Apartment below me is doing renos blegh. So loud when it echoes up the alleyway oof. Also hear the weeping of one of th residents next door (assisted living building), I hope she is okay.
::: spoiler tw abuse
I spent yesterday with my Dad. He travelled all the way from the East to me, braving the replacement busses. We had a delicious lunch at a local cafe and I updated him on how I'm going. I finally told him what my mum said to me, that has coloured all my experiences since I was 14. And he said it was unforgivable. We commiserated about how we were victims of her abuse, and he said that it's okay if people don't understand because he understands.
It was cathartic, exactly what the small scared child in me needed.
I messaged my cousin (mums niece) on Facebook , and told her I what Pop did to me. She can do what she wants with that information, as she is a mum to two kids. I don't expect anything from her or to believe me, but I felt I needed to say something (something I wish someone had done for me).
:::
I'm feeling scared, but more confident that I can be okay and eventually even happy.
It can be so hard to be honest about things like that, we get trapped in the idea that it happened because there is something wrong with us and we allow our abusers to control how we think and feel about ourselves.
People who genuinely love us will always understand, and there is nothing wrong with us, only what was done to us. ❤️
It absolutely gave me a complex about my worth as a human. But hearing dad's side, and his experiences, it helped so much to hear him say he did want me and he has no regrets about me coming into being. I am wanted and loved. It'll take time to incorporate that into my brain properly.
Thank you for your kind words and care 💜💜💜 this community has helped so much
Oh god, I rode through a park this morning to avoid where I got hit by the car and the dew on the long grass immediately soaked through to my feet. And I had to ride through the grass for such a long stretch to get to a gap in the fence to go back on the road again.
If anyone can actually get Whittlesea city council to mow their lawns in a reasonable timeframe I am begging you to do so with the recent drop in temperature
And that person or people will be marked out and under suspicion for the rest of their lives. I hope for their sake that they have a clean record and nothing outstanding against the law.
Mr Trouble has had his April spot on a bit early and is frequenting my back yard again. Yesss. Yesss. This makes it much safer and easier if he has a medical emergency/gets injured and needs to be trapped.
Edit: He’s grumpy about me applying the antifungal cream and just kept sulkily walking away from me and pulling his leg back. He doesn’t want it. But if I’m letting him in I better start trying to treat.
I found spray cans of carpet sanitizer… hope I don’t choke on the perfume.
::: spoiler spoiler
It feels like Melbcat has just stepped out for a minute but I know that’s not true. I am breaking up inside about my girlie. I hate that she’s now no longer the focus
:::
I've been working on updating my budget so that I'm tracking a lot of things in my spreadsheet that I was using multiple bank accounts for previously. It will make it easy to change over to a home loan with a single offset account in future and should also make it easier to provide the bank details when I apply.
I've been trying to make things as automated as possible so that I don't fall behind on tracking and can still see the balances of the different savings categories easily. I'm most of the way there, and have also been able to simplify a few areas that were getting a bit out of control - it's amazing how chaotic a spreadsheet can get when you keep tacking new things on here and there.
It is frustrating how many places still make changing direct debits difficult. My main credit card it looks like I have to cancel the debit and start again with a new one which isn't too bad, but BankWest still make you send in a paper form.
Eh try not to worry about it. There's bots and just idiot Americans and Aussie cookers on here sadly, and they'll downvote everything that goes against their ideology.
Oh dear. Been gradually getting Cerys used to maniacs in dining room, then His Lordship comes out and halfway through a scrubs episode with Cerys we see a tiny ginger head emerge from under the couch.
Good news: cerys is kinda ok, but we ain't pushing it. And i need to fix a door that won't latch.
Getting on top of things this week and preparing ads for the long weekend now instead of having an 'oh shit's moment Thursday afternoon. Will be interesting to see what the response is come Tuesday
It's meant to be warmer tomorrow but i might try my boots on the bike. I got these boots from Rivers but they all turned out to be duds. Weird sizing and they must be for a super narrow foot because they hug my feet in all the wrong places. Plus they're super heavy with a tread so hard it doesn't seem to grip anything.
Interview in 15.
Wish me luck!
I do wish I could take some time to properly recover from the health stuff but the bills need to be paid.
Edit: made the short list!!!!!!
Good luck 🤞
🐈⬛🐈⬛🐈⬛
yay 😊😸
Apartment below me is doing renos blegh. So loud when it echoes up the alleyway oof. Also hear the weeping of one of th residents next door (assisted living building), I hope she is okay.
::: spoiler tw abuse I spent yesterday with my Dad. He travelled all the way from the East to me, braving the replacement busses. We had a delicious lunch at a local cafe and I updated him on how I'm going. I finally told him what my mum said to me, that has coloured all my experiences since I was 14. And he said it was unforgivable. We commiserated about how we were victims of her abuse, and he said that it's okay if people don't understand because he understands.
It was cathartic, exactly what the small scared child in me needed.
I messaged my cousin (mums niece) on Facebook , and told her I what Pop did to me. She can do what she wants with that information, as she is a mum to two kids. I don't expect anything from her or to believe me, but I felt I needed to say something (something I wish someone had done for me). :::
I'm feeling scared, but more confident that I can be okay and eventually even happy.
It can be so hard to be honest about things like that, we get trapped in the idea that it happened because there is something wrong with us and we allow our abusers to control how we think and feel about ourselves. People who genuinely love us will always understand, and there is nothing wrong with us, only what was done to us. ❤️
It absolutely gave me a complex about my worth as a human. But hearing dad's side, and his experiences, it helped so much to hear him say he did want me and he has no regrets about me coming into being. I am wanted and loved. It'll take time to incorporate that into my brain properly.
