Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
Toast and vegemite please. And a cup of coffee.
🍞🍯☕️
Lots of beef and onion dumplings please
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Any ideas on how to get cat pee off a backpack? Washing machine? Or hose it down?
I’d put it in a pillow case and tie it with a rubber band and chuck it in the washing machine.
That’s an awesome idea!!! I never would have thought of that in a million years.
but hang it dry on a rack
dealing with a cunstomer who doesn’t understand what the fuck he’s supposed to be doing and rather than listen to someone who does know what they’re doing and can give them nice and easy instructions has decided to get belligerent.
Fuck I hate these ones.
Ah cuntstomers, the bane of any client/customer servicing role 🤢
I rarely get the outright cunt kind, I tend to do mostly back of house and either deal with likeminded techs, or people who know exactly how far out of their depth they are and trust what I’m doing. But this dude…oh I wanna jam a squirrel in him.
It’s a free country
Yeah but squirrels are hard to come by in this country
A unimog video came up in my recommended last night. I must have watched a top gear episode about them years ago for the name to be familiar.
Such a cool vehicle. Those ridiculous American trucks wish they were unimogs
The older ones often aren’t that expensive to buy, expensive to run, but I reckon I’ve seen them for $20k which pales in comparison to a jumbo ute.
Real ones buy a 70 year old unimog and maintain it themselves. Only posers buy a modern truck from the dealer
Mrs just text saying she thinks shes coming down with something. 5 minutes later I’ve got a sore throat. Ruh Roh!
you’re parents of a wee bairn, you’ll be tired so you catch stuff
hugs and get sleep
Happy WA Day, everyone!
Unfortunately, winter arrived in Perth this week and swamped out the city’s planned festival. Honestly, we’ve had showers every day since Tuesday, and the temperature has even dropped below 20° during daylight hours.
At least we have Monday off this week.
Happy WA Day to you too. 😊
Im from WA originally. You reckon it will work to if I ask my boss for the day off to celebrate?
they’re disrespecting your cultural heritage if they dont.
It’s a cultural holiday, your work ought to respect that lol
Please submit your birth certificate, a supporting letter from a WA resident, and an application fee of $200. Your application will be processed in three business days.
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Just saw a car driving around with “#SackDanAndrews” written on the back lmao. Who’s gonna tell her?
Let me! Let meeee!
Go for your life! Even besides that she seemed to be off with the fairies. Was drifting like crazy through her lane…
Dan still living in her head
Rent free!
Hey Gang,
First time potentially purchasing from facebook marketplace.
Any tips or what I’m in for?
Cash, cash only. If something feels too good to be true it probably is a scam so trust you gut and walk away.
I wasn’t too tempted by the cash option since it’d be more of a problem for me to draw out the cash.
What type of thing are you buying?
Just a cheap video game.
Oh look you’re probably okay, a counterfeit copy or damaged disc/card is possible but seems unlikely if it’s a cheapie. Just meet in a public place if you can.
Beware the "is this item still available"s…it’s a stock quick reply.
Edit. Just re-read that you’re a buyer. Hopefully the item is still available.
face to face transaction, don’t be transferring money hoping for postage.
Nah, won’t be doing the postage thing.
Look in the box and try the gadget right there.
Warning: anxiety frustration rant.
Well, eldest was supposed to go to school today but had so much anxiety overnight he hardly slept. I got up a few times overnight and he was awake almost every time, laying there worrying, trying to cope. He told me he feels like his world is all crumbling apart. We’ve moved him back to weekly sessions to try to help him cope. I feel so frustrated for him. Miniest was woken frequently during the night by all this and is exhausted this morning so staying at home too. I’m on the bus going to work and I feel kind of flat inside. When I was a kid my homelife was so shit that being bullied at school was an escape lol. I learnt to dissociate from a really young age. Nothing seems to be consistently working at the moment, and I feel like that mum in The Babadook.
Edit: Mr P got up , had a smoke and went back to bed after learning that he didn’t really have to take anyone anywhere or do anything, and I’m jealous of him. When I wasn’t working I had time to support everyone and the kids had no problems. I know it’s not my fault, having to go out and earn the family income, but it makes me feel hollow somehow and I feel like it is.
Mini will be okay, school is school and it isn’t the be all end all for his life. It sucks so bad that you’re holding them all together, and barely have time for yourself. You are amazing, kind, strong, and overall beautiful. You are doing great! You’re being an awesome mum! I’m sorry it’s all crazy at the moment, but your kids love you, and so do we!
Completely agree. You give a shit about your kids and your family, and from your posts here it sounds like you’re doing a bloody amazing job at keeping the show on the road in some trying circumstances.
I don’t have advice on how to make things better or easier, I’m still working out this parenting gig for myself and my son is only four-and-a-half going-on-thirty, but I know that you’ve got this, you rock.
Aww thanks Spud! I think the mornings especially get to me sometimes, and feeling overwhelmed turns into feeling flat and defeated 😔 not a great way to bounce into the day!
Good call on not forcing him to go. Just keep working with his mental health team, figuring this stuff out takes time as an adult I imagine its nearly impossible as kid.
