JFC every goddamn bricks and mortar retailer has been so desperate to start becoming a “marketplace” they’ve made themselves and their websites utterly fucking useless
I just wanted to see if woolies had brulee torches in stock for me to walk down and pick up. Instead I get wall to wall listings for their “market partners” and if you’re gonna pull that bullshit then what the absolute fuck are you for.
So much this. I try to filter out marketplace shit where possible. It’s usually the same junk sold at kogan, catch, mydeal etc.
Trying to find anything before htting up a Bunnings is a complete shitshow now
I have a long, slow cooking day planned today in preparation for a Mexican dinner tomorrow night. I am making carnitas, which is basically pork slow cooked in fat. It will be served in soft tacos, so I will be making an oven-roasted salsa today, then making tortillas and some other accompaniments tomorrow. I am also going to make desserts today - caramel flan, which is similar to a creme caramel, but made with condensed and evaporated milks. I’m taking it all to my sister’s house, so it should work well to be able to heat and serve with minimal fuss and mess there while still being a bit fancy.
yum
Sounds delish! I’ve never tried a caramel flan or Carnitas before
I’ve never tried them before either, this seemed like a good occassion to try something new.
oh god, mexican caramel flan is divine. If it’s on the menu always get it. Tres leches cake is also nice. Carnitas are also good. ( mexican food is soooo good )
Tres leches cake was second on the short list. I have not actually had the flan or carnitas before, although I have had similar. Having grown up with “Old El Paso” being the first and only option for ‘Mexican food’ I am working on slowly increasing my repertoire of from-scratch real Mexican/Latin American recipes.
I miss Mexican Town in Detroit 😭
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Why do the politicians even bother.
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Finished book 2 in the Silo trilogy, and tbh… This was definitely not as great a read as the first book - actually quite hated it by the end, felt rushed and disjointed in the third part and I didn’t care about most of the characters; worst of all the writing felt so lazy when it came to the technology and certain key developments. So much hand-waving and incredibly plot-convenient tech… anyway, I’m committed now and I’d just like to see where this all goes, so onto the final book.
Mixing red and white wine never ends well.
This one hurts today.
Oof…thots and pears your way
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Only 22 at the moment, I used to wear hoodies and trackies til 26
poverty
eyes pakige tracker Come onnnnnnnn.
I’m reading a discussion about reading
and to me the saddest thing about having ptsd was for many years I was too ill and mentally tired to read books. ( other than a few specialist psychiatry books ) So lacking in mental stamina I couldn’t even watch movies
so now when I watch movies I really appreciate it. I still don’t read as much as I used too. This is something that still gives me real grief 😔
abuse takes so much away from a person
Hugs. It can come back eventually. Now I am at the point where when I start to lose interest in music or I can’t concentrate to read that it’s a signal and I know I am gonna need to do something to stop the slide back.
Its an amazing feeling as those things start to come back. I am glad you have movies back.
These are the small steps to recovery and good on you. You may not read as much as you used too, but you’re also probably living a completely different life that you may not have the time to read as much.
But you read or listen to audiobooks and watch movies and that’s just as good.
time, I have nothing but time 😔
to me reading and watching is also learning , I think about what I have “consumed”
writers and artists put so much effort in the work, they want to entertain or educate ,
first read and watch is for entertainment, the second and further I think a bit more
-big hugs-
Anybody want to guess how much I spent on booze on the cruise?
Keep in mind that in order to make the booze drinks package worth it, I would have had to have spent $75 every day on alcohol (which is how much more on top of the non-booze package I got it would have cost).
So as long as my total is below $750 I made the right choice.
Closest guess wins umm… a prize of some kind… I’ll figure it out. Guesses open until 9pm.
Locking in Tree fiddy
$480 on boozes.
Assuming that on the 10 days of the cruise, 3 days you didn’t drink much if any at all cos feeling like dogshit. Also assuming average price of a booze was between 15 and 20 dollars - so to make the package you’d have to drink 4-5 boozes per day every day, or at least 6-7 boozes on the days you did drink boozes which seems like a lot. I think your booze bill would top out at around $500 at most and might be around $300. I’ll go with the latter - $300.
Ahh the prize thingy makes a lot more sense now. Even on a cruise, I can’t imagine spending $75 a day on booze! That’s insane.
I’m guessing $23 on a single fancy drink, which you could only half taste.
Fifty bucks.
I’m going to go with 300 dollaroos
$0. I don’t think you had any cos you got the covid.
Chilli patch is still kicking. Giving them good doses of GoGo juice (which I think is basically seasol but better… maybe) and tomato food and haven’t killed them so that’s good to see. Might be time to introduce the Potassium. Whether to go liquid or potash pellets I’m not sure yet.
big thai one on the left is having a great time and turning into quite the dense shrubbery.
But the one I’m reallly looking forward to are the little piri piri ones (bottom right). Just hope they weren’t the cultivar that, thanks to a sneaky wayward bee, x bred with cayennes last year because they tasted like shit.
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Which also brings us toooo…
today’s rave choon!
Ten minutes without worrying that Ted Cat is going to bite my bum. Is that too much to ask?
( he’s on the balcony meowing like a sad waif )
make a noise he really really hates every time he bites you. ATM you’ve made it a game for mister bum bitey killypants. Alter the parameters.
Yes, he’s very playful.
A spray bottle might work, too
depends. Some cats like it, the filthy little perverts. And all you’re doing is teaching him to fear the spray. Making noises of protest is how cats communicate NOT FUN!!
Good to know, should I get another kitty. And it is easier to shout than go searching for the sprayer, too
I’d alwatys recommend another kitty
Wasn’t a bad game at all tonight.
Good luck tomorrow!
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You know when you can’t be bothered cooking but you end up doing it anyway and it turns out really good. Yeah.
Whoops, managed to sleep for 10 hours straight and got up half an hour ago. Haven’t slept this long in forever even when I’ve been exhausted. Absolutely starving, need to get around to making a proper lunch today instead of potato gems and frozen fish fillets…
