Gratitude thread. I’m grateful to have a roof over my head, and glad it’s still attached.
Grateful for the SES and all of the various emergency workers.
And grateful for fluffy cats.
Daily Discussion Thread: 💨💨💨 🍃🍃🍃 Monday, September 2, 2024
Submitted 2 months ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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underwatermagpies@aussie.zone 2 months ago
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m grateful that my no more late night snacking has resulted in a 500g weight loss. I’ve done nothing else differently.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
i too have stuck to my new eating plan. No snacks on errands, no bikkies at all, no desserts or cakes will be made . I have no idea if I have lost weight.
have been on decaf after 3 pm for the past month
I will also forgo store bought roti and parathas and only eat healthy home made fat free ones if i have them at all
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I was doing ok until I recently said I was, then I jinxed it 😔 Glad you’ve got some results though, well done!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Very impressive! And nice work for sticking to it. I’m doing ok, mainly because I have to take a tablet in the evening on an empty stomach. Otherwise, I don’t know if my willpower would hold out, lol
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Grateful to be inside and shielded from the weather, sleep, and feeling kinda hopeful about a Difficult Assignment.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m grateful that the doggo who randomly ‘attacked’ me yesterday on the way back from the shops had no idea what it was doing. Out of no where just launched itself at my bum. Mum and daughter walking it off leash on a main road (big no no) about 30m behind me and it just went for me (poorly). Daughter ran up to ‘stop’ doggo which was nice of her. Mother was yelling ‘thank you, thank you!’ but I’m not sure if that was directed at the dog, the daughter or me.
Then neighbours’ doggo ran up for a pat as I was just getting home. No issues with that one. Good doggo.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m grateful nothing fell on us or blew away, and hope this continues.
I’m grateful for the electric blanket and the power staying on.
I’m grateful for Melbcat herself. We’re going through a rough patch with her health but she’s what keeps me going.
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
grateful for the huge steel window shutters I got
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
grateful for warm aussie merino jumpers
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Just wanted to show off my Opa’s pond for his goldfish. The netting is to stop kookaburras from eating them (a few had been lost to them in the early days).
There are three orange goldfish, one white, one mottled, and one entirely black one. The photo below has them all in it, I was so happy to get the black one on camera. They blend in so well, and with the reflections, I can sometimes only spot him if he pops his head above the water.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I love it. 🙂
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Can I just delete this week, it looks like a whole pile of Everything Difficult And Going Wrong On All Fronts. Very aggro customer response that I’m frankly scared to deal with and responded as best I could (wants face to face meeting. I put my foot down). More to come in other job tomorrow. And now it turns out I’ve been enrolled into the wrong bloody uni subject because nobody was paying attention (including me)… and who the fuck knows what fresh hell that opens up with uni bureaucracy and CSP payments. plus my assignment is now 50% over the word limit. I want to disappear into the ground.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 months ago
hugs Take a breath. You got this, K.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Very aggro customer
You can borrow my trebuchet if you need it. I’ll freeze some lemons.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m reading up on the psych of hoarding again. Too many family members are effected and I’m sick of doing the clean ups.
at the same time I have a horror of thinking whenever the house is a bit messy or I have stuff " god I hope I don’t have it
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I can see hoardery traits in myself, so I’ve been working on decluttering and not letting it turn into a problem. I’ll never be a minimalist but it’s nice to have space in the house.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I think humans have innate tendencies to own objects, we use tools, we need clothes, we cook and we store food. It’s biology and culture.
But it’s just been to easy to buy things and that’s why we have too much stuff.
It’s like food, we love sweet and creamy, it’s biology, so in a land of milk and honey it’s too easy to put on weight.
Like you said, we have to be aware. 👍
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I remember clearing out my great aunt’s place way back as a kid. She went through the great depression and hoarded everything imaginable. That was eye opening.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I HATE all this noise. Feels like I’ve been under constant assault for nearly a week now. So over it.
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Same. I’m ND so the sensory hell of noise and touch and cold has been really really crap this last week. Makes me irrationally angry.
