Looked up the local council's laws regarding planting on the nature strip (verge) and they're much better than where we used to live (you can actually plant plants for one!) but the list of approved plants includes several highly invasive species. Like, wtf?! Why?

Imagine if there was a form of energy production that didn't exploit the Earth or kickstart wars...

I bought a notebook to use as a gardening journal so I can keep a record of everything I plant and do to our home's yards 😄

I thought it would be fun to increase the front door camera sensitive so I could capture videos of birds sitting in our tree but instead it just goes off everytime the wind blows 😅

We haven't set up Lockjaw's tank yet so she's been in dry dock for the past few days. Saw-shelled turtles need water to hydrate, eat, and poop so she's been hanging out in our laundry sink and bathtub on and off.

Literally found it on the Internet Archive as soon as I posted this 😅 archive.org/details/masq...

I want to watch Masque of the Red Death but the only thing capable of playing blurays that is currently set up is the PS4 which Little One is using... Why no streaming?

Friend: Wait, I thought Carpenter was your favourite director? Me: Nope, it's always been Romero. You do know that Little One's middle name is "Romero", right? Friend: Yeah, but I just thought it was some historical reference like Romulus or Hannibal or something.

Ten horror movie villains to get to know me. Jason Vorhees Michael Myers Sadako (specifically; not Samara) Chucky Norman Bates Candyman Pinhead/The Hell Priest Captain Howdy/Pazuzu Prince Prospero Cthulhu #HorrorSky #HorrorMovies #FilmSky

Without stating your age, post a movie that released when you turned 18.

Ten horror movies to get to know me! Night of the Living Dead Alien/Aliens Event Horizon Halloween The Fog Critters Tremors The Evil Dead Sinners The Thing Bonus: 30 Days of Night, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, Candyman, Us, Alien: Romulus, 28 Weeks Later, People Under the Stairs, Braindead

First morning in our new home!!! This was the view that greeted me . My phone camera doesn't do it justice - you can clearly see the distant mountain range with the naked eye. 😍

We are now moving the kitties across to the new house! They're not fans of the car. 😅

Day 2 of moving: the removalists were great! Efficient, careful, and polite. They spoke a different language to each other, I think one of the Islander languages. I didn't want to make them uncomfortable by asking what language they were speaking but it sounding really lyrical. It was quite pretty.

We have greatly underestimated how much stuff we own 😅

Day 1 of moving: Little One had a disrupted night and didn't fall asleep until 5:30am 😅 Moving stuff with only two hours of sleep is proving to be "fun" 😖

All the furniture is disassembled for the moving truck so we're sleeping on the floor tonight 😅

Spent most of today offline, reading mostly. The next few days are going to be very hectic and I wanted to enjoy a few hours of calm while I could.

As happy as I am about the house, things have been really stressful the past few days. So, of course, the car battery decided that the day before we move was the best day to up and die on us 😅 Just very thankful for all the great friends we have who are always willing to help us out when needed.

News: Australian expat...American expat...British expat... Also, News: Iranian immigrant...Mexican immigrant...Nigerian immigrant...

I usually do my shopping at the nearby asian foodmart but I stopped at Woolworths tonight for the first time in forever and instantly regretted it. Woolworths is such a basic bitch 😆

Kiddo and I made a start on the main garden bed. We still have all the plants in the yellow areas to remove. Kiddo gave a massive effort and helped pull up a good twenty plants or more.

I spent yesterday afternoon identifying the plants in our new backyard and 75% of them are toxic to humans which means I need to remove them because Little One enjoys eating nature 😅

WE OWN A HOUSE!!!

About to go do our pre-settlement inspection on our new home! And tomorrow, we get the keys!!!

Me: *lists good condition items for free* People: ... Me: *lists the same good condition items for $20* People: 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋 People just don't like free stuff, I guess 🤣

Decided I wanted to make a peach cobbler but you have to have custard with a cobbler so I'm trying to make custard but I think it's ended up more as slightly thicker warm milk 🤣

I feel you can tell what generation a fellow LGBTQIA+ peep is from just by asking them for their thoughts on the term "queer".

We could call it POBBLEBONK!!!

Grabbed this for free on Steam. store.steampowered.com/app/599140/G...

I have four separate gardens that I want to create at our new home! 1. Food Forest with native and non-native plants 2. Memorial Tea Garden with loved ones favourite plants 3. Vegetable Patch with high-use vegetables and annual herbs 4. Pollinator Garden with a range of wildlife attracting plants

On another adventure with the pre-teens/teens! This time, we took a train to a large shopping precinct. They've chosen to walk around the mall unsupervised so I've taken up residency in the library. Garden planning for the new house!

I'm taking a group of pre-teens/teens into the city for the day. I'm still exhausted after yesterday so this should be fun 😅

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Due to the age of our new suburb, and surrounding suburbs, many houses are named. So far, I haven't found anything to suggest that our house has previously held a name, though, so we'll likely end up choosing a name for it. My first thought is "Lily-of-the-Valley" for its familial importance but

Our new home will still be situated on the traditional land of the Jagera, Yuggera and Ugarapul peoples of the Yugara/Yagara Language Group.

If we end up with an angry ghost, it'll be him, enraged by the socialist doctor who works in public health, the outspoken socialist female, and the gender-fabulous teen now living in the house. 😆

Started researching them and they're actually extremely prominent in the establishment of our city. But get this, the dude felt that the most conservative political party of his time wasn't conservative enough and joined a spin-off party that was hardline anti-socialism and anti-labour laws 😅

Since I've been in bed recuperating, I thought I'd get a start on researching the history of our new home. I found the original owners and located they're grave in the nearby cemetery, so I'm going to go take a look at it on the weekend (as you do!).

Do other poeple have rage as a side-effect to taking prednisone or is it just me? Whenever I have it, I get Red Hulk-like levels of rage. It's the weirdest thing. I have to keep to myself when I'm on it, otherwise I get really short with people who do nothing wrong.

Today has been wild. Started with surgery on my sculp and a minor reaction to the local anaesthetic. Then I bought a "cheese & onion" roll that the baker assured me was "just cheese and onion" but it was FULL OF PINEAPPLE and I didn't notice until I ATE SOME and I am DEATHLY ALLERGIC to PINEAPPLE!

The book I'm reading mentioned something called the "Trail of Tears". I had no clue what it was so I googled it. Fucking hell 😭

"Make Your Own" food is always my go-to when I have to feed multiple children. I just make sure everything is gluten-free, nut-free, dairy-free, egg-free (and vegan, when needed) and let the kids have at it. 😆

Soon to have a house full of pre-teens over for a LAN party Send help.

They need to do bluelight discos but for Millennials.

Just drove past a giant goanna eating a kangaroo. #OnlyInAustralia

Is it a box? Is it a tray? Eitherway, I sits.

It was four days of being able to simple exist in my own space by myself. It was so good! I used to solo adventure a lot before having kids. This was my first time back at it in 14 years. It was meant to be five full days but I came home half a day early as I missed the kids 😅

It was four days of being able to simple exist in my own space by myself. It was so good! I used to solo adventure a lot before having kids. This was my first time back at it in 14 years. It was meant to be five full days but I came home half a day early as I missed the kids 😅