MIL here for a visit… It’s so hard. Every. Single. Time. Gaaaaaah!
Hang in there, sic the Calhound on her.
Hehe yesss 💀
The pyro
And the dog who chooses to sit in the rain
I see no dog, just ear and tail!!
Nice fire pit, but what dog?
He’s camera shy.
🥰
Let’s play a game. What’s the most impressive thing you have in your home?
I have a telescope.
A circa 1850s mahjongg set - with ivory and bamboo hand carved pieces, and a nice little camphorwood chest to keep them in with fitted drawers and inlay work of the 8 immortals. It has ivory ‘money’ sticks and wind of the round indicator, and a really cute little chinese style brass lock and key for the doors. Cannot be sold nowadays cos ivory and I have no documentation of when or where it was acquired. The pieces are hand coloured with lac, and are quite quite beautiful.
Family legend is that it was acquired by my dad’s Great-Great-Aunt Maggie, who was a character and a half if a somewhat abrasive one. She when to China in the 1850s to convert the heathen, who had done nothing to deserve this, so the family was not surprised when she got summarily evicted out of the country at the end of the Taiping Rebellion. So she went to Peru to convert the heathen there, and also got slung out of the country after an argument with the local Catholic authorities. She was a rabid Puseyite of the most extreme persuasion. She did have an eye for beauty though, and acquired quite a few glorious objects that are scattered around the family. My sister has the pearlshell inlaid ebony writing desk, I got the mahjongg set. I still have to decide who in the next generation to leave it to in my Will.
I love mahjong. I’d love to learn it properly though.
500 is a dying art. I’m good at that.
If you can play gin rummy, mahjongg is pretty close. Just with solid tiles rather than cards.
I’ll shit it then. 😂
Fluffball
Gibson is beautiful and spoiled.
Melbcat 🥰
Melbcat is a treasure to all of us ❤️
Aboriginal coffin. About 9ft long, hollow and covered in paintings.
That’s fucking cool! I used to visit an old aboriginal gravesite when I was a kid. There was something magical about that.
It’s inherited. At some point I’ll try to work out what mob it’s from and return it.
Oh wow 😭
My family.
Naw. Kids are good value. I bet your wife has a great sense of humour.
Miniest says the antiques, glassware, crystal and art. It’s a random assortment of stuff that’s valuable but not attractive at all, like this thing
Fuck! That’s interesting!
It’s a decanter made of Murano glass. Of all the beautiful things I have that are Murano Glass that is easily the most outstandingly ugly!
That’s ugly but expensive shit.
Probably the aldi imitation blue Castello cheese
That deserves a decent cracker or two. Don’t let it down.
this framed print from my dad
He got it at silver k, I think. I love The Muppet Show (the series and the 1979 movie, I know ALL the songs), and I love OT Star Wars - so this is my most impressive and treasure item.
On par with it, is the carved camphor wood chest I have that I keep my linen and towels in - inherited from my great-grandmothers estate.
I know those chests well. I never owned one but always wanted one.
Either my collection of video games or my Franklin’s mint dragons.
Can you take a pic of your dragons?
They’re the 3 big metallic ones.
Awesome!
When you’ve had just a little too much catnip
How do people who overthink every aspect of their life buy property? I’m down in the Frankston/Seaford area today wondering if I’m an idiot for even considering trying to buy down here. Do I just stick with what I know and continue to be possibly unhappy in an apartment in the inner city suburbs?
If it’s an area you want to move to but are not familiar with, maybe rent there for a while 1st. Also start going to lots of open houses and find out what’s available in your price range, and what things you’re prepared to compromise on. Keep track of auction results. You’ll gain knowledge of the market which will help when you decide to buy.
Do give yourself grace about how you’re feeling - it’s a stressful process involving a lot of money, so of course you’re overthinking. Good luck!
find out how much you can borrow without becoming an absolute slave, know whereabouts you want to live, then combine the two and look at housies
my little tiger
Oh soft and luxurious mattress protector/underlay doona thingy, you are amazing.
Just took a three hour nap. Today has been a write-off. Really want to be powering through my work tomorrow. I have so much to do but this fatigue and brain fog is not fun.
I tried for an hour and a half, but didn’t really sleep. Pets thought it was a great way to spend a dreary afternoon though.
I took a 3 hour nap too. Waking up from that was rough.
Big night last night. Big day today. Pho for lunch, gathering of supplies (gatorade and sausage rolls) for a bonfire later tonight weather permitting.
I’ve lately been super into gatorade. Damn good drink.
woooo so helping His Lordship clear a workspace and showing him how to remove the render for his brewery repoint ended up being more a helping His Lordship clear a workspace, then partially reorganising the basement then showing him how to remove the render then getting stuck in for three hours alongside. But the back wall and chimney are almost done, then it’s just one small partial behind the door.
(bitch better remember this when I start the other half of the garage)
I have cannoli in hand. Everything is OK.
I wish I could at least go back to skincare and exercise but it all feels too hard and too late.
spoiler
I’m not safe to be taking local walks without carrying something like pepper spray (not kidding - there have been incidents) and it feels impossible to do more than scrub my face with water/bar soap in the shower.
There are home exercises (all of which I know) but I can’t tell you how much discipline it took the first time around to maintain something so tedious… plus now I can’t get enough calories and I’ve deconditioned to the point I risk injury on starting again. Feels like I can barely move.
I would love to move away somewhere else, get a shit ton of therapy and then try to salvage what’s left of my life.
I’m now desperate enough to be looking into disability specific housing (if it’s possible for me to get it) but deep down I know I don’t want that arrangement. I’m just desperate to move away and income is a serious problem with that.
Would you benefit from having a support worker?
Unfortunately there’s not much they can do.
Without giving too much away where the fuck are you that you can’t walk down the street? North, West, East? If you’re in the West or North, I’ll spot ya. Nothing gets passed in me.
Sorry, don’t want to post anything doxable. But my area has Problems
Edit: I can definitely give someone a nasty time if cornered but don’t want legal issues on top of everything
I know you don’t want to dox but shit I grew up in Broady and live in Melton. Fuck everyone here wants to help you atleast walk down the street which is your right.
I’ve kind of stopped wanting to go out by now. Even seeing known shitty people sucks and I’m over it.
I just stay in and keep a crowbar handy.
DT walking group to get Melba out of the house?
Poor Mr Woof is freaking out with me gone from the house ☹️ I’m looking at him on the camera and he’s been running in and out looking for me for over 2 hours now. Which at least means he is getting used to using the dog door.
Did a little bit of work first up to clear the decks then a shopping trip and pub lunch with a friend. Now sitting on the couch tossing up between a nap, a movie and another glass of wine. Tip top day all round.
Oh this was supposed to be in response to @CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone . maybe I don’t need that extra wine…
Definitely the extra wine! Whatcha drinking?
Currently a bottle of Tread lightly Pinot Grigio. Just a cheapie but it’s light and doesn’t seem to leave me with the wine headache I get from others.
For lunch I had a Shiraz but I dunno what. I just asked the barmaid for something to go with the lamb shanks (and it was super yum)
What a perfect day for lamb shanks and shiraz!
Go on have the extra wine!
Well … If you insist …
I do. Stat.
Anyone in the Inner West free Thursday morning?
Available: one spy mission on my shitty old rental. Review for Purple Pingers being drafted!