TinyBreak@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Cant even imagine how bad it must be for you. Mine’s just pushing on the anxious part of my brain so its bad but not yet “break down in bed” bad yet.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I hear you man. I just want a quiet nights sleep.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I finished my second TAFE class. Awgh everytime I go I always end up coming out feeling accomplished and happy - so why do I spend the hour prior stressing and all anxious for no real reason at all? I actually had little flash thoughts in my mind before hand that I should drop out. They were really real thoughts, just little anxiety bubbles that were popping up in the sea of other thoughts
I really like this trainer. Very people first or seems. I don’t regret leaving high school for this one bit
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Anxiety can tell you lies. You did the right thing to overcome it and go for your goals. New things can be stressful, this is completely normal. The trick is not to never be nervous, but to overcome it. It will become less with each class as you gain confidence in your achievements. Yay you!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
The HMV dog got nothin’ on your boy! The pics could be straight off a greeting card.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
aw, thanks, I’ll tell Ted he has fans. 😻
Nipper the Dog has his own wiki page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipper
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Magpie update : nest no longer in tree. No hope for the baby chicks as only 10 days out of the egg at most. Mrs maggie was seen this morning gathering nesting material, so maybe maybe maybe will lay more eggs. Wishing her the very best of luck. Young male maggie nowhere in sight this morning.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Poor little things. No hope of them perhaps still being alive at the base of the tree? 😢
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Unfortunately not. Tree is in the backyard of a known anti-vegetation anti-mess maven. That is, a person who dug up ALL the bare earth in the backyard except for the tree (which is huuge and on the council register) and replaced it with tamped gravel and astroturf to save on mowing. Has been known to apply roundup to the nature strip in the street at the first hint of a weed, and talks frequently about hating ‘mess’. Not generally liked as a person.
Force_majeure123@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oh nooo 😭 maybe this time she can find a more suitable mate at least
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
😭
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That wind has some bite
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
It fucken cold. And a long day. 11 hrs and nothing came easy today. The plus sides, though, are:
- my uni stuff got sorted in the nick of time
- I don’t need to redo my assignment
- I found out I have until 28 Oct to rectify my whole 3G phone network bizzo. Two more months of breathing space to enact firmware hack or give up and buy a new phone.
- I’m doing so much overtime I could probably take an extra day off and stretch it to 10 days away in Perth
- can avoid today’s Angery Customer until Friday
- avoided all the Weather today
- have stash of ready-made food in freezer
- pay day this week yey thank fuck
- barely used my car, can save on filling up until next low point
- long awaited haircut this week
It’s gonna be alright… tries not to dramatically sob into pillow
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m regards to your angry customer is there someone who can help you deescalate it or provide you with some support?
Might be handy to have someone there with you with the angry customer as a support as well as a witness.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’ve definitely put my foot down on meeting this person solo. The people who’d normally go with me aren’t available til next week. After which point we are past the deadline. I’ve communicated this back and provided a solution that I think should satisfy everyone… but it’s not my problem until Friday, meanwhile let’s hope someone monitors the shared inbox.
The person who normally goes on site and meets customers if necessary does it solo, I don’t quite have his mental fortitude! Not gonna hold myself up to his standards.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Get up. Put pasta and bits in pan in oven …you…can…do…it…oldgreeeeeeeeg…
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
C’mon on oldgreg C’mon C’mon. C’mon oldgreg C’monnnnnn.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
haha. OMG now that’s stuck in my head. But done. It’s a pasta/pumpkin/salami/cheese thingomijig
Taleya@aussie.zone 2 months ago
looks westward O lawd he comin’
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Bam!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
yeah he just passed over here. Was sitting here thinking we were through the worst then POW temp drop and sleety rain…ewww
bull@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I cannot win. Yesterday I went down to the docs to get my blood tested to see how tasty it is, only to be told that they’re at capacity for the day (11am) and come back another day.
Today I go in, take a number and get called in only to be told that I’ve OVER FASTED by an hour or so. I had no idea you could over fast for a blood test. Apparently the sweet spot is between 8 and 12 hours of fasting and I was on hour 15. The lab generally doesn’t do tests over 14 hours.
And today is my last day in Melton so I’m going to have to come back another time, which isn’t so bad because I can come visit my family. I wasn’t going to see the doc again to get results for a month so I’ll just do it on one of the weekends coming up I guess.
Annoying because I psyched myself up for the needle… twice… I am historically not great with needles/having blood drawn.
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 months ago
You can get your blood taken anywhere, and telehealth for results?
Mittens_meow@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I did not know that either. And all that effort into psyching yourself up, gone to waste. I hear you on that, it’s hard to get there.
tone212_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Back from my week off in NZ. Absolutely stunning scenery all around, it was just one incredible vista after another and I wondered how this place was real.
