Christmas Eve party: egg nog - the boozy doozy, and it's cousin the creamy dreamy (same recipe, no alcohol: there are underage teenagers at the party and this will be theirs).
Christmas Day 'rello bash': standard pav with cream, strawbs, bluebs, kiwi, and passionfruit. There should be at least one, maybe two other pavs on the day - last time we did this, I think we ended up with something like three pavlovas and there was actually leftovers! So the pressure is quite off for this one.
Boxing Day 'family lunch': iced vovo pav - basically raspberry and coconut-flavoured pav. But I think I'll use fresh raspbs instead of raspberry jam. They shall be my guinea pigs! *maniacal laughter*
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Trying to use YNAB (You Need A Budget) because I suck at doing anything but spending and I've been fortunate so far. I don't see that continuing in future, though. And, uh, wow my spending habits... *facepalm*
While doing so, just had a small panic that I hadn't sorted out my rego. I did all the things for renewing online, but haven't received a notification to say that it was done. But when I call it tells me by car isn't available for rego anymore, and the payment went through okay, so...I guess?
Oh, wait, "rego due December 2020" is next year. I'm a dingbat.
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B1 and I are presently planning to do the 'No Junk January' challenge. Possibly with an interlude for Chinese New Year/Australia Day. Or I might talk to her about making an exception for social gatherings - January is a time when there are more parties and stuff, but if we're not snacking at home, that would probably change things for us. Well, for me more than for her, since I'm awake more hours and therefore eat more hours. I think the trick might be persuading her to send all the junk in the house over to B2's place (who's pretty much off sugar right now). For B1, the issue is going to be convenience more than anything else.
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I made potato cakes/latkes this morning, had one with a fried egg, and slipped another into B1's lunchbox.
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Hired a guy from Airtasker on Saturday night to turn up Sunday morning 8am. I asked him if that was okay, he said yes. I gave him my details then told him to call if he was late. When he didn't turn up at 9, I cancelled the job. I have no patience for people who waste my time anymore.
I reposted the job on Airtasker, raising the price a little, and got someone offering to take the job for a bit more than I'd planned. But he could be there in 30 minutes and I went 'yeah, okay'. He turned up on time. Kid is straight out of school, taking on oddjobs. He worked like a trooper with the fiddly bits of the irrigation system that I can't manage (tennis elbow injury) and was very helpful.
He's more expensive than I wanted to pay, but he turned up on time, was capable and competent, and could think for himself.
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The reviews of Cats are hilarious. But the friend who offered to go see Rise Of Skywalker with anyone (it's her second time) hasn't responded to my comment that I'd like to go. She also didn't invite me to her yearly birthday party, so...I may not be in her good books anymore.
Come to think of it, I may not be in the good books of any of that crowd anymore (except for the older guy who's into Furries and K-Pop)...
Wait, reminder: one of them invited me to go to Scandinavia with her in June year, but I couldn't because money and the Australia and Southeast Asia trip in Feb next year...
Sometimes I need the reminders that people actually invite me to spend time with them to reassure myself that I'm not universally loathed. Brainweasels can be hell.
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eggsbenedict is due to turn up in an hour to help assemble and set up garden beds (again) and so I'd better get out and start doing the prep. Oh, and bind the tennis elbow so I remember not to screw it up too much further.
Once the garden beds are done, can lay out the irrigation systems, and then it's just planting and watering for the next three months until the Garden Trail thingy...
Christmas Day 'rello bash': standard pav with cream, strawbs, bluebs, kiwi, and passionfruit. There should be at least one, maybe two other pavs on the day - last time we did this, I think we ended up with something like three pavlovas and there was actually leftovers! So the pressure is quite off for this one.
Boxing Day 'family lunch': iced vovo pav - basically raspberry and coconut-flavoured pav. But I think I'll use fresh raspbs instead of raspberry jam. They shall be my guinea pigs! *maniacal laughter*
--
Trying to use YNAB (You Need A Budget) because I suck at doing anything but spending and I've been fortunate so far. I don't see that continuing in future, though. And, uh, wow my spending habits... *facepalm*
While doing so, just had a small panic that I hadn't sorted out my rego. I did all the things for renewing online, but haven't received a notification to say that it was done. But when I call it tells me by car isn't available for rego anymore, and the payment went through okay, so...I guess?
Oh, wait, "rego due December 2020" is next year. I'm a dingbat.
--
B1 and I are presently planning to do the 'No Junk January' challenge. Possibly with an interlude for Chinese New Year/Australia Day. Or I might talk to her about making an exception for social gatherings - January is a time when there are more parties and stuff, but if we're not snacking at home, that would probably change things for us. Well, for me more than for her, since I'm awake more hours and therefore eat more hours. I think the trick might be persuading her to send all the junk in the house over to B2's place (who's pretty much off sugar right now). For B1, the issue is going to be convenience more than anything else.
--
I made potato cakes/latkes this morning, had one with a fried egg, and slipped another into B1's lunchbox.
--
Hired a guy from Airtasker on Saturday night to turn up Sunday morning 8am. I asked him if that was okay, he said yes. I gave him my details then told him to call if he was late. When he didn't turn up at 9, I cancelled the job. I have no patience for people who waste my time anymore.
I reposted the job on Airtasker, raising the price a little, and got someone offering to take the job for a bit more than I'd planned. But he could be there in 30 minutes and I went 'yeah, okay'. He turned up on time. Kid is straight out of school, taking on oddjobs. He worked like a trooper with the fiddly bits of the irrigation system that I can't manage (tennis elbow injury) and was very helpful.
He's more expensive than I wanted to pay, but he turned up on time, was capable and competent, and could think for himself.
--
The reviews of Cats are hilarious. But the friend who offered to go see Rise Of Skywalker with anyone (it's her second time) hasn't responded to my comment that I'd like to go. She also didn't invite me to her yearly birthday party, so...I may not be in her good books anymore.
Come to think of it, I may not be in the good books of any of that crowd anymore (except for the older guy who's into Furries and K-Pop)...
Wait, reminder: one of them invited me to go to Scandinavia with her in June year, but I couldn't because money and the Australia and Southeast Asia trip in Feb next year...
Sometimes I need the reminders that people actually