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  • much quieter here, last place had 5 neighbouring houses doing renos, one is a major demolition, the other uses jack hammers

    and no aggressive junkies here, no porch pirates so far, had a package sit on my porch all day, was still there

    and last thing I saw in my street in Carlton, first time I saw a homeless lady pushing a shopping trolley with her belongings, I went up to her and gave her a 20, she spoke in a middle class accent

    I do understand living in the suburbs ( which I haven't done in 35 years ) means that even if I don't see social problems that doesn't mean the problem has gone away 😔

  • just more cleaning and unpacking today

    I think I'll start setting up my shell collection cabinet 🙂

    it's a very blowy day here and it's makes the cats skittish 😃

  • Had to do something pretty unfortunate this morning, so to balance it put, I finally got some lobster ramen. While the lobster itself was so-so (a bit tough) the lobster bisque ramen soup was the stuff my dreams are made out of!!

    Now I need a long nap!

    • i would def try that 🙂

    • Oooh that looks divine 😍

    • DUDE!! You were the one who posted about the lobster ramen a while back. I kept meaning to post asking who it was and how it was. Nice to see a review and post. Thanks, I was really curious...

      • Honestly the bisque alone was absolutely worth it - though the sparkling sake was always worth the stop off. As mentioned, the actual lobster was a bit of a hassle, but for the cheese and pesto sauce, worthy of its place all the same. I would love to try out of their more regular, down to earth ramens!

        That was the Toorak Rd shop, btw!

  • Among my recent purchases is a pair of canvas high tops. Because why the fuck not.

    The process of stretching them slightly to get the fit just right - they ARE the right size, but feel just a smidge too small at the heels - is ongoing. I have stuffed…about four pairs of bundled up socks in these sneakers?

  • I went out and checked the yellow sticky traps. They got a few but the whiteflies were mostly clustered underneath the leaves and the traps had caught multiple long legged flies… aka the beneficial insects that eat the aphids. Plus one tiny katydid. They might have got a weird kind of ladybird yesterday (which I freed).

    Not happy Jan. I’ve taken them down and won’t be using them anymore.

    It was an aph-ocalypse under there on the worst plant so I ended up using a strong solution of natural dish soap to douse and scrub wherever they were. It ended up leaving a thin wet lather of detergent behind which might harm the plants and encourage mildew (already an issue) but is hopefully insecticidal. Fingers crossed it doesn’t affect the good bugs.

    Melbcat wasn’t impressed that I was out there for ages while she had to stay inside, so she’s off in her bed. It’s a shame. She could have sat with me or sunbathed. But I need her to accept staying a fully indoor kitty and not expect to be let out.

    My gum near the problem tooth is looking red and sore so I think there’s a problem again. Hopefully only a minor infection from a floss nick but I’ll have to get that sorted between everything else going on.

  • Neighbours are already either up and drinking or haven't stopped. Given I heard them at 2am but they were quiet by 6am, I suspect they at least had a disco nap.

  • Had a late & boozy one yesterday and no energy for cooking anything so took myself out to a sit-down brunch for the first time in a while. I remember why I don’t do this anymore. So expensive and small servings. At least the coffee slapped, I’m feeling human again.

    • Eating out is so often not worth it these days. Sadly one of life's pleasures has been diluted.

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