Had a couple days skiing as well, thankfully I remembered how to snowboard even though the last time I was at the snow was something like 8 years ago, much fun had. One aspect I had forgotten is how bloody expensive skiing is. It was more worth it for this trip because I wasn’t just going there for skiing, but I can’t imagine sinking that kind of money to go to the Victorian ski resorts.
Back at it today and still exhausted even after two recovery sleeps, not even the wind could keep me awake last night. I think I’ve reached the age where I need my own accom when going away with a group of friends, because I was only getting 5 - 6 hours of sleep in our Airbnb house every night and while I didn’t really feel it there, as soon as I got home it all hit me.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
A win at work I was quite proud of got derailed by a sudden request that blew out my while afternoon.
I’m writing my own documentation on Marketing Cloud because it feels like the sort of program you only learn to use by making every mistake first
Cendana@aussie.zone 2 months ago
SF or Adobe?
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Salesforce. I’ve heard Adobe’s marketing cloud is an old programs so it’s probably not much better
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Today me is blessing yesterday me for making a batch of pea & ham soup. Dinner sorted!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Same. I made a dozen beef and mushroom pies yesterday. That’s dinner and lunches for a few days.
also, one day could you post how you make pea & ham soup, that’s one dish I’ve never been able to do.
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Delighted to. P & H soup is a staple for me. When the freezer runs dry I whomp up another batch. I vary it according to what I have in the fridge, but this is the basics.
1 250g packet of split peas (any colour) green is traditional but yellow is just as nice. Red lentils - see method below. This is a good way to use up any part packets you have in the pantry as mixing more than one sort is really really nice. 1 large carrot, topped and tailed and chopped into chunks - I don’t bother peeling these. The big winter maincrop carrots are the best. The tiny dutch carrots are nothing like as good. This adds a subtle sweetness to the soup. 1 brown onion - skinned, topped and tailed but left whole, with 2 cloves stuck into the cut end. About 1/2 bunch of celery stems - chopped into chunks plus please include the celery leaves if any. 1-2 bay leaves - these are essential About 6 peeled cloves of garlic - use more if you like it I large chopped potato - I don’t bother to peel this but you could if you wanted to. It helps thicken the soup. 1 ham hock - Aldi sell these in plastic wrap that looks and feels like fingernail clippings, as do colesworth and most butchers. You want the smoked kind. Size is irrelevant.
Optional - 1 star anise, 2-3 cardamom pods, 1 tsp toasted cumin seeds. Pick one of these but NOT all of them.
Method. Rinse the peas well in cold water and soak in cold water for at least one hour or overnight if possible. Doesn’t have to be in the fridge unless the weather is hot. They will swell a LOT, so you may need to top up the water from time to time. Don’t soak red lentils - just rinse them just before filling the pot. Remove ham hock from plastic, identify the meaty side and cut two deep slashes across the meatiest bit.
In a slow cooker or large stock pot, put in the carrot chunks, the celery chunks and leaves, the onion and then the ham hock. Add in the soaked peas/rinsed lentils (drained) the bay leaves, the garlic and other flavorings. Gently pour in COLD water to cover the whole by about 1 cm. It’s important that everything is covered with the water.IMPORTANT - DO NOT ADD SALT! If you do, the peas will NEVER cook properly but will remain hard and bulletlike for ever.
Start the pot cooking on very low heat - it should take at least an hour to start to bubble. Skim off any white foam. Let the pot cook at a very gentle simmer for several hours. A slow cooker on high will take at least 3-4 hours. A stock pot on the stove nearly that long. It’s done when you fish out a few peas from the mix and can easily squash them between two fingers. But you can cook it longer if you like and it’s all the better for it.
Once cooked, fish out the ham hock (which will be on the point of disintegrating into its component parts), fish out the bay leaves and the star anise if using and discard them. Let the pot cool down a bit then use a stick blender to make the remaining pot contents as finely blended as you like. I like a bit of texture, but silky smooth also works. At this point you can salt it to taste if you think it needs it.
Let the ham hock cool down a bit, then strip off the skin and separate out the bones and gristle. Keep the meaty bits - shred or chop these and stir back into the soup. The bones skin and gristle can be recooked with more water to make ham stock if you can be bothered. Otherwise discard them. At this point you can freeze portions of soup, or even better let the pot rest in the fridge overnight for even more flavor. You know you’ve made a good batch when you take the pot out of the fridge and hold it up so the surface is vertical and it doesn’t even wobble.
Then just scoop out portions to heat up in the microwave and serve. I like to serve it with crusty bread and maybe a splash of tabasco sauce over the top of the bowl. Meal fit for a king that.Quantities above will make about 8-10 serves. You can add more water for more serves or larger ones once cooked if you want. It’s not possible to make a small batch of P & H soup. But it does freeze very very well.
Baku@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I haven’t had a homemade pie in a long time
I think about a decade ago, mum bought a pie maker from Kmart and taught me how to make a pie with puff pastry and mince. Being very much white bogan ppl from whoop whoop, we only ever had plain mince pies with tomato sauce, but being a more well rounded city slicker who resided in Brunswick for a week, I’d be super keen to experiment with different meats and pies, maybe chop up little bits of steak and put some bacon in like they do in the shops 🤤
mysticgreg@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Went to sleep in the foothills of the Dandenongs. With all the noise last night, surprised the house isn’t now in Kansas…
Five-year-old woke up at 3:30am upset from all the noise, and that was pretty much the end of our sleep for the night!
Everything appeared intact this morning at least. Dream drive in to work, nobody on the roads - I’m very jealous of the WFH-brigade!!!
Catfish@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Roof still on but rattling like fuck all night. Police helicopter. Very little sleep and have run out of berocca. Almost want the power to go out so I don’t have to pretend to work.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 2 months ago
That was some feckin wind alright. Woke up a few times overnight. Had weird dreams of living for a few days in a hippie commune in the mountains of northern NSW and then leaving - only to be accosted on the outside by various people coming for me because of downed trees in their front yard… and I couldn’t get back into the commune because it was blocked by downed trees everywhere.
Was gonna walk to work this am but maybe I’ll tram it in and walk back instead. NO MORE BED!!! 💨
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
oh dear, Bill cat has been fighting Ted and now Ted ran away to next door( ted can’t get away but I’m worried )
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Good night everyone, stay safe and try to get some sleep. 😽
Eagle@aussie.zone 2 months ago
No power since 1030am. Estimate restore time 4pm tomorrow. Thankful for gas hot water and cooktop, ryobi fridges and the fire to keep us warm. Hopefully we wake up overnight with every light we’ve mistakenly turned on glowing.
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 2 months ago
And the hail, lawd. That is no joke. One min from home and it was coming down like a mother and just slowly taking off from the lights made the car slide.
Then… sun. This day legit takes the cake for the craziest run of weather I’ve seen.
Duenan@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Aradina@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Wind wind wind. My door has been banging in its frame all night
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Man it’s hard to sleep with this wind.
bacon@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Beach Party ⛵️
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The wind it has me brooding, edgy,
Like my thoughts, an imperfect similie
Perhaps I force my lines, they don’t come naturally,
I am an amateur at everything, actually.CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Oooo. Ok it’s getting dark here now.
StudChud@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I wrote this whole thing about mum and dad, and whatever, and I just can’t be bothered.
It hurts Mum is off the deep end and hasn’t tried to make amends or meet my boundaries for a relationship. It’s like she’s given up and gone full boar into her delusions, and I’m left behind as a “possessed devil worshipper”.
Like, she isn’t even Christian or anything, just super spiritual and lost within her schizophrenic angel-and-demon obsession. That demons and devils, and “evil psychics from the US” are committing “psychic assaults” and causing mental illness.
I just want my fucking mum back.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m sorry Spud. Sometimes people aren’t who we need them to be but it doesn’t hurt any less.
Don’t internalise any of that crap :(
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Aw fuck spud I’m sorry to hear that 🫂
SituationCake@aussie.zone 2 months ago
So sorry. I have a parent that went full extreme right wing conspiracy nutter during covid and has never come back. We don’t talk anymore, after much trying on my part and none on theirs. I have no advice other than look after your own mental health, because you probably can’t do anything about theirs. They have 100% certainty in their righteousness. I hope your situation is not as bad though. It’s rough, because it’s like loosing a parent. Actually, it is loosing a parent. You’ll grieve and wonder why. But you’ll feel better in time if you prioritise yourself. Took me too long to learn that.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 2 months ago
Really sorry to hear that.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 2 months ago
I’m so sorry. So many hugs.