Moose Musings

11:31pm: I can't remember if I updated yesterday - LOL - but I thought I should do so now just in case I haven't.

Not much to report, although I didn't end up staying with Mum and Dad's tonight because they're doing their taxes (which reminds me that I need to get onto that...) so the bed was covered in papers. But I did meet with them to go out to dinner - chicken schnitzel with salad and chips, yum! Then we went back to the parentals Mum and I watched our shows before Mum drove me back home with my Lite n Easy.

So here I am back at the apartment having just finished playing some more Lady Bigwallet on Sims 4, although I've now got an Alternate Alternate Bigwallet thing going on because basically I realised I made it kind of easy on myself having her and the gardener getting married before Lady was actually rich. So yeah...

Anywho, I better go because I have to get to bed and it's only 20 minutes to midnight!

Sorry for the short entry :OP

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9:30pm: Yes! I finally got the game to open and reconnect with Trevor, Hetty, Thor, Sass, Pete, Isaac, Alberta and Flower, as Isaac would say "Huzzah!"

I also went to my Hill Valley save to see if that would load up, which it did, hooray! Although, Biff's grandma (currently a teen) manage to set the kitchen on fire... and because her family lives in a tiny apartment in Chicago the fireperson took their sweet time getting up there and then just stood around for most of the Sim day. Fortunately Gertrude's father managed to put out the fire himself. LOL, just crazy Sims 3 stuff.

In real life news, today was the last Beginner's Archery lesson! I started off pretty well, despite the wind (which because of how close we were to the target didn't actually affect the arrow, but it did make it harder to aim with the bow!), but I still can't quite figure out the damn sight thing, is it too low? Is it too high? Too much to the left? Or the right? Who even knows :OP

However, I along with the rest of the class passed and we each get a certificate that says we know enough about archery now to be safely admitted to any archery field in Australia and the world. Wow nice! And next Sunday I'll be heading down again to hopefully join the Adbow class (which I've belated realised stands for Adult Bow, as Kid Bow is obviously for kids, don't know how I missed that one).

I also found out what sized bow I should have, which unsurprisingly is a shorter one than what I had... although the poundage of the draw-back (if that's the right term) tends to be heavier, which is a bit of a worry for me since I'm a weakling. Also if I do buy my own bow, unlike the ones we've been practicing with are metal rather than wood and heavier. Man... shakes head. Still it would be pretty neat to have my own bow with a green riser (the part that you hold), although that might be a bit much, the cheapest bow you can get (that's not second hand or whatever) is like $250. Might be a bit much, since I did buy my own ice skates, which i haven't used in ages, grumbles at self.

Anyway! After archery I went straight to my Aunt and Uncle's place for the family brunch, and thankfully it was literally just around the corner, because Mum told me to come at 11, but it was more like 11:30. I didn't miss the brunch though, which was great because it was delicious! Also I'm relieved to announce that my blueberry muffins tasted great! I was honestly a bit concerned about them yesterday when they seemed kind of...over cooked. However, my aunt put them in the microwave for like 40 seconds before serving them and they were nice and soft. Huzzah! Also despite my concern there was a nice amount of dollop cream left over, which as agreed I got to take home as well as a few leftover muffins. Hmmm...I wonder if I should take them into the office, maybe not as there's only 3.

I dropped Dad home on my way back to my place, where I got my Sims game going and continued to watch James Turner's Bigwallet marathon, which is set to end around 10pm tomorrow night. Which is probably for the best because it makes for very addictive watching LOL.

Also distracting! It's a quarter past 10 now, so I better haul, before I go though...

The Friday Five

13/9/24

These questions were written by Dreamwidth user zenigotchas.

1. What's the strangest, unexplainable incident you have experienced or have heard of? Hmm...well the Bermuda Triangle stuff used to sound pretty creepy, but there seems to be logical explanations for all of that. I guess...they time I had this dream at camp and the very next day it came true! O.o Unfortunately, it wasn't a very fun dream. Creepy!