Thank you for your kind words and care 💜💜💜 this community has helped so much
this is so true 😭
spud is a beautiful person and her dad sounds just as good
so many hugs for you all 🫂🫂🫂
💜💜💜
I think the other day you were talking about catching up w/ your dad more. So glad that happened and he understands :)
Thank you, I'm glad too. It scared me to ask if we could catch up, but honestly it helped so so much.
Well done, that’s so brave
♥️
I'm glad for you spud, you deserved that catharsis a long time ago 🙏🏼
Hello week, I hate you already. Can the clocks go already please?
Good news, it’s a 4 day week.
Three for me, then leave for 3 weeks 🎊
Apcos selling a hot cross bun cut in half with coleslaw, pickles and a dim sim inbetween, worst news of 2026?
Nooooooooooo
Sounds like they put a Labrador in charge of recipes.
They're just cleaning out their fridge.
I love all of those foods, but together?
That is an atrocity.
…why
Oh god, I rode through a park this morning to avoid where I got hit by the car and the dew on the long grass immediately soaked through to my feet. And I had to ride through the grass for such a long stretch to get to a gap in the fence to go back on the road again.
If anyone can actually get Whittlesea city council to mow their lawns in a reasonable timeframe I am begging you to do so with the recent drop in temperature
Looks like they finally found Dezi Freeman - https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/live-blog-dezi-freeman-porepunkah-shooting/105719456
Wow. Cops found Dezi and shot him.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-30/vic-dezi-freeman-search-fatal-shooting/106510112
Holy shit he was alive!? Wtf!!!???
Yeah. He had help for sure and they will find out who that was.
And that person or people will be marked out and under suspicion for the rest of their lives. I hope for their sake that they have a clean record and nothing outstanding against the law.
He knew that ground exceptionally well. He would have known where he could go
Fairly inevitable when they found him. Coppers really really don't like it when people shoot fellow coppers.
Bang bang freeze.
Maybe someone dobbed him in for the million dollars.
Possibly. Interesting.
Far out
😯
Mr Trouble has had his April spot on a bit early and is frequenting my back yard again. Yesss. Yesss. This makes it much safer and easier if he has a medical emergency/gets injured and needs to be trapped.
Edit: He’s grumpy about me applying the antifungal cream and just kept sulkily walking away from me and pulling his leg back. He doesn’t want it. But if I’m letting him in I better start trying to treat.
I found spray cans of carpet sanitizer… hope I don’t choke on the perfume.
::: spoiler spoiler It feels like Melbcat has just stepped out for a minute but I know that’s not true. I am breaking up inside about my girlie. I hate that she’s now no longer the focus :::
I've been working on updating my budget so that I'm tracking a lot of things in my spreadsheet that I was using multiple bank accounts for previously. It will make it easy to change over to a home loan with a single offset account in future and should also make it easier to provide the bank details when I apply.
I've been trying to make things as automated as possible so that I don't fall behind on tracking and can still see the balances of the different savings categories easily. I'm most of the way there, and have also been able to simplify a few areas that were getting a bit out of control - it's amazing how chaotic a spreadsheet can get when you keep tacking new things on here and there.
It is frustrating how many places still make changing direct debits difficult. My main credit card it looks like I have to cancel the debit and start again with a new one which isn't too bad, but BankWest still make you send in a paper form.
I’ve bought my allowance of Easter eggs. Ooooof
or Ooooeuf
Booooo
Boooeuf
eyren even 👀
I’m being downvoted for posting frugal tips… in the frugal instance. Alrighty then.
(Probably the clickbait headline but I seem to remember some rule about editorialising headlines. And I put a TL;DR:)
Eh try not to worry about it. There's bots and just idiot Americans and Aussie cookers on here sadly, and they'll downvote everything that goes against their ideology.
The points mean nothing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWFF7ecArBk
I know. It just seems a bit weird.
‘A fork in the kitchen? Get that out of there’
🤨
Eat the fruit. Fruit is good for you.
I buy fun sized stuff for that. I can have a whole* candy bar.
the fruit is really good this year
and fruit is healthy 👍
( and I am not allergic )
This sunshine is absolutely glorious, I just want to bask in it!
beach was nice
Oh dear. Been gradually getting Cerys used to maniacs in dining room, then His Lordship comes out and halfway through a scrubs episode with Cerys we see a tiny ginger head emerge from under the couch.
Good news: cerys is kinda ok, but we ain't pushing it. And i need to fix a door that won't latch.
I bought some magnets recently and can't find them anywhere. I think I must have thrown them away with the packaging by mistake. 🙁
I am making good inroads into fixing up the garden 😭 Knowing is was ruined and a mess was such a weight on me
so dark
Getting on top of things this week and preparing ads for the long weekend now instead of having an 'oh shit's moment Thursday afternoon. Will be interesting to see what the response is come Tuesday
Beep Beep 🚚
🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋
No coffee please, it just doesn't agree with me anymore
🍺
Thank you. I love fermented herbal drinks. 😸
Beer is a health food!
Yes
🍫
THANKS CHEF!
Carrot soufflé please
🥕🥚🥧
and beach 😊🌞🐚
Last night was the first time in my life I dreamt about food.
I dreamt I was drinking a big cool glass of milk with a spoon of milo on top. It was so delicious
It's meant to be warmer tomorrow but i might try my boots on the bike. I got these boots from Rivers but they all turned out to be duds. Weird sizing and they must be for a super narrow foot because they hug my feet in all the wrong places. Plus they're super heavy with a tread so hard it doesn't seem to grip anything.
But they are meant to be waterproof