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  Alright, buckle up, it’s Saturday night, Auntie’s been at the gin, it’s story time! Back in the dark ages, before Al Gore invented the internet, when we started dating we went to the Sea Zoo. Husband paid for me to choose an oyster (each one guaranteed to have a pearl) and I picked one with twin pearls!

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  For #AlternateFridayMusic I give you Eskimo Joe with Liar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvHZEEPuZIo

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  Alright, time for some #sewing pictures. Finished this a few weeks ago, but switched out the buttons last night after I found sparkly ones when I was tidying. Pattern is the dress version of this, in leftovers https://wardrobebyme.com/products/june-dress-sewing-pattern

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  I escaped containment and hacked flour, sugar, butter, eggs and heat and made a cake.

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  Urgh. Worked until 7.15 because brain was on fire with a new process and I wanted to get it written. Now I’m very very tired. Zonk.

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  I have voted to keep out the cookers from InternetNZ. Tautoko to those doing the mahi and suggesting a ranking for the clueless folks like me.

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  Do dark chocolate Bounty bars still exist? I can’t remember seeing them in NZ.

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  New quandary, this one is a bit more serious. I’ve been a member of Amnesty International Aotearoa for more than ten years. I’ve blocked their phone numbers and ignore their emails cause they’re a bit pushy, but it’s a cause I’ve supported for a long time. The UK arm published a report on organisations that are seeking to limit human rights, and named some TERF arsehole organisations. Of course that cunt JKR came cackling out of her dung heap and offered to pay the legal fees of anyone who w...

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  Had an extremely vivid dream last night. I was on a group call, trying to figure out how to join some tricky tables. Then I had leave the call because there was a tiger in the yard. The tiger was stalking Oggi, and we were very concerned because Oggi is blind and vulnerable. But it was a friendly tiger who wanted to look after Oggi, and took a shine to some of my knitted hats.

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  Argharghargh! The vinegar was finished, took the stopper out but the rubber bit got stuck. Both of us trying to get it out with a chopstick and tweezers, and the bottle was making weird gurgling noises. Then my life turned into an episode of the X Files and I had to ask Ecosia wtf this was while husband biffed it over the fence.

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  Today I’m on Tasmanian time, so I just did a Pilates session in my pyjamas, and I’m about to get some knitting in.

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  Quandary time. I’ve had this piece of silk since 2008, waiting for the right pattern/weight loss/whatever. I found a great pattern and made a mock up, but I think the silk doesn’t have enough drape for the top and now I don’t know what to make with it. #sewing https://wardrobebyme.com/products/june-dress-sewing-pattern

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  New project, who dis #knitting

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  Dentist appointment was yesterday. Dentist: Do you grind your teeth at night? Me: I don’t know, do I? I have some hairline cracks that suggest yes, so he recommended getting a Nightguard from the pharmacy to see if I can tolerate wearing one. The mangled mess of plastic that I woke up to this morning suggests that I do indeed grind my teeth at night.

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  Flights to Sydney for our wedding anniversary are booked, baby! Currently trying to talk him into spending some time in Wollongong.

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  Fucking cookers have infested Neighbourly (which is shit anyway). Former Backbencher owner standing for NZF in the Hutt. Thinking about reporting the post but not sure on what grounds.

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  Had a super busy day today. Started with online kickboxing, made yoghurt,went into town and had a badly needed neck and shoulder massage at the mall, installed the add-on security camera I bought in November (!); made some dhokla, roasted and ground some cumin seeds, made rice pudding; dal makhini currently in the pressure cooker. ::naps::

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  Watching the football on replay. My Spanish is still good enough to understand the hand drawn signs, lololol

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  Whenever we’re watching an action movie, and the character calls someone a motherfucker,one of us will repeat it in the high pitched way Hank did it in Californication. We both did it tonight, so I turned to him to say that we’re like a pair of dysfunctional parrots.

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  Bought some soan papdi because it looks like burfi on the packet. It is not like burfi. It’s coconut flavoured sand.

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  Godammit, not Sam Neill.

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  Did Postman get enshittified? I can’t login on my existing account, tried setting up a new one but not getting a verification email. Just want to generate a JSON file.

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  Drowning in kasoori methi.

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  Making it a four day weekend, finished a dress this morning. The right angles were an accident because I hadn’t figured out the layout when I cut out, but I like it! #sewing

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  Have had a very pleasant Mātariki today. Opened the curtain at 6.30, but it was cloudy so went back to bed and we both slept until 9am! (we’ve had some things happening this week that are sleep disrupting, we obviously needed it). Spent all day cutting out, I’m ready to make x2 Tshirts and x3 dresses. Just made a tuna mushroom lasagne, used to make this heaps when I was a student, haven’t made it in years.

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  Two packidges today: complete box set of New Tricks on DVD, and a precision screwdriver set for ME.

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  Figured out the css class on RNZ new website, got my full stories back in FreshRSS. #GrandmaWantsHerStories

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  My Mam once saw Bonnie Tyler in the yarn store. It was a Total Eclipse of the Red Heart #knitting #RIPBonnie

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  I would like to learn Python. I do not have a database. How can I teach myself and practice Python on a MacBook or Ubuntu laptop? I don’t like videos, prefer written web pages or even a book.

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  They say you should have back ups of the things that matter most to you. Just scored the complete box set of New Tricks on TradeMe for a very reasonable price, so chuffed!