Sooo yeh I’m in between jobs rn and it feels pretty awesome
I have meatballs and some Oat thickened cooking cream. I’m going to have a crack at making Swedish meatballs so I can used both of them without eating pasta again so soon.
If these turn out alright we can have Ikea meatballs at home.
They’re very easy to make. Basically it’s gravy with cream added at the end.
Fry your meatballs. Take them out. Make gravy. Add cream. Put meatballs back in with gravy and simmer until meatballs are fully cooked. Eat 3 meatballs to check for doneness.
Enjoy!
. Eat 3 meatballs to check for doneness.
I resemble this remark. 🤭
I have this thing where when I sit down to eat I announce “ooooo I’m quite full now” 😂
What the cook does is the cook’s business.
oats in the meatballs? Not a bad idea!
Oatly thickened cooking cream. I haven’t tried it yet but I like their chocolate oat milk
Do we have any recent news about Nellie? Or do we get the calendar photo early next month?
Nothing yet. Q3 ought be soonish.
Right after buying from Amazon my payment method got declined from Coles and my accounts weren’t showing on the app.
Apparently there are issues with online banking that arose 30 minutes ago, but the timing… way to give me a heart attack.
Cat rambles
I’ve ordered some d-mannose from Amazon in desperation. I don’t know what the safe dose is for cats, it’s only been used for humans and it’s only really effective for E. coli…
But the cranberry extract probiotic for cats I bought smells foul. It has to be mixed in water and syringed into Melbcat’s mouth (otherwise it’s refused) and it stains her white fur and everything surrounding us red/purple when she spits it out.
I haven’t been remembering to give her the lactose free yogurt with the specific good bacteria either but I’ll see if I can get another tub and coax her to eat a spoonful a day.
In combination with antibiotic treatment of course.
I’m getting really worried. Melbcat is going well aside from this but is almost 17 now and she just can’t seem to shake this infection.
I hope she can pull through, she sounds so tough! And you’re doing amazing caring for her, you’re doing your best and it is more than enough! Sending you and Melbcat all my love
Thanks. I just wish there was something more I could do
We can only do our best for our family members. We cannot beat ourselves up if things go awry; you’re there for her, caring for her and loving her, and that’s all that matters!
family whinge
Niece seems to have zero interest in hanging out with me and makes the thinnest of excuses to do so while spending almost every weekend with my cousin 2 hours away by train. Also sucks that cousin who used to be in touch more has glommed onto having her over and I’m basically invisible to them… stings a bit but I’m kind of okay with it since I don’t super enjoy either of their company tbh, and I certainly hated obligatory aunty visits when I was that age. I’ve made it clear to my brother that I’ve tried but if his daughter’s not interested I’m not going to push it, she’s old enough to decide. Just wish she’d be more honest.
The thing that gets me hackles up is that I suspect very, very toxic ex sister in law is increasingly involved and brainwashing said cousin (who is of the gullible type). She’s all about secrets and drama and thinks nothing of creating division to get attention she cover her numerous lies (including in court - she is utterly shameless). Years of being hated on by her - and in the past, my brother as well - make me ultra sensitive to some BS being spread about me…
… But fuck it. If cousin is going to believe that officially duplicitous bitch over knowing me from childhood then I’m not going to waste any more mental energy on the lot of them. Focus on the people who believe in and care about me
In other news, what a ripper day outside! Got back my blood test results and my vit D is the best it’s been in winter, the supplements definitely helped but so has being out on nice days like this.
So many hugs. It’s so hard when we have people like that in our lives.
I went NC with my family of origin, it was sad but the no drama was worth it.
I just accidentally ate two slices of banana cake. In my defence it is still warm from the oven.
Only two? What impressive self-control.
“accidentally”
That’s just testing to make sure it’s ok. It can take up to 4 largish slices to deem it edible.
I have followed your advice, testing has now deemed the cake ok. Fortunately it was a large cake 🤣. I now have 16 slices packaged in the freezer, and two more slices to take into work for the next two days.
I would be interested in how big the slices were.
Wouldn’t be two half loaf slices would it?
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I’m doing one of the longest DOMESTIC trips there is in a few weeks and am flying a full-service airline.
I do this trip usually a couple of times a year and have been burned by Jetstar one too many times, pre-Covid I made the decision to just pay the extra and be done with it. Never regretted it.
Some of my family still insist on Jetstar even though they can easily afford the alternatives, and it’s a never ending tale of delays, cancellations, lost luggage (on DIRECT flights?!?!), broken seats and misery and tears.
qantas/BA/AA/Singapore economy used to be the same quality as business on other airlines. I haven’t flown in a decade so it’s probably changed
Best long-haul flight of my life was an Economy Qantas flight 8 years ago, from Sydney to LA in the little ‘secret’ Economy section on the top deck of an A380. Stalked those seats online and changed ours when they came free a week or so before we left.
