just want to say thanks to everyone for the support yesterday regarding mum’s fall. truly is a great community here.
She’ll be home tm or the next so that’s a good thing.
Daily Discussion Thread: 🐕🐶🐕🦺🐩 Saturday, November 9, 2024
Submitted 1 week ago by Seagoon_@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I didn’t see that, best of luck to your mum
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Good luck. Lots of hugs for your mum, she must be really scared too.
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I saw your post but fell asleep before replying, just wanted to say it’s a huge undertaking you’re doing but you’ve got a very good head on you and I have faith you’ll get through this next hard bit well even if it’s gonna mean several hard conversations with your mum. Our favourite witch had some excellent suggestions. Feel free to vent here any time
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a poor idea with our favourite witch.
And thank you. Was a bit of a confronting day. Tm will be reducing hazards.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I missed that post, but I hope she recovers well. It’s scary when they get to the stage of having falls.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 week ago
This is inspirational. My goal for tonight is to emulate this level is consciousness. Fingers crossed
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
hehe ted never stood a chance with them dags and drugs.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 week ago
He’s gorgeous! I want to ruffle that fluffy tum
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I knoooow. 😻 I got to brush and pat his tummy, 💖 normally he’s all bites and scratching and thrashing about but it did need to be done, he was getting some mats under there.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I’m looking to replicate this energy shortly lol
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
He’s off with the fairies. I wish that was me…
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 week ago
sigh Really cannot complain.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Bums against the wall I wouldn’t trust that
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
ha ha, tomorrow he gets a sedative so I can remove his dags without him biting me , fun times
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Angry Son 😂
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
vet put him on a diet
ted is now eating bill’s food
there will be fights
Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
That cat is truly splendid.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Ooh, he pissed off
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Kubrick stare
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
He looks like an angry cotton ball that’s fallen is some soot 😠
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 1 week ago
What a beautiful little corner of the internet this space is. Thank you for all of the love and support lately, I really appreciate it and will absolutely keep passing it on and lifting you wonderful people up where I can!
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I’m glad I talked myself into the gym.
Incoming vent:
Birthday being next week, it’s a real rough time to be honest. I can’t help but think about how I don’t have any family to spend time with. I know I’m not the only one in this position, but still feels bad.
When I was unemployed, I lost a couple of really close friends who I usually hang out with, but I’m grateful for the people in my life that I do have.
It sounds funny, but I’ve kinda felt like a stray human since I was young.
Things could always be worse, and I try to keep that in mind. I just have moments of weakness where I wish for things that seem so out of grasp.
/end vent
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 week ago
We’ll be here!
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
It’ll be okay, the birthday sads are real. You belong, and I’ll be coming to celebrate. We can make our own families :D
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
We are your chosen family my friend, we’ll always be here for you. You’re fine, you will be fine, and what you’re feeling right now is completely normal ❤️
Also happy birthday for next week!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Yeah mum used to say something like that ❤️
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
It was my birthday today, headed down to Ballarat to spend it with family. Replacement V/Line coaches did my head in though.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
😘🎂💐
bacon@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Happy Birthday!!
Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Happy Birthday! 🎈
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week 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.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Living vicariously through this
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 week 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).
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Already arthritic, embrace the pain!
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Smashing shit up in the backyard is very therapeutic, too, I find
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Fun as hell, too
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Does anyone know how long you’re allowed to stretch out your turning 40 mid life crisis? I’m down to less than 23 hours until that awful meaningless day but still kinda wanna push it out a little longer.
Eagle@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Ummmm. I’ve just turned 45 and still in the midst… but I’m also embracing my inner Cat Lady. And I’ve just had 2 weeks off work, and can wholeheartedly agree that working sucks but I like stuff, and stuff costs money.
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I was just joshing and honest 45 is nothing. I’m jealous of your cats as they are amazing animals, just a shame I’m hospital level allergic to them so I’m happy that you’re living the life I wish I could have ❤️
But am really sick of this whole money thing. Like why can’t we just all be generous friends?
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I generally prefer to condense my mid life crises into a short but intense period of reading and planning. As I get a heads up from my older sister reaching significant milestones a few years before I do any crisis is over before the applicable birthdate.
I don’t think I had much of a crisis at 40 though, it was more just a short-lived “gosh, when did I get so old!” feeling. 50 was much bigger and led to some major introspection and mapping out of life goals and plans. It probably took a couple of years to get through that. But I started early, so I’m pretty much done even though I have another year before I actually get to 50 myself.
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Agree. 40 was easy. Upcoming 50 is the real deal. 40 I was actually still good looking, fit, etc. 50, the aging is real. Introspection, reflecting, etc all been going on for some time.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
you don’t need permission and other people don’t get to define your life
do what ever you want and ignore what people say, they aren’t living your life
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I know, I was just being playful and I am very happy and enjoying my life. Many loves <3
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Can’t have a midlife crisis if you don’t know your own expiry date taps forehead wisely
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I like you and your attitude. Can I get your news letter?
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Whoever said salmon sushi was the best, I wholeheartedly agree :)
TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zone 1 week ago
First flowers have appeared on the volunteer tomatoes from the compost heap. Several on one stalk so I fink they’re cherry toms. I hope.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
just_kitten@aussie.zone 1 week 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…
makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 1 week ago
Richmond is pretty good. I think Abbotsford might be better. Loving my time in Melbs
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Oh man why the fuck did I stay up till 4am…
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Sedatives have been given to Ted, now I just have to wait for them to knock him out before I can groom him.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Events dominate the net and its farken crazy how many people are blaming harris for trump winning.
The fuck is wrong with that country. Chunks of them chose not to vote, or to purity politic, half of them were stupid enough to vote for the persimmon emperor, how the fuck is it ‘the dems fault’.
Absolute abrogation of personal responsibility.
anotherspringchicken@aussie.zone 1 week 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
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 week ago
My kingdom for chicken salt
useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 1 week ago
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 1 week 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
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Alrighty. Quick house tidy, gym maybe, but of chilling out, the practising the new songs.
Next weekend is birthday weekend, so happy to have a chill one tonight.
Taleya@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Lmao just got banned from a shitload of lemmy.ml for calling a certain someone Winnie. Badge of honour
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
5 ciders into birthday bash for dad, uncle, and cousin.
Gonna crack another
(Flying Brick Original and Draft Cider)
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Camping gear has now been mostly sorted - there are a couple of tubs of stuff like cooking gear that will need to be sorted out to either donate or throw out, but all the bigger bits I intend to sell have been photographed. Now I need to do the listings and cross my fingers.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
I keep going to vent then realise I’d be massively oversharing and I live in a very different world to a lot of people.
I think I need to buy a damn diary
indisin@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Mr Seagoon got me totes interested in Gothic lit so I’m listening to an oldie on audio a book I read decades ago, The Night Land by WH Hodgson.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Visited mum for a few hours. She’s in good hands… those nurses at the eye and ear are really caring.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That’s great news, glad she’s in good care.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
thank you :) truly amazing staff.
StudChud@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Sending you love, I hope she recovers well 💜💜
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Thank you :)