Bot appears to be napping, so today’s thread is brought to you by the colour thirteen, the number puce, and the total fabulousness of the Numbat
Tree up, time-lapse completed, front garden tree bow done. Added a blow up Christmas elf and pig to the front garden this year. Kids loved it. Multiple people commented on the walk past. Feels good man.
Room update. Bed and mattress secured. Ended up going plan A because the bed comes with a headboard which either needs wall support or mounted to a wall (so couldn’t place it against the mirror). Very less space between desk and bed and a bit of wasted space in the corner but I shall downsize the desk and get something smaller. Now to pimp my room.
I’ve bought the 2024 planner and made sure it was a week to view with a task list at the side. (Lost the old one and am using one with a format that doesn’t work well for me.) That’s what has always worked for me, hopefully that corrals some of the stuff rattling around in my brain and helps me keep on top of things again.
And a new wallet because my old one broke - my cards are currently floating around in my bag and my Medicare care is… somewhere.
My finger slipped on a portable table easel and a drawing mannikin to make free postage. 🤫 It’s Xmas. I’ve been eyeing them off and I’ve found that propping the paper up helps a bit. The ebay lap desk I have is honestly more suited to using my laptop, and kind of awkward.
I like the sound of your planner. I find that getting something to work for the whole family is tough… a series of personal digital calendars on different devices all synced is edgy and modern but just doesn’t work well for some of us. The best thing seems to actually be an old-fashioned calendar with really big squares, but there’s nowhere to list important weekly tasks. I’m glad you’ve found a solution!
Yeah, sometimes I don’t know which day I’ll be able to complete a task and get bogged down deciding where to put it. So it helps to just get a week-to-view with the to do list and dump them all on the side so you can easily see the jobs for the whole week and do them as able.
I have a magnetic chore chart on the fridge just for important daily tasks that repetition can blur (ie. marking off the cat’s meds twice a day, tracking her toilet schedule, any daily medication or self care I need) and there is a space at the bottom and top for a couple of weekly tasks, or notes, or reminders. But it is quite a small one and for an individual.
Adjusting my sleep cycle back to normal hours is taking longer than I expected. Feel so utterly fucked during the day.
But that’s what I get for going to bed at 5am for a month or so 🙃
Ok. I spent the fiddy coupon. Money is money. We’ll see about the refund.
Pet supplies budgeting ramble
Was going to get some Zylkene but the voucher only applied to food… Bought a bag each of Melbcat’s new foods to use up the full amount, I may actually keep them in the fridge/freezer so they stay fresh as mould is on my mind. (I wonder if washing that cereal cliploc is ok or I should toss it. Maybe from now things should stay in original packaging to monitor expiry dates and batch numbers.)
Still bought the Zylkene as by the time babygirl comes back she’ll have run out. I might have to ask for a lift to grab some in the meantime. This should have been done so much sooner… the number of capsules was noted when her stuff got packed, should have ordered then, but I was really unwell and very preoccupied.
It’s possible she needs a higher dose too. The next size up is a fair bit more expensive but with a much better unit price… I still got the smaller cheaper bottle just for now due to cost, I’ll talk to the cattery staff member/owner and ask what dose he would recommend and whether he thinks Zylkene is genuinely effective or a placebo.
Still waiting to see if I get the refund but can save that for the next order with her flea products. (If only coupons stacked.) Getting that too would just about comp the two unusable bags I got with a little bit over. (I cbf getting a return on the one bought from a local shop even though I have the receipt, and as it’s in a storage container - ironically for freshness - the original bag is long gone.)
I’d also previously got a bunch of the Smitten wet cans because they were giving boosted Woolies points and I would be buying them anyway. I’m really happy these are tolerated and hope there are no longer term effects from buying cheap food. I’ll ask cattery owner about the quality. (Weirdly buying an even number gave me a low amount of points in total… removing a single can from the cart made it bob up from 150 to 750. Wut.)
The Coles cans seeem to work too but seem slightly lower quality and may give her a tiny bit of a tummy ache? That tends to happen after meals though. If the Smitten cans are ok to become the main wet food the Coles will be the backup food, just a few emergency cans if we’re running low when I’m doing the Coles shop.
So even with the voucher I’ve spent some money. (That always freaks me out. I may not buy some clothes and things I was going to, though I do need a new planner for 2024.)
But this puts me in a position where I’m well stocked up on cat food, the only things needed for a while other than flea stuff can be sorted in my supermarket order, and I can now be more choosy about topping it up when it’s on sale or giving extra points. (If it’s at a time I use Woolies, that is. If I can maintain food stock and don’t need to go Woolies I can wait for $2 slots from Coles. I wish I had some sort of timetable for when things went on special or had bonuses but I don’t have the brain space to track it.) Also trying the Woolies Smitten brand cat litter to see if it’s the same, and will try to always wait for the specials to buy the brand one at Coles.
I’m so annoyed that there isn’t a can refund machine nearby so I could go refund the cat cans without a car… eh. No matter. With my completely fucked neighbourhood it wouldn’t be safe for me to walk there alone anyway.
I am kicking myself for leaving the Meals For Meows as an option after hearing about Meals For Mutts and so grateful Melbcat was smart enough not to eat it. At least I did start feeding wet food on demand instead and then buy different food in a bit but we were so lucky.
I feel like important things keep slipping by me because I’m currently juggling a lot.