2. Which mythical creatures or cryptids do you think are most likely to exist or have existed? Hmmm...I dunno... maybe Big Foot? Although it'd pretty cool if there used to be unicorns.

3. If you became a mythical figure how do you think you'd be portrayed? Hmm... I honestly haven't got a clue, depends what sort of mythical figure I became! If it was a Greek Goddess I'd probably be a really beee-eetch.

4. What animal do others find creepy that you find cute? *Scratches head* I'm not sure I can think of one to be honest. Charlotte, from Charlotte's web is pretty cute for a spider, but then that was probably the point of the animation. LOL.

5. What is your favorite lost civilization? Well, you can't really go past Atlantis can you? That would indeed be a sight to see!

And now it's past 10:30, so I better wrap this up and head off.

Goodnight all!

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10:57pm: Rather lazy day today, we didn't go into town or anything like that, although we did go to the fancy hotel down the road in the afternoon. I was considering having an iced chocolate there while Mum and her friend had some cocktails, but I decided not to since I was having a burger for dinner and since I'm not allowed to order from the kids menu (booo) I figured I better leave room for it.

For a lot of the day Mum and I hung out at the small pool here at our hotel, although we did move our sun lounges into the shade because even if it's technically winter here the sun is still very hot and bright. We did briefly get in the pool, which was a bit chilly when one first got in but it wasn't so bad after a while, not that we stayed in for long. Then to dry off we headed over to the strip of grass across the small road that's in front of the beach and is exclusive to hotel guests - although I'm not sure how they enforce that. It has a super nice view of the coral reef and the sea beyond.

I did do quite a bit of reading and them embroidering of my Pusheen on the beach, but alas no McFly July fanficcing, which is a bit awkward seeing as this is the last day of July and even if I use the excuse of not needing to finish it until tomorrow I'd need to do like...nineteen in one day. But I said I wouldn't worry too much about it, since it's just for fun.

Since it was such a lazy day I don't have much to report although the itchiness has returned, which is bloody annoying, I should book a doctor's appointment when I get back. I hope it's nothing too serious!

Anywho, I was writing on McFly July prompt, before doing this entry - since I thought I'd have more to say, but I didn't LOL.

Although Mum, her friend and I have been having fun trying to do a crossword from a book said friend bought from the airport. It's proving to be very difficult indeed! But hilarious, they've got some very odd answers to clues.

Right on that note, I should be off!

Goodnight.

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11:40pm: Yes indeed! This evening was Mrs S's Christmas Party - or rather get together, since there was only her, me and the other carer there, but I did wear my Santa hat (not the springy one though LOL) and Mrs S wore this antler headband she got the other week.

Anyway! We had it at the same restaurant in the RSL as last year, I did consider the idea of having lasagna (with chips and salad) rather than the special parmagana thing, but seeing as I make my own lasagna - and it's pretty dam tasty if I do say so myself - I decided to go with the parmagana after all, most yummy!

Before that I was at M and Grandpa's, although there was some weirdness there, I called M earlier this week to confirm we'd be coming over to see her and play Canasta at one pm. However, M's memory isn't want it used to be and she didn't write it down in her diary by today she'd forgotten about it! So when I turned up after volunteering at the library no-one was home!

I called M's mobile and then Grandpa's put no answer, so finally I called Mum since she's usually up to date on M and Grandpa's movements and it turned out they were all together, looking at one of the other retirement villages, M is having trouble moving about lately, so they might need one of those serviced places and the they were going to have lunch there.

This was bad news for me because not only was I hungry - it was lunchtime! I really needed to go to the bathroom, and I couldn't get the key box to open and I'd also forgotten they have a few public facilities on site so I ended up leaving.

I went just down the road to the shops there, where I got some chips, but there were no toilets there either, do'h! So I ended up in Dee Why.