It was like Business-lite for an Economy fare. A little section of really only a few rows. Quick boarding, heaps of room, friendly, attentive staff, two-abreast seating so it was just my wife and I with no random third wheel. Made the trip SO much more comfortable.
The return trip downstairs was like being wedged into a cattle truck in comparison.
I love flying top deck
I also love flying in small 30 seat embrears
or five seater props that you have to climb in
I just love flying so much . :)
@mysticgreg Yeah if the whole family are flying, no checked luggage, the difference is worth the misery. If it’s just one ticket, real airlines ftw.
Sees this comment after news update on TV about man being arrested on Jetstar flight for opening emergency door while plane was taxing.
By the time you add luggage and food (not going to eat for 9+ hours??) it ends up not being much cheaper if at all.
In the long run it’s the same cost and much more reliable to buy business class tickets. Delays cost money , having to rebook costs money, extra baggage costs money, food, lounges now cost money, having to recover from long flights with too many layovers all subtract from quality and value and cost money.
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I’ve done it to Hawaii, there was no other direct flight option from Melbourne. It was ok enough, but food options are rubbish, so I reckon buy your own at the airport and take it on the plane.
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I’ve actually had nothing but good experiences internationally with Jetstar. Have done Japan and Hawaii with them. Internationally they seem to have their shit together, I think maybe because airport costs are higher for delays where the airline is at fault…? Domestically, a different story - would always spend more to avoid.
man I wont even travel domestically on Jetstar these days. Not when Virgin is just 10 bucks more and you get luggage.
You know how you put banana’s into the freezer to make banana cake and eventually end up just throwing out a hoard of old bananas before starting the cycle again? I pulled out my bananas and made a cake.
The clearing out of stuff and the tidying and the fixing up furniture is working out really well. I am starting to see results. :)
Beep Beep 🚚
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Fruit salad with frozen yoghurt please.
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Greggs sausage roll please
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Stir fried fillet of greeble please. And a passionfruit milkshake.
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Off to the dentist soon for my biannual clean. I should probably look for a closer dentist than Bacchus Marsh but I do enjoy a drive so c’est la vie.
Meanwhile, blending meal replacement shakes with a bit of ice is a revelation. I’ve ordered some recommended ones online but to fill the gap until they get here I got some vanilla manshake and a tin of milo from the shops last night because it’s a great mix.
80s kids party food please.
Already got: fairy bread, snakes in cups, choc crackels, those cornflake things, terrible little frankfurts.
Cheezels, a bowl of smarties and frog in a pond.
Jelly slice, jelly slice, jelly slice.
Frog in a pond? Nuts and bolts
No idea what nuts & bolts is in this context?!
Oh. I deem this substance unpartylike!
Party pies! And dead horse to eat with franks and pies and mini sausage rolls. Best put on table in bowls so the sauce bottle doesn’t get used as a weapon or smashed on the floor. Ask me how I know this (no, don’t - it’s embarrassing).
Toffee apples, but make one an onion.
I saw a reddit post where someone put Brussels sprouts in Ferrero Rocher wrappers for Halloween. Fucking genius.
We have a family tradition of lamingtons but one is a kitchen sponge. Funnily enough, there’s always leftover lamingtons.
Jelly cups
mini pizzas
mini sausage rolls
I think the last two aren’t decade specific
Toffee in patty pans
Asparagus rolls if you want a ‘posh’ grown up option.
It will be a total mash up kids stuff, Halloween, and the usual adult cheese etc boards.
Oooh toffees. How much paper did you end up eating because it was stuck to the toffee?
Too much. Getting braces put a swift end to that.
Oh yes! Sprinkles in toffee.
Those cornflake things are called honey joys. They deserve respect.
damn straight!
Thanks. I’ve need to mod them though, got a peanut allergy guest.
https://www.kelloggs.com.au/en_AU/recipes/honey-joys.html/
I hope this helps.
I think your thinking of crunchy nut cereal.
English muffin pizza faces, butterfly cupcakes, little meringues, jelly cakes.
Why does Apple Music always serve me up Pantera? I hate fuckin Pantera.
It keeps giving me Alice in Chains. No offence, but I just don’t like them.
You are never permitted to talk to me again!
Oh serious? It’s sometimes hard to tell if people are joking, which is ironic because that’s all I ever do here really.
That is a fine collection.
Dude where I am concerned please assume hyperbole or sarcasm rather than meanness. My Aspie ass can get tone way wrong.
Thinking of you today @[email protected] ♥️🫂
❤️
Thanks so much. It’s actually next Thursday, but I’m feeling ok about it at the moment. Thinking about a day at the hot springs, soaking in hot water.
I will unthink about you today and think about you next Thursday. Hot Springs sounds like a good idea.
hugs
