I made it to Sydney for my birthday today and the weather really put on a show. Short sleeves and sun hat and 500% good mood despite feeling like I nearly died a few times on the fucking roads. Getting thoroughly spoiled for the weekend. Made a few professional contacts this week too which was rewarding

E: thanks everyone for the lovely wishes!! Somehow lemmys notifications weren't working so I saw nothing until now when I'm just about to go to bed and thought I'd check the dt. It's actually great not being on a device all day. I've decided I'm going to go on more long trips and get through the backlog of Conversations with Richard Fidler

Man. Both my parents recently did ancestry kits. My mum’s dad was adopted so it was nice to work out where she really came from and she’s connected with a long lost uncle (I think I’ve mentioned that in the DT before)

But 90% of the stuff that has come out has been both fascinating and a headache. As the family academic historian, the job of wading through the shit has fallen to me. I love it but god damn once skeletons are out of that closet there’s no way to put them back.

Through ancestry we’ve found out that adopted grandfather is likely the result of family sexual violence, which is why the family wiped all record of him and long lost great-uncle never knew he existed; mum’s mum is not related to her parents at all, not anyone else in her family. She’s actually the child of a young girl that lived down the street who was 16 at the time she had nana. The father is the 46 year old father of her friend; it’s likely that the woman who, according to the new family tree, is nana’s niece, is actually also her sibling, which means old mate had a sexual relationship of some kind with his daughter.

I was just helping dad this morning. Populate his family tree and BAM. Ancestry gives us his grandparent’s marriage certificate, but also 4 OTHER marriage certificates in the name of his grandfather, with other women all over the world. And no divorce certificates. 🤦‍♀️ old mate had 5 wives and god knows how many children.

Is it too early for wine?

Korean fried chicken and crispy lettuce sleeves 👌

I just want to eat all the things, so I have assembled an emergency vegetable stick plate with garlic yoghurt dip. Hopefully this will distract me from less healthy alternatives.

snack

Tinyest is still not happy. We’re trying a dummy. He hates it, but refuses to let go till he spits it out. I tried to remove it and got smacked. I didn’t know he had that level of hand control!

My first tip is really more a superstition than a tip. If you spill salt, you have to flick some over your left shoulder and you might as well flick some over your right too for good measure because my Nana said so and she lived until her 80s.

I asked the google lady what Ballarats weather will be like this weekend and I swear I heard laughter from the speakers.

What Am I?

I have eyes but I can’t see
I have skin but I can’t feel anything
I can be sweet but I’m not a piece of candy
I can be baked but I’m not a cake
I am best prepared in a microwave

Today started off as a bish of a day. But I wasn’t about to let that keep me down. Made a successive purchase at UniQlo . Got a couple of errands done, the others will have to wait until next week. Did a bit of walking. Just need shower, something to eat then chill for the rest of the night I think

Hmm, there is a suspicious smell in the lounge room. The dog is blaming the cat. The cat is blaming the dog. I think going for a walk until it clears might be the best option at this point.

Screw it. Just ordered the triple cheese toasted sandwich with gochujang butter from Drom.

Lactose intollerance be damned. I have my tablets. This is happening.

I might have also ordered a chocolate pecan cookie which is basically a brownie in cookie form.

Didn’t have “watch a Coup d'état go down” on the cards for my weekend. But hey, I’m here for it!

I've strained my neck and shoulder with too much crocheting. Very rock & roll.

Bootcamp ✅

Breakfast with bootcamp ladies ✅

Dental appointment 👎

Homework 👎

Would you guys like me to give you household tips everyday? Because I have a lot of books on the subject and I have done many experiments over the years. My mum and dad were cleaners in past lives. We call cobwebs "Christmas decorations".

My daughter just called me a "doonasaur" and I am fully there for it.

Why am I sick again? I was sick last month? Not bad thankfully, but I'd love a few month stretch of no cough and no nose issues thanks

Tinyest is in near meltdown. He’s tired as shit but won’t sleep, and has slobbered so much he’s soaked 2 sets of clothes tonight. Bit worried we might be teething but he’s still under 3 months.

Wondering how long we let this go on before we give him some baby Panadol.

I was supposed to have a gym workout this morning, but I pulled out of it so my sore throat and I could stay in bed

I have procured strepsils and betadine gargle. I actually feel okay at the moment otherwise, but I felt awful last night so I’m being a bit precious

Creatives of the DT, the boss of Aussie Zone is keen for suggestions for a new icon/logo (one that contains Tasmania perhaps?)

https://aussie.zone/comment/281653

Thanks for new thread @Goddess_Amaterasu@aussie.zone

My cat has well and truly entered his parasitic phase for winter, he's basically suctioncupped to me for the remainder of the year now.

I am planning a day in the city, now I just need to wait for a day that I am both not working and that does not look likely to be rainy. It might be a while.

I was going to do Useful Things but this weather is just demanding that I curl up with a cuppa, a book, and a blanket. And maybe a wee bit of shortbread. Oh well.

Toasted sangy for lunch. Caught in the rain in the way home. Pea n ham soup in the slow cooker. Finally installing heated grips on the bike. Listening to Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666. VV a bit gaunt these days, but thanks for the love metal anyways. 😂

So excited for toasty hands that I can feel when I’m riding, instead sad frozen hand that make me manoeuvre like a mannequin. 🖤

Another day another bunch of hours doing volunteer work for my organisation. Felt so good to be among my tribe all day and help some members of our community live better lives. Between that and some aa meetings I'm going to feel pretty damn good about myself.

Not much else to report other than it was bloody cold and hand warmers are fantastic.

One of my favourite youtube channels has put out a video on the submarine thing, explaining how it was built, what might have gone wrong to lose it and how it was found

I was waiting for him to comment.

I'm in that weird state where I feel like I'm hungry but I nothing sounds appetizing. Been smashing big glasses of water which is probably just adding to the confusion.

Anyway, I've been binging the mystery/horror TV show "From" this week. I've been really good to not read anything online about where it's going but I'm only 4 episodes from being caught up. I was a sucker for Lost when it aired, so the mystery part of this has me curious. Hopefully the answers aren't lame.

Watching Wayne's World (thanks peeps) and the teenage nostalgia is hitting me hard.

Also Tia Carrere is a babe and a half

Shwiiiing

Had a borderline productive day today, wife went to get takeaway for dinner and some other errands, had a shower, got my cozy clothes on....it's motherfucking nap time!!!!!

Spotify liked playlist + Briqs burning in the open fire = very happy Chez Trin.
Also I'm reminded that I have... eclectic taste in music.

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for anyone following the news coming out of Russia

Going through some old paperwork as part of Operation Sort Shit and found my father's birth and death certificates in an old envelope of tax stuff from two decades back.
I was that close to putting it aside for disposal without checking... 😳

Sorry fam no gyoza you're stuck with 2 day old croissants. They're still good though.

Some days they hand over the coffee and immediately I can sense it's a bit light and I'm like maybe they just made it extra frothy which is crap but whatever. Then I open the lid and sure enough it's not filled to the rim - like I mean a good 2cm under. My eye starts twitching and I'm like is that too petty for me to get pissed? At what point do you go this is bullshit and ask them to fill it right up (which reminds me of a simpsons episode where Homer was getting a dessert or something and was asking that acne teenager to "fill it up...righttt up")

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