RustyRaven
@RustyRaven@aussie.zone
Interested in sewing, gardening and preserving, with a strong focus on sustainability.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 4 hours ago:
Miss Meow is unhappy about having her collar put on and has moved to higher ground
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 10 hours ago:
It’s possible. It’s also possible that she did nothing at all but is a compulsive liar in general which makes her look guilty.
Buy my take (not that I’ve been following closely) is that it is far more likely that she’s absolutely guilty and too stupid to understand that people can see through her lies. I’d put the alternative possibilities into the category of technically possible, but so unlikely I wouldn’t consider it reasonable to entertain them (i.e. beyond reasonable doubt).
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 11 hours ago:
It mostly looks like this
But I have carved out a few livable areas, and am working on getting a few more done. Having been able to set up things like the bed frame, dining table and fridge before I moved has definitely made a big difference.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 11 hours ago:
I guess this new place is officially home now, just had my first delivery. Mr Woof was not impressed that someone dared to knock on our door.
I now have a few new mugs.
Once I have cleared enough boxes to allow other people to fit inside I’ll be able to invite people in for coffee 🙂
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 15 hours ago:
A Bunnings trip might be on the cards very soon, I’m going to need a lot more extension cords! And I still need to get numbers for the letterbox.
I ordered a second remote for the garage door, which was not as expensive as I feared. I also ordered another security camera to go in the garage - I’m not used to having a remote opening door and I find myself fretting that it might be open any time I can’t see it. I know it’s silly, but it’s like when you have to keep checking you locked the door, my own minor touch of OCD.
Our morning walk was a bit brisk this morning, but the sun is now coming out and it’s shaping up to be a very nice day. Miss Meow has found herself a very good hiding spot in the future sewing room - if she hadn’t had her eyes open I would not have known she was there. Mr Woof is still a bit unsure about the new dog door and needs prompting to use it. I thought the security camera might have some video of him using it this morning, but all you can see is my arse as I’m leaning over encouraging him, and the audio is all me going, “that’s it, push! push!” like a crazy dog door midwife 🤣
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 17 hours ago:
Breaking news: Miss Meow has trialled her window hammock. It was apparently a good place for some after breakfast grooming. She has now disapeared again, either for more box exploration or maybe just going back to bed.
Mr Woof has also successfully navigated the dog door for the first time this morning. He’s now napping on my lap, which he fully deserves after the big day yesterday - it’s very stressful for a security dog to see a bunch of people tresspass onto your territory and steal absolutely everything.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🏆 Tuesday 3 June 2025 17 hours ago:
Looks like one too. All grey and rainy.
I looked up the weather radar, thought there was lots more rain incoming, then realised I’m looking at completely the wrong side of Melbourne! The rain’s pretty much past Ballarat now and it’s looking likely to be clear. Another cup of coffee and then I’ll rug up to take Mr Woof out on his first neighbourhood orientation walk.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
I have a self heating model. Comes with a purr mode that activates randomly.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
I think it’s going to be an early night tonight. Mr Woof “helped” make the bed. The new bed frame fits around the mattress quite tighly compared to the old one, it should help to keep the sheets in place much better.
I had pretty much everything I need for the first night and tomorrow packed and labeled to make things as easy as possible, but completely forgot about my slippers. They are packed in a box with all my shoes, which I think is somewhere in the garage. Fortunately my parting gift from work included some nice fluffy warm socks with grippy soles to wear inside, and I know where that basket is.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
Thank you. We have survived the move, the removalists were both friendly and efficient and all appears to have indeed gone well.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
I am moved!
The moving guys were very efficient, and my sister was absolutely fabulous and kept Mr Woof out of trouble for me. He and Miss Meow are a bit perplexed as to what is going on and where we are, but doing ok. I will need to try to clear some boxes before dinner so there is somewhere to feed them. Also need to set up their water fountain and make my bed.
