I was planning my day around my dentist appointment, starting to calculate the details of when I need to be ready and how long it will take to get there - then realised it is actually Sunday today and the appointment is tomorrow 🤣

I just stumbled across someone on Reddit whose user name is a male version of my real name. They post in the Melbourne sub and have many overlapping interests. I am slightly concerned I have a multiple personality disorder I am unaware of 🤣

More cast iron cookware can never be a bad thing.

What a happy little felllow. 13/10

Scary. Is there any chance fire could have spread up the ducting in the rangehood? If so you might want the brigade to check the roof as a precaution - and you many need to get a report for an insurance claim too.

Flu shot aquired. It’s always amusing how excited grown adults get at being given a free lolipop.

It probably was the same job, they got an updated address after the inital page, it was actually further south. Turned out to not be anything dramatic, just a standard run of the mill accident which got a big initial response due to the initial description.

Typical. Mine loves a good holiday and usually waits until I’m away. Especially if I’m doing something awkward like camping somewhere that doesn’t have toilets.

Nothing I can see out that way now. Probably a report of a car accident, that always gets lots of trucks hurtling and most of the time turns out to not be as bad as initial reports indicated and they all turn around and go home again.

Should we look into building a lighthouse? The programming req for a bot ended up beyond me, but a pile of rocks with a torch on top seems achievable.

And the place has a great name too!

She needs a creative hobby. I suggest this

My new budget tracking spreadsheet has worked, both the bank and I agree on how much money I have. There were a few initial glitches where I set up some calculations wrong but it appears to now be working. I was resisting changing to the spreadsheet instead of multiple bank accounts to track everything because of the hassle factor, but now that it’s done I think it is actually an easier system. It will also make things much more coherent for the bank when I get to the stage of applying for a loan. Just one bank account with minimal transactions instead of 23 with constant transfers back and forth.

Haggis with mashed turnip and potato, roast carrots, and some apple chutney on the side, please.

Electrical safety check will be happening shortly. Mr Woof is going to be very unhappy about this. I’m hoping the tester is lazy and cuts corners to get it over and done with. Electrical safety is important, but it’s a brand new house, doing a full check seems a bit of overkill.

Edit: just realised how visible my underwear is on the clothes line. I’ve brought those in, I don’t care if Miss Meow sees it but some random stranger feels a bit weird.

2nd edit: done already! Mr Woof had no idea what was going on but he was not happy about it. He gets so confused when anybody comes inside, he doesn’t know whether to aggressively guard territory or welcome the new friend, leading to very confused behaviour. A lot of friendly waggles combined with angry barks.

It looks like my plan to use the govt. 5% deposit guarantee scheme won’t work out. They make you use all of your savings, so I won’t be able to keep aside enough money to do the maintenance (like restumping) that a house of the age I’m looking at is going to need. I guess it’s back to paying mortgage insurance and/or asking for help from family. Frustrating.

I’m not sure praying to cat jesus is the best option. It is possible all of your problems are caused by too much attention from cat jesus, who thinks it’s fun to keep knocking you off the shelf.

Maybe dog jesus would be better for this specific situation, dogs understand the importance of a good pack.

I’ve had a good day in the garden. Harvested the pumpkins, cut back the very exhuberant saltbush, planted the brassica seedlings and done a bit of general tidying up. It’s amazing to think that just one year ago this garden didn’t even exist.

I think you’ve inspired me. I wasn’t sure what I was going to have for dinner, but I do have a lasagne in the freezer and I think I’m going to do that.

I added some craft into my plans for the day - working out how to cut down the oversupply of coles bags into little gift bags I can use for my excess produce. It took a bit of fiddling but I have now worked out a fairly simple way of cutting them down and folding them. No tape or glue required. I’m rather impressed with myself and am trying to decide if I have the skills and energy required to do a tutorial I can put online, because I think they are rather nifty.