Welcome to the Melbourne Community Daily Discussion Thread.
Only a few days until Adam comes home. First vet visit all booked in, and have bought all sorts of supplies. Mostly marketplace so I’ve saved a fortune.
Enjoy the dog tax
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Same. I just love how chill he is
squeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Aww 🥰
Hey all,
Hope you all had a good weekend. I forgot to show you guys the cover for the next book in my Van Diemen’s Valley series.
I absolutely love how creepy it is.
Love it Dan!
Thanks. I can’t take any credit for it (except the concept idea). The artist who did it does incredible work.
That is really awesome. We need to get you into the Readings Children Book shop,
They have openings at specific times of the year. I keep forgetting to email them when they’re open.
Super creepy! Looks awesome, congrats!
Thank you!
That’s so cool!
Thanks. I think it’s pretty awesome. It’s my favourite book of the series too.
Geez that legit reminds me of a nightmare I had this morning. I can’t handle spooky anymore. Even “Invasion of the Blue Lights” freaks me out to think about. Having said that, the artwork is really fantastic.
It’s pretty freaky. He did a great job.
Gorgeous! Those searchlight eyes! Is it available to purchase yet?
Just getting a final edit done and then I’ll get it ready to release. Hopefully by the end of the month :-)
It bodes poorly for the rest of the week that the CBF rating is at “catastrophic” and its not even 10am on a monday morning.
Oh I hear ya. 3 hours into my working week and I am DONE…
Right here with you.
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I was close to pulling a sickie this mornjng which it usually never gets that bad lol. There’s something about the weekend and this Monday…
Been feeling like it too and nearly pulled the trigger today because my health is not the best.
I don’t know what it is about my workplace but i can’t stop scratching my legs and they’re really bad now.
Anyway I did manage to get to work but I only have maybe 1 sickie left before I need a certificate.
LATE NIGHT CHEESE TOASTIE TIME!!! 🧀 🍞 🍳
e: I am reliving my late teen 70s prog rock obsession and rediscovering how unbelievable Yes was (RIP Chris Squire the most insane bassist ever).
e2, 3:42am: we have now moved to Jean-Michel Jarré. Garlic powder is a game changer in cheese toasties BTW. Also this decaf tea is pretty awesome. I feel awake but not hyper. Calm, even. I could go to sleep on it if I wanted to but it’s also keeping me awake
e3, 5:54am: looks like it’ll be a rare true all nighter. And also, I have vastly underquoted for this project.
e4, 6:24am: fuckit, that’s the best I can get through right now, a damn good set of data and maps that was crafted through an absolute mess. Time to get a few hours sleep before the psych appt.
!!! I have achieved LAP CAT AT THE DESK STATUS
it turns out she just wanted a cushion to lie on instead of directly on my lap.
I am most beautifully trapped, but she has a clear message for me…
😻 Congrats!! Good kitty, keep up the good work, make sure Just_kitten gets no work done.
She’s going to have to stand in for me at my purrformance review… Not sure if that arm twisting tactic will work with my boss.
Kitty is obviously attempting alt-f4-ing for foodz and patz
I think she’s just very concerned about proper OH&S procedures. Here she is following LOTO (lock out tag out) with my dominant hand.
The Cat allocation system struck us today. Welcome Pepper
New kitty?!?! So pretty!! I look forward to tales of Pepper’s hijinks
Her hijinks started with being found under a car in an airport hire car terminal. And then getting Turkey sandwich for lunch.
Hello Pepper! You’re beautiful!
She is. I just need her to stop hissing at her new brother and sister. They’re friendly and trying, but she’s not having it!
Falling asleep at the computer but I have a very hard deadline of 9am tomorrow to get this thing out. Drawing on those last reserves of self belief and confidence to trick myself out of how pointless this is and that in fact I am awesome at being succinct and presenting data in an elegant and concise manner. I’ve broken out the emergency matcha Quadratinis from overseas.
e: in happier news my shakti mat should now be arriving by Thursday or Friday. Come sooooon 🥺 🙏
My version of All In Brawl. I was too busy eating my bit to take a picture, so this is what’s left.
Yuuuum. Well done and there’s leftovers 👍
I’m so sick of owners/directors/managers who make a workplace toxic. I work with really good people but I don’t think I can work for the owner of the business I work for anymore. Pre-covid I had the fortune of working for two employers who took workplace culture very seriously and made sure that work was a positive, welcoming and supportive environment. Including my current role I’m now two for two on toxic workplaces. I’m really sad because I thought I had finally found my people, but my boss is awful and conniving and doesn’t care if I’m thrown under the bus. I know the future will be fine, but it just sucks right now. The job hunt begins…
I’m not lying when I say I really love herbs and spices. And my label maker.
