First Super Saturday

I forgot about my blog last night.

Sorry bout that 🥴

Friday was quiet.

Adoring Husband drove into The Bay for an appointment and to run some errands, which included a trip to Bunnings (BGWLBH and I don’t do Bunnings!).

I sat on the couch catching up on my recorded TV shows and of course had some Harley play.

There were two games of footy to watch.

Today was voting day, but first, BGWLBH and I drove into town. 

We stocked up on some art supplies at Spotlight. I purchased 4 new bras from Harris Scarfe, one of which STILL has the security attachment on it so I’ll have to return next week to have that removed!

A nice trip to Office Works where I got myself one of those little instamatic cameras and some film. I like the idea of taking a photo to send with Chicklet’s letter each time.

I picked up some new toys for Harley. He hasn’t had a toy (apart from balls) for quite some time, because he chews them into a thousand pieces in ten minutes flat!

Today, I got him a stuffed squeaking shark which is (or was) about a foot long. It literally took him ten minutes to destroy it. I also got a stuffed frog, which I haven’t given him yet, and a rope toy.

I bought a spiky ball which I was going to use for my sore foot as a massage ball, but it hurts too much so I gave it to Harley. It has a squeak in it and he squeaked his way all through the last two games of football tonight.

At least he’s happy 🐶

I have a spur under my right foot, right under the big toe. It is PAINFUL all the time and the pain wakes me up at night, but I spent too much time walking on it today. My foot is swollen and it is aching big time!

My remedy is to wrap it in a castor oil/cayenne pepper poultice overnight, every night for the next week. We’ll see how that goes.

I cooked chicken and chips for dinner.

We watched three footy matches for the first super Saturday of the season.

Now I’m tired and I need sleep.

Nite all.

Triple Treat

Three days in a row out of the house. 

Harley will start questioning who his mother is!

A day in the Bay yesterday before picking up the FROG box.

A morning in The Bay today before meeting The Motivator for lunch at Arkarra Tea Gardens.

The food and the company was lovely but the mosquitoes and bats made the experience a little unpleasant.

So no news to speak of, even our evening meals have been so boring they’re not worth mentioning.

We’ve had some more rain. 

Broncos beat Rabbitohs in the first game of round two in NRL comp tonight. In AFL, my beloved Carlton defeated Richmond! A good start to the weekend.

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Fave Day of the Week

Joni Mitchell on monogamy - wise words.

“I don’t know if I’ve learned anything yet! I did learn how to have a happy home, but I consider myself fortunate in that regard because I could’ve rolled right by it. Everybody has a superficial side and a deep side, but this culture doesn’t place much value on depth — we don’t have shamans or soothsayers, and depth isn’t encouraged or understood. 

Surrounded by this shallow, glossy society we develop a shallow side, too, and we become attracted to fluff. That’s reflected in the fact that this culture sets up an addiction to romance based on insecurity — the uncertainty of whether or not you’re truly united with the object of your obsession is the rush people get hooked on. I’ve seen this pattern so much in myself and my friends and some people never get off that line.

“But along with developing my superficial side, I always nurtured a deeper longing, so even when I was falling into the trap of that other kind of love, I was hip to what I was doing. I recently read an article in Esquire magazine called ‘The End of Sex,’ that said something that struck me as very true. It said: “If you want endless repetition, see a lot of different people. If you want infinite variety, stay with one.” What happens when you date is you run all your best moves and tell all your best stories — and in a way, that routine is a method for falling in love with yourself over and over.

“You can’t do that with a longtime mate because he knows all that old material. With a long relationship, things die then are rekindled, and that shared process of rebirth deepens the love. It’s hard work, though, and a lot of people run at the first sign of trouble. You’re with this person, and suddenly you look like an asshole to them or they look like an asshole to you — it’s unpleasant, but if you can get through it you get closer and you learn a way of loving that’s different from the neurotic love enshrined in movies. It’s warmer and has more padding to it.”

~ Joni Mitchell

Today was meditation and qi gong followed by a three hour session with The Gypsy. It was a great day. Tiring but great.

I came home in time for my quiz shows.

Dinner was duck covered in chilli cranberry sauce with potato and sweet potato mash along with snap peas and baby carrots cooked in garlic and butter.

MAFS night!

Now it’s time to sleep.

Nite all.

Oscars Night

Want to see how authentic, real, and convincing artificial intelligence (AI) is and how it can be used for deception, manipulation, and corruption?  Take a look:

I watched a great movie today called “Damsel” with Millie Bobby Brown in the strong female lead. It’s on Netflix. Not a movie for everyone but I enjoyed it.

Adoring Husband and I spent an hour drilling holes and attaching hooks under the Bali hut this morning and I now have (approximately) 40 pretty things - lead light mobiles, wind chimes, crystals, creatures, hearts of different sizes and materials, bells, spinners, felt, feathers and more.

I’ll take a pic tomorrow and count how many there are.

We’ve had some scudding rain today - just like yesterday - and I think this pattern will continue throughout the week.

Harley surprised me today. He has to stay outside after we play because he’s always wet from jumping in the pool.

Usually I close both the glass sliding door AND the screen door, when I come inside but today I left the glass door open AND I didn’t pull the screen door shut properly.

He used his nose to slide the screen door wide open and stood in the doorway looking at me - I was in the lounge room quite some distance from the door - I called out to him “You can’t come in. You stay outside.”

He lay down on the doorstep and stayed outside for an hour (with the door still wide open) - until I went to him and told him he could come in!

I was suitably impressed. He’s such a clever boy and I love him to pieces.

It’s sleep time for me.

Harley draped over me while he sleeps …

Nite all.

Rain and Rest

It’s been a rainy Sunday.

Not constant drenching rain, but scudding rain, short bursts of light rain lasting long enough to wet the ground and form some small puddles.

I remained inside watching movies and eating.

I also received lots of kisses and cuddles from Harley.

Dinner tonight was buttered barramundi with home made chips and salad.

I’d like to sleep now.

Nite all.