It was bloody hot today, so I considered going home, but M still wasn't answering her mobile, so I called Grandpa, who was still with Mum who answered and said M was looking forward to seeing me, so off I went, which was great because we got to play Canasta although we didn't finish our game, so I'll have to go back. :OD

Anywho, I better wrap this up because work's on tomorrow and it's nearly midnight!

Goodnight all!

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10:46pm: Not sure if I mentioned this but I borrowed a DVD series from the library the other week called The 72 Cutest Animals and of course it's full of cuteness! They've just shown the Elephant Seal, the adults aren't that cute, but the little calfs sure are! Man, I love seals and how they have to wriggle along, LMAO, boing, boing, boing! And so on :OP Looove it.

Anyway moving along, it's been a busy day! First there was work at Mona Vale Library this morning, it started off rather quiet, but ended up being quite busy and then afterwards volunteering at Dee Why Library. I arrived rather later than usual for the latter because I forgot my phone this morning so had to go via the Granny Flat to get it and I also had to pick up my newly altered pinstripe pants! :O) They're looking good although I have tried them on yet.

Speaking of pants though, I did buy a black pair with wider legs at Warriewood yesterday, I got them from Suzanne Grae which is kind of an old lady clothes shop, but it has the benefit of short length pants, which means they actually fit me without needing to be taken up! Praise the Lord! They look very nice, except they do seem to be slightly tight? But I think they'll expand a bit, I hope so! But it's not like I could have got the next size up because then they'd be too big. Seriously, what's up with pants and me? Pisses me off.

Eeee! Break in proceedings to say the panda has just shown up on the DVD and eeee they're so CUTE!!! They look like soccerballs! It cracks me up.

What else to report? Well, my throat seems to be a bit dry today...weird, I hope I'm not getting a cold (knock on wood), maybe I should gargle or something?

Oh! And I almost forgot, dinner with the co-worker last night went really well! On Mrs S's advice I made cupcakes, but I think I mucked up the recipe a little because they didn't come out as nice as they usually do. In fact the first batch was kind of a write-off to be honest. Oh well, at least I got the frosting right this time around!

My co-worker baked chicken and added some Hoysien sauce (I think), which was Chinese inspired, but there was also mashed potato and sliced potato with a Peruvian sauce on it. Which I've tried before at Mrs S's place, it's quite nice! And the second batch of cupcakes turned out OK, so there was that as well. Her boyfriend who lives in the sharehouse too joined us, so that was interesting!

So yeah good time being social, go me.

Anyway, I better wrap this up and head off, I've got to go to bed and do my Russian!

But! I can inform you the panda got to be number 1 in the list, as it should be, LOL.

Sand now, goodnight!

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11:18pm: Yeeeessss! After work today I went over to M and Grandpa's place so M and I could play Canasta together and as you can probably guess from my subject title, I won! Yaaaaays! I have to admit I was greatly assisted by the first hand. I shuffled the cards, but I still ended up with all the wild cards - necessary for making Canastas, so I was like way ahead. But! M is known for her fight backs and she got awfully close to beating me. :O) Gotta keep on your toes.

Moving on, not a lot to report, I didn't update yesterday because I've fallen into this one day on, one day off thing, but I'm pleased to say despite feeling rather lazy I got off my butt and went to the gym, good for me! Oh! And it went well with the pyschiatrist who gave me some more tips and I've also arranged to to see him in three months rather then the six we've been doing. :O) With any luck I'll be able to work on my anxiety and cut down on the panic attacks. It would appear that I naturally breath a little faster than is normal, which makes it rather easy for me to start hyperventilating, which is the enemy of the panicky person. So I really should work on that...I need to listen to my mindful breathing app before I go to sleep. Although I neglected to do that yesterday because I got distracted by a fanfic - although not mine :OP I'm still working on it though!

