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  • Last night's bday dins:

    Honestly a great way to do it. Chuck it all on and everyone decides for themselves.

  • Slept in, went out and got an almond lemon tart biscuit and a brownie, and a mocha and cappuccino from The Good Baker.

    People everywhere on Sydney Road, in all the shops and on the footpaths. It's so nice to see everyone looking happy and having conversations.

    I just want to tell them all they look so beautiful.

  • Did Father's Day shopping plus birthday shopping as Mr P's bday is in a few weeks, and I thought I may as well get it out of the way whilst all the manly gifty goods were on display for the purchasing at a discount price lol.

    A friend of a friend of ours has a Staffy which has just had pups and we are being offered our choice. 😃🤔😃🤔😃🤔😃🤔 are my thoughts at the moment. I love them; I've always found them loving, staunch, and funny, such clowns. And I'd love for the kids to finally have a dog. And the breeder's lovely. BUT... The side fence needs replacing and the neighbours insist they can't afford to pay their share, so we've been nailing bits together and making do with star pickets for years. They've got a very exy breed of dog they've had for a few years (think several grand) so I'm surprised they're not more motivated to do the fence, but blood from a stone I guess. A Staffy would eat the fence for brekkie. Plus they do need very strong, solid and consistent training right from the very beginning. Plus all the costs involved, on a single income 😬 I feel very sad inside, because I always thought that if you can't afford to prioritise the costs of pet ownership for an animal that relies on you for it's existence then you shouldn't do it. If I'm not being a hypocrite then I know my answer, even though I haven't given an answer yet. It's not fair for the dog or us if we're just scraping by. But it hurts. It's not the first time I've been offered a pup; last time it was a Jack Russell, a breed I love even more (I've owned 3). That one really hurt to say no to, and Mr P was shitty at me for days, but I just can't. I can't if I can't afford to be the kind of owner the dog deserves. And it hurts 😔

  • To market, to market, to buy a fat pig. Only not a pig just some liquid nails and barkeepers friend. Someone put a lovely 19th century copper wash ewer out on the nature strip. Just needs the base re-attached more securely and a bit of polishing. Holds about an ordinary bucketful so will come in very useful as well as beautiful.
    And the pouring handle is a lion's head, and there are gorgeous reinforcing bits at the sides with lion's heads on them.

    the pic doesn't do it justice

  • I am now working on the metal ferrules of the cabinet legs. They were so rusty. Work on the big chairs continues.

    • TIL the word ferrules!

    • 3 different grade sandpapers used to remove rust and some rust preventer applied, will repeat the process tomorrow so it's done as well as I can. One leg is banged up tho. Then will apply some clear varnish.

      Finish cleaning the glass and the rest of the wood , I think it was stored in a garage and the soot and oil is hard to remove. I've unpacked the glass shelves and cleaning them up too.

      I've started sorting my shell collection ready to put on display. Big shells on the bottom and smaller up high. If there is room I'll put some mineral specimens in too.

      And for the chairs, so many pieces of velvet and tapestry have been measured and cut ready to be made into matching scatter cushions. 🙂

  • City trip with fam today....kids got clothes,their style is what I wore their age

    Had steak dinner at Yappari Melbourne central..go check it out. Food is 10/10, service 20/10

    Looks new and they're so helpful to customers. Bless the staff

    Chillin with 80s and 90s YouTube....loving life

    Hope everyone has a top weekend.

  • Pretty chuffed with my sat morn brunch of leftover rice, leftover steamed broccoli stir fried with eggs, jarred ginger/garlic, and "olive vegetable" paste. Haven't cooked in quite a while with the craziness/exhaustion of the last two weeks. There is something satisfying and grounding about making and eating your own meals, I should do some meal prep this weekend while I've got a bit of breathing space.

    • Sounds amazing.

      There’s something about cooking sometimes that when it comes out nicely it makes you proud.

      I hate cleaning up after the lost though :(

  • Went for a sneaky run in work hours yesterday, which means I don't feel that guilty about not going this morning - so currently enjoying a coffee. Full month off due to being clumsy.. Feels good to be back out there.

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