I still can’t believe just how many boxes of stuff I have.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
One packed lunch please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🚲 Monday 2 June 2025 1 day ago:
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
Moving day. I am still packing.
I thought to start the day with coffee and realised I have packed my teaspoons. I was able to find the emergency teaspoon from my work lunchbag, so complete disaster was averted.
Miss Meow is currently chomping on her drugged breakfast. Wobbles and confinement to follow.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛵 Sunday 1 June 2025 2 days ago:
I have absolutely no idea how all that stuff possibly fitted in the shelves and cupboards, I am convinced everything must expand as it goes into the box.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛵 Sunday 1 June 2025 2 days ago:
I’ve been thinking it’s just a couple more boxes needed for about four boxes now, and the kitchen cupboards still aren’t empty 😭
And once I finish the kitchen I still have a laundry cupboard, the bedroom and some shed/garden stuff to do. I think I underestimated how much physical effort this takes. When I was younger and fitter I could have got this done a lot quicker.
Oh yeah, I still have to do a final clean of the fridge and freezer too.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛵 Sunday 1 June 2025 2 days ago:
You’re doing good!
Would you have any soup to spare, by any chance? I was hoping for a bowl of Vietnamese noodley goodness from chef, but the witch told me to Pho off, it’s all hers.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛵 Sunday 1 June 2025 2 days ago:
I’ll have some of what the witch is having, please.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 days ago:
Just a few more hours and I’ll be finished up working in my current office. Twenty years with some of these people, it doesn’t feel quite real yet to be leaving.
There has been a lot of food and some lovely gifts. All warmth themed, as befits a move to Ballarat. Plus an ice scraper for the car windscreen!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 days ago:
You could end up with a chicken volcano. A cone of chicken built around a fondue pot.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 days ago:
I’ve been trying to work out how you would hold the thing together. If serving cold melted cheese would work. For hot all I can come up with is a special mold and a really big deep fryer that can fry it all in one piece.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 days ago:
cluckenbouche it is! The new trend in party food. I feel like I need to make this happen in real life.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🔮 Saturday 31 May 2025 3 days ago:
I’ll have popcorn chicken stacked like croquembouche, drizzled with BBQ sauce and honey mustard mayonnaise, please. A big tower for everyone to share.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
all bacon is good bacon
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
all of the above
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
I am exhausted.
But at least dinner is good. Thanks Hello Fresh.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
I bought headlight globes at SuperCheap last year. They were supposed to be extra long lasting, which turned out to only be two months. They also didn’t seem to be as bright as they should have been. I got more expensive Phillips ones sourced from somewhere else to replace them and was much happier, they were brighter and still going strong when I traded the car in.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
I went past one last night that’s generally around the middle of the trend and it had already gone up. The tank was getting pretty empty after a couple of long drives so I put nearly 50 litres in, it would have been $27 more expensive to fill up at the more expensive one. Well worth a couple of minutes wait time.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
I went to fill up before the petrol prices all jumped 60c, apparently everyone else was doing the same. The queue was out onto the road.
I also grabbed a few essential groceries while I was out - milk, coffee, cat food and cheese.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
The Hello Fresh meal kits arrive today, which will take me through the move and the first days in the new house. Breakfasts and half the lunches are already sorted too, I just need to add in some random sandwiches.
Today I will try to finish all the packing inside & get the shed packed up. Working tomorrow for a rest, then Sunday will be packing up all the last minute stuff. I’m feeling a lot better about my packing progress after taking a van load to the new house yesterday, I was able to take a bunch of hard to pack stuff up in bags and I have a bit more space in the second bedroom to actually move and finish the packing in there.
Mr Woof and Miss Meow are both being given a food additive that is supposed to be calming (some sort of milk protein, a lady at work swears by it) and Miss Meow has Feliway spray, diffuser and Gabapentin for the moving day. They may end up calmer about the whole thing than me!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🃏 Friday 30 May 2025 4 days ago:
2/10
I knew absolutely none of the answers. I just guessed B for everything.