I ended up going to be late though, which isn't doing my eyelid twitch any good, it's still going a bit...and I can't sleep in on Sundays since I go to church in the morning. So yes, better not stay up too late, even though I didn't get to watch my house shows this evening because I needed to watch the Bridget Jones' Baby DVD I got from the library, I was going to renew it because it's due tomorrow, but someone's got a hold on it, so...But I managed to do that so everything's coming up Moose! :OP

Right, on that note, I better be off (gawd, I've fallen way behind on the memes again, gotta do something about that). My one regret is I didn't get a chance to go ice skating...and also that I need to get my blades sharpened, man, it's such a long drive out there.

Guess I'll have to wait for next week.

Oh! And I almost forgot, whilst I didn't stay over at the M and Grandpa's, I did have dinner there, Grandpa had made spaghetti mince so we had pasta with a salad. Delicious!

For now, I bid you all goodnight!

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10:45pm: Well that sucks...I was all set to start my application for the library technician job, but as I read over the position description I realised...well shit...I don't actually have the skillset! This is a damn shame and also a bit embarrassing since I mentioned I was going to apply and now, well I look kind of dumb.

I had no idea library technicians were supposed to know about creating programs for the community and knowing about reading advisories and all that jazz. But I suppose that makes sense, the Librarian looks over everything, the library assistant follows instructions and the library technician is the person in the middle. To be honest I'm not the sort of person who wants to work on complicated projects and shit, I'm too lazy for that kind of effort. I probably shouldn't say that though...

Moving on, I did get the other stuff I wanted to do today, like go to the gym and go shopping - I was out of cheese! While doing that I decided I'd try my hand at making something new for dinner, beef stroganoff. I've had it before of course, but not in some time! I got the idea from Mrs S who had it for dinner last night (she has it quite often actually) so I got the sauce and fetticine and cooked it up tonight. It was pretty good! I should add to my repitore!

What else to report? Well, I haven't finished cleaning which is the story of my life because I'm a lazy ass :OP but seriously, I need to pick up my game because I'm pretty sure Mum will be visitng the place tomorrow and also it's pretty uncool to leave clothes and stuff on the floor. Although I've said it before and I'll say it again, I don't know how that stuff ends up on the floor, I don't remember putting it there.

Oh! And I don't have the photos, but yesterday when I went to the mall to collect Mrs S's new portable oven I went to the Pop Culture shop there...and they had Pusheen stuff! I couldn't resist! I bought a pencil case and the small regular Pusheen plush, they're both sooo cute! Although I probably shouldn't be buying stuff, but sometimes you gotta treat yo'self as they say.

Anyway, I better wrap this up, I have to get to bed soon (although, honestly I should be in bed now, I'm not gonna get my 8 hours!) and trim my fingernails again...why the Hell do they keep growing so fast, meanwhile my hair is taking forever to grow out. Annoying.

Right, off I go! Goodnight all!

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11:15pm: I swear the change themselves, it's very annoying.

Although I've just had a terrible thought, maybe someone has changed it! I don't think so...but I have had a lot of odd emails bounce back...

Oh crap...I've just checked the recent activity on my Yahoo account and there's some decidedly weird shit there...like my account's been accessed from India and China! Unless that's just when I've used Hola! to change my location...but I don't think so.

But I've all ready changed my password so many times I have no idea what I could use that I'd even remember! Except I also remember enabling two-step authentication so that I'd get an SMS on my phone if there was any shenanigans. But then perhaps I only did that after these weird sign ins, they're from 7 and 8 months ago.

Well, I've changed the password now so hopefully weird shit won't go down again.

Right, moving on, not a lot to report...except once again it's a lot later than I expected! And I haven't done my Russian yet, which I really need to do, although my phone is currently plugged in with a reaally short cable so I'm not sure how that's going to work. I might have to lie on the floor, LOL.

I'm at the parental units' place now for my usual Sunday night stay-over, we had Chinese for dinner, complete with honey chicken, which was super yummy indeed!