Thanks Tiny.
It’s so hard when you just want to make it better for your kids and you can’t. It’s hard too when you don’t feel like you have consistent support from the people around you. But you’re more than doing your bit, and someone does have to bring home the bacon and keep a roof over heads but I get it, its the hardest job on earth and I see you.
Thanks Eagle, it’s nice to feel seen 😌
so many hugs
if possible throw as many household jobs Mr P’s way, even if it’s just organising the kids
It sounds like Mr P is volunteering for impromptu homeschooling and childcare duties
Edit: Is it possible to get some of those Naplan math workbooks and the like so he isn’t falling behind? I dunno, taking the view that it might be a low pressure way for him to face the schoolwork at home on his own terms, and ease the shock when he goes back. You can also point at them as tangible proof you’re doing something
That’s a great idea, thanks Melba. I have seen those NAPLAN books around in the past but haven’t connected their presence to our current situation in a useful way 💡🙆🏼♀️
No worries, I hope it helps him keep his hand in without overwhelming him. They look expensive at Officeworks but a bit cheaper on Thrift Books. Perhaps you can find some old ones on Ebay, or free legal PDFs? Perhaps by getting past papers from tutoring sites or some such. I googled ‘naplan books pdf free legal’ and saw stuff like that but I’m not sure which are legit. There’s also ‘free study material for homeschooling australia’ to try.
If all else fails there used to be Educational™️ computer games. When I was little they used to be things like Math Blaster or Lost Secret Of The Rainforest but surely there’s something more modern.
Also seriously work together with the school and see if you can get some leeway on this (if you haven’t already) because unless he’s attending or being homeschooled there could be strife. Even if Mr P is feeling really unwell he could rest on the couch while Eldest works his way through something, and Eldest can get a reward for each completed page. (The reward heavily depends on his age.)
But even if Mr P can do that much definitely access social workers and/or respite care in any way you can, whether it be through the council, Human Services, or Peter Mac. Perhaps see if one of Miniest’s friends can sometimes have her over for sleepovers to give you and her a break. You’re going through some heavy stuff and nobody is meant to do this much alone.
You might also be eligible for help at home
Thanks Melba! I love how you do your research on a response. I’m lucky in that the school aren’t concerned about the academic side of things at all. Their focus is just to get him to the school at this stage. The student welfare person and his therapist came up with a plan where he’s just coming to school, having a chat with the wellbeing team member and then going home. They’re aiming for 3 days a week where he does this, at the moment. The goal is to successfully have him do this at least once before the school holidays, so they’re really prepared to take “baby steps” with it.
No worries. That’s so good that a low pressure way has been found to step back in
So I took a drive out to Pakey East yesterday. I’ll be honest, i was critical of the whole thing! You’re telling me you wanna live even FURTHER out than pakenham? But, honestly: the station was imperssive. And from the new estate you should be able to see the mountains in the distance… it actually looks kind of cool. Course the connecting roads are all dogshit, and there is no sign of a new school or woolies or whatever. From the 1 time I’ve been there I can say pakey deffo needs at least 1 more Aldi.
I drove out there to have a look this morning, too. I didn’t mind the station honestly, it’s definitely nicer than original Pakkie. Nobody’s bothered to update the roads or entrance on Google maps yet, so when you put it into the maps it tries to take you to the industrial area on the other side where there’s no entrance.
I don’t think there’s any plans to rename the station to whatever name is chosen as the name of the new suburb though. I would’ve thought they’d’ve picked a name before opening the new station, but I’m not a mathematician so I guess they know best
I think it IS just East Pakenham, isnt it? The industrial estate is very much just a part of Pakenham anyway.
The station is, but the naming commission rejected “Pakenham East” as a name
https://creating.cardinia.vic.gov.au/pakenham-east-precinct-naming
fair! Wouldnt really wanna use the name pakenham if you had the choice not too.
I only woke up once last night instead 4 or 5 times. So it’s worked. Didn’t realise how badly I needed a good night’s sleep.
same, I’m still sleepy tho
I got 13 hours which is crazy. Guess I needed it badly.
I urgently require bacon quiche.
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You are a National Treasure
Just a reminder that during covid, it was possible to eat well and healthily for a week for $75, with some snacks and non-essentials thrown in, too.
How long until we stop taking it up the arse?
That’s the thing. With food and housing we can’t really boycott or go without and it’s not always possible to go to a competitor (assuming one exists).
There was an inquiry and legal recommendations but good luck https://theconversation.com/yes-australias-big-supermarkets-have-been-price-gouging-but-fixing-the-problem-wont-be-easy-229602
they could at least use some lube of lower interest rates/rent/slowing imigration/boosting the building industry. Getting a bit sick of taking it raw.
good lord. I did the usual laundry/ toilet / kitchen / dining Monday clean, then turned around and deep cleaned the kitchen / dining room including the microwave and oven, scrubbed the floors, steamopped, took a bunch of stuff to charity, did my half hour walk with weights, then made a bunch of macadamia and white chocolate chip cookies.
has someone been feeding me smack?
I don’t know what the official temperature is, but I don’t like it.