And that’s not all of them :)
Awww yeh!! At home i have your typical above stove cupboard with 2 shelves that is completely full, 2 deep on each shelf. I then have an entire basket under my butchers block full of spices and another full of sauces haha
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Hello kindred spirit. Don’t get me started on my condiments.
It always amazes me when i find a recipe with a spice i dont have :P
I rarely have that problem with spices. I am missing tarragon at the moment and I will hopefully be purchasing that today. I don’t have a lot of herbs because I buy them fresh. I refuse to buy rosemary because that’s a weed I scab off friends and family.
We just go for a walk and pick from peoples gardens that overhang front fences :P
One day I hope to achieve this with both herbs/spices and also pasta.
One day!
You only need to buy the ones you’ll use. Many of these are refilled from packets of Hoyts.
All the spice! Love how tidy everything is!
It’s just so I can find stuff in there.
I understand. Just complimenting on your shelf chef
When I moved into this house and discovered this cupboard I had no idea what it was for or what I was going to put in it. Not until I started putting in my spices did I realise it was in fact a spice cupboard.
Yeah if I saw that cupboard 100% it would’ve been spice and snacks. Gotta have a snack cupboard I says to myself 😅
I grew up with curry powder and mustard powder being the most used spices so I really had no idea.
There’s no harm learning things as you get older. Honestly the day you stop learning is the day the world is ending or you’ve master all the culinary information about food 😅
Nice collection of native spices! I’m curious to know which ones you rate
Lemon myrtle is the king. I mainly use them on steak so mountain pepper is up there.
My faves are mountain pepper and saltbush currently. I also have a ginger berry and Riberry plant growing at the moment but neither have fruited yet but im excited to try them when they do
The best bit of advice I got early lockdown was to get all the herbs and spices. Because, I ate a lot of frittatas, rice and kale.
I refuse to let this Monday get me down as it’s persistently trying to. The Sun is shining warm and bright. Friends if you can go outside for at least 15 mins, get your dose of Vitamin D. Shine on and hope the rest of your Monday turns out better! ☀️
That’s the way. I hope your day gets better. ☺
Thanks I’m heading home now. Got frustrated because I had one final thing that tried to mess me up and at first my mood was that’s it i’m going home, digging a hole and getting in. But on the way home, my mood changed and now I’m going home and chill with a tv series I’m almost finished
Sounds lovely.
Wondered why I am so gassy and my farts are heinous.
Sour cream; I bought sour cream. I forget it does that to me.
Edit: i also have the worst headache rn from teeth-grinding. Reminder to self to buy a mouthguard 💀💀💀
Mmm sour cream with corn chips, potatoes, fries…
A list of things I’ve done so far instead of my assignment:
- Cooked peanut butter noodles - the sauce was nice but I added too much spice
- sliced potatoes too thick and cooked them in the oven with garlic and Parmesan, they really saved the day
- Chopped up and cooked vegetables for a frittata
- Made said frittata - I added lemon myrtle to the mixture, now waiting for it cook and to see if the flavour is okay
- sat down to eat twice
- now just sitting for fun and assignment avoidance
- listened to 3 podcasts
You sound like me - the house is never so clean as when I have a looming deadline
100% me, I’m about to start cleaning now. Lol.
The nicest sardines I have ever eaten came from Western Australia, and had a sprig of lemon myrtle included in the tin. They were blissful. I really like that flavour.
Do you ever make something and think oh this is pretty healthy? Oh no wait except for the shitload of bacon and the extra extra extra cheese I put in. Anyway I made a vegetable frittata bake quiche pie thing. I’ll come up with a better name.
My dinner for later
Image of a dish of vegetables baked under cheese. I have renamed it “The all in brawl” due to the amount of vegies in there fighting each other.
Its funny looking at recipes online sometimes and they look tasty and they have a few serves of veg so look healhtyish etc, but then they have a creamy sauce or something and butter and pasta/bread and they end up being 800+ calories per serve
That’s so true.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. So many of your dishes look so good 🤤
Thank you.
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My tummy is growling tbh but I’m squashing it down with a coffee.
please give me just one millionth of your willpower
Hahaha. I can wait because I know later it will be more like a slice than slop on a plate.
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We really need a visual on that when you make it again.
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There’s a lot of roughage in there but that’s ok because the cheese will hide a lot of it.
That sounds a lot what I am planning to make today. If you come up with a good name let me know. I’ve been going with a working title of zucchini/potato/egg bake thing.
See above. It’s been renamed
Frittata is probably in my top 10 fun words to say
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