Also it means I can watch the house shows with Mum, and we can raise an eyebrow whenever they mention "granite" they're all about granite bench tops and double sinks, LOL.

But like I said time is getting on so I better wrap this up. Here's hoping I won't have any more password woes. Fingers crossed!

Goodnight all!

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10:25pm: Not one I've been undertaking, no I'm talking about this episode of MacGyver where his company's idea of stress relief is going on a day long hike complete with crossing a disturbingly flimsy looking bridge. Worst idea ever, although what MacGyver's doing up there when he's supposedly afraid of heights, however the fact he climbs mountains and such seems to refute that. But then again that's MacGyver for you, LOL.

So, today I went over to M and Grandpa's after work for Canasta, unfortunately for me I hadn't realised that M was expecting me to call and confirm that I was coming. Because I hadn't she'd gone swimming in the morning and was heading off to have her rest when I arrived. Whoops!

Then there was lunch, which was very delicious, but took quite a while because that's M and Grandpa's main meal of the day, so by the time M and I got around to starting the game (that was another thing I managed to forget to bring the score of the previous game we hadn't finished) it was 3pm! Suffice to say we didn't finish this game either, so now there's two unfinished games to complete and I'm losing in both of them! Hopefully, I can make an amazing comeback in at least one.

Also, my baggy pants situation is getting quite silly now, so I decided to pop by the Narrabeen Vinnies to see if I could find a second hand pair that would fit better. I thought I'd managed to score a good deal, but sadly they've proved to be too small - they were sort of stretchy so I thought I'd get by. But no dice...damn that's twelve bucks I won't get back....Grandpa did suggest seeing if I could get an exchange of sorts, apparently they let him do it once, but he is an older gentleman so the Vinnies people probably figured he was legit.

In other news, Nedshenko is still with us...fingers crossed! Hopefully, this will continue.

( Anyway, I better move quick with some Memes before I head off )

Whoo! I've finally caught up with Unconscious Mutterings, go me! :OD

Right, better hit the sheets now!

Goodnight all!

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11:16pm: Which means I can't think of a good title here...I was going to make it about the fact the Aldi at Mona Vale seems to have stopped selling double length toilet paper, but I thought that'd be a bit embarrassing.

Seriously, though, where's the double length toilet paper go? That was super handy! Four rolls instead of 8, which is great in a flat such as mine where there's not a heap of space. I guess I should have gone to another Aldi, but figured they would have restocked by now. I guess I'll have to keep an eye out to see if this is a store-wide thing. I hope not!

Ha ha you know it's a slow news day for Moose when I spend a paragraph going on about toilet paper.

I had planned to do more exciting things today, such as go ice skating, but I need to get my skates sharpened which means going to the skating shop first and if I did that I'd end up finishing my skating session just as peak hour starts. Having driven in that situation before I can safely say, fuck that. I hope to go tomorrow though, although that will probably mean driving home in the dark a bit. Hopefully, not too much!

I did get to the doctor's though, however, to my great disappointment I wasn't bulk billed and thus am out of pocket $40 and I forgot about asking for a flu shot! Damn, fail! I'm not a rich person, that $40 covers my food for a week!

Unfortunately, the weird look of my toenail is a fugal infection...shit, so now I have to use this anti-fugal that could apparently take 2 months to work! Ugh. On the fortunate side, it's not related to the wart treatment I've been using, so I can go back to using it. That'll take months too...I could have it frozen off, but that would probably take more than one session and hurt. Boo.

Oh and I got to the breakfast this morning, sadly though there were no crossiants available and everything else was bloody expensive so I went with a muffin, which was very big and I didn't in fact finish. I wrapped it up in a napkin and bought it home, so I can have it tomorrow.

Right, I was thinking of doing a meme, but like I said, I'm a tired Moose so I better be off to catch up on my zzzs!

Goodnight all!

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