couple of episodes in my downtime.

              • just_kitten@aussie.zone
                4·
                7 days ago

                It’s about a rough-around-the-edges casino worker who has the gift of always knowing if someone is lying, who finds herself caught up solving mysteries and murders while on the run. Directed by Rian Johnson so it’s very visually appealing and slick but also has some very memorable characters and a sense of showbiz to it that I like, it’s good fun.

                It’s on Apple TV in Australia I think, but I sail the fine seas for everything…

                • Duenan@aussie.zone
                  2·
                  7 days ago

                  Ahh ok.

                  Thanks for the tip.

                  I was sailing the seas earlier today, it’s where I found the buildings.

  • anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone
    9·
    7 days ago

    Just back from a lovely walk with my kid. We got to pat 2 very friendly cats, one of which climbed into his lap when he sat down to get closer to it. The other one was called Bruce.

    It’s reignited the ‘should we get another pet’ conversation, but can’t decide cat vs dog

        • Bottom_racer@aussie.zone
          4·
          7 days ago

          I don’t see the point of posting there really

          yeah well get ready for a camouflaged jack russell to jump yo’ arse you won’t see it coming and neither will ted 'cause ted is sedated.

          • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
            3·
            7 days ago

            Nah. It’s all good. People can post where they like. It just helps to expand other communities on aussie.zone. You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink.

            • useless_modern_god@aussie.zone
              2·
              7 days ago

              I like the DT. I like the people on DT. It’s why I’m here . It’s a real gem.

              It’s really all the same people from DT that post and comment on Tucker anyway so it doesn’t make sense to me to segregate comments about food ?

              • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
                2·
                7 days ago

                It’s all good. We do have posters from other states and even different countries which is pretty cool that post on Tucker Time that don’t necessarily frequent here.

                I like the people here too that’s why I’ve stayed!

  • tombruzzo@aussie.zone
    8·
    7 days ago

    I dropped my Darth Vader keepcup and completely shattered the glass. I’m thinking if I find the same size glass keepcup I could put it all back together.

    But I’m going to keep an eye on marketplace because damn those things are expensive new

  • Seagoon_@aussie.zoneOP
    6·
    7 days ago

    Mr Seagoon got me totes interested in Gothic lit again so I’m listening to an oldie on audio a book I read decades ago, The Night Land by WH Hodgson.