RustyRaven

@RustyRaven@aussie.zone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🐢 Friday 20 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I never connected with anyone when I went to school so the possibility of a reconnection isn’t on the table.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🐢 Friday 20 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  My past self apparently programmed a secret message into my spreadsheet to alert me when the leave dates I want are open to apply for. I do not remember doing this at all, but when I opened it today there was a bright red “APPLY FOR LEAVE” message waiting for me. I am incredibly impressed with my ingenuity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🐢 Friday 20 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m up to two packages currently waiting at my door for me to come home. I think it’s my new electric blanket and a soy milk maker, but I’m also expecting a Temu package including new watch bands/covers and random stuff.

  I had previously bought an electric banket on a pre-order with Appliances Online, but their delivery has apparently been delayed so I got a refund. I ended up buying a cheaper blanket instead to give me enough money left over for the soy milk maker. It’s not a brand I’ve ever seen before, so fingers crossed it’s ok.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🎲 Thursday 19 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
  I need something to go with all the soup, so I made a tray of cheesymite scrolls.

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🎲 Thursday 19 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, it’s just like tinned food, only in a jar.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🎲 Thursday 19 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
  15 jars of chicken soup finished and waiting to be labeled.

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  Plus there is one in the fridge that didn’t seal properly which will be today’s lunch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🎲 Thursday 19 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  A big bowl of noodly soup please.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 18 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  🤞

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🫠 Wednesday 18 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  We are starting to get into soup weather again, so I’ve made a start on a big pot of chicken soup. I’ve made the base stock yesterday (lots of bones to go in the FOGO bin this week!) and today will skimming the fat and adding the vegies. Then it will be into the pressure canner to make it all shelf stable.

  The next soup on the list will be cauliflower.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🦘 Tuesday 17 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve finished putting grids onto my whiteboards with the marking tape. It’s hard to get everything straight, but I managed a decent enough job and now I won’t need to draw out grid lines constantly. The little board I got for the exercise plans is good, its double sided with an integrated stand, so I can write up the plan for the next week and have it ready to go in advance. I also got some very fine whiteboard markers which are great, I can fit a lot more onto each board that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🦘 Tuesday 17 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Miss Meow’s blood test results have come back with nothing too alarming, just a slightly raised kidney enzyme to be monitored. She also has been vomiting less, so I’m hoping the new food fixes that issue. She’s not completely changed over and is still having a bit of her canned food, so fingers crossed that’s all it takes to resolve the issue.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🦘 Tuesday 17 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had an early package today, with my new little whiteboard and associated supplies. So today’s plan involves playing around with whiteboard marker tape to set up my exercise and meal planning boards.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🦘 Tuesday 17 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I had no idea that had a name. My noisy box air conditioner in the bedroom used to make that happen. Slightly indistinct original music to make a change from the normal internal soundtrack (which is currently running a Hinder marathon).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 💡 Sunday 15 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s been my general approach too, but it’s not been the most stable approach. Especially when I’ve been working in the garden and they’ve gotten filthy and need a good scrub. Which is why I tried the sitting down approach at one point, but on a slippery surface with no hand holds and very little space getting up again was a bit challenging. Now I can either sit down or have something to put my foot on, I consider it a big improvement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 💡 Sunday 15 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  OOhh.Sunday Pakige! I wonder what this one is?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 💡 Sunday 15 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I just googled my old place, and saw they’ve flipped the place very quickly. It looks amazing, and it’s gone from a two bedroom to three. I’m happy to see my bamboo and cherry tree kept their places.

  Funnily enough what inspired me to do a search was an article in the Age about dodgy real estate agents buying houses cheaply from their own vendors to flip for profit. It would not surprise me at all to find there was a touch of that with this place - not completely dodgy like the guys in the article, but probably a quick easy sale at a lower price than it could have gotten because the seller is an absent old lady who is easy to persuade to sell for a low price. But to be honest I don’t really care much even if that did happen, I’m just happy we’ve got her into a good place now and the future path with any care needs is all mapped out, the whole situation with moving a parent and myself and selling two houses at the same time was all a bit much happening at once.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🤤 Saturday 14 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The first weight set has been delivered. Today’s substitue weight workout will be carrying the weights in and unpacking them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The treadmill is now inside and unpacked. That counts as a workout in itself. Disposing of all the foam packing and the box it came in will also be a bit challenging. It folds away easily and neatly as advertised and can be moved fairly easily too. It seems solid and the belt is big enough I can run comfortably on it (for about 5 seconds, then exhaustion sets in). I probably should put shoes on if I want to do more than a very quick test though!

  I still need to work out the best place to put it. At the moment I’ve got it under my desk, I’m not sure if it would be better to leave it there and move it if I want to sit at the desk, or to put it somewhere else entirely. I’ll probably try a few different spots and then decide. It’s very easy to move on the hard floor, fairly easy on a hard mat, and a bit hard on carpet as the wheels sink in and don’t roll properly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  According to Kogan my treadmill was shipped today and could take up to 2 weeks to arrive. According to my camera it is sitting at my front door.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  The standard watches definitely feel too big these days. I got a Samsung Fit3 which is smaller. It’s fairly limited in what it does but covers everything I need it to do.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve just put an order in for some new bands for my fit watch, as the silicone bands tend to irritate my wrist fairly quickly. I stopped wearing the last watch because of that issue, it didn’t have a replaceable band.

  There are lots of different band types available now, plus protective covers for the watch itself and various bits of bling you can clip on too. I’ve ordered a few different types , so will be able to do dark and boring to match my work uniform or bright and colourful when I feel like being a bit more fun.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m definitely glad I bought the van last year, it uses almost half the amount of fuel as the old car did.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🍓 Friday 13 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m going to have to fill my van with petrol today, so not particularly.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  🫂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I made fajitas for tomorrow nights dinner and now my house smells of fajitas but I can’t eat them yet 🙁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Organising win for the day: the box my fit watch came in is the perfect fit to go in my bathroom organiser and tidy up my unruly packets of dental floss picks.

  I’ve tidied up the bathroom cabinet a bit, and a section of the pantry that was a chaotic mix of vitamin pills, pet supplies and a few random things that were far better off elsewhere.

  I’m continuing to work on the area of the study that became a dumping ground for all the miscellaneous stuff I wasn’t sure where to put when I moved. The plan is to clear out all the excess clutter and tidy everything up and create space for the new fitness stuff.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  And it would only take a couple of googly eyes on the bag to turn it into a pet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t think Mr Woof would go well in an appartment, but in a house he’s great - he self-evacuates to the back yard every time there is a noise he doesn’t like. Which includes smoke alarms, blenders, crockery clinking… He evacuates multiple times a day when I’m home!

  Miss Meow would be a problem if she gets scared and goes into hide mode. She’s black and can melt into shadows, there is a good chance I wouldn’t be able to find her in an emergency.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 😃 Thursday 12 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My new fitness watch is arriving today arrived as I was writing this message, so I’ll be able to start actually tracking my steps. My initial goal for steps should be quite achievable: wear the watch for a week and figure out what I’m actually doing now.

  Some weights are expected to arrive today or tomorrow, most likely they will arrive tomorrow with a whole bunch of stuff that will be piled up at my door for me to struggle to move inside after getting home late from Melbourne. Any time you only have one day you’re not home that’s when the parcels are most likely to be delivered!

  As well as the treadmill I’m also waiting on some new scales, as mine died last week after I finally got around to putting new batteries in. It managed one last weight measure, then got stuck trying to connect to wifi and passed away peacefully overnight. Plus some little miscellaneous things like a little whiteboard to write down my plans and some new shoes.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Discussion Thread 🐞 Wednesday 11 March 2026⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I almost lost track of time & missed getting to the pet store. Fortunately they don’t close until 6 so I was able to get Miss Meow’s prescription food. Ouch that’s expensive. It doesn’t help that they didn’t have the smallest bags, so I’ve got enough to keep Missy fed for a couple of months. I just hope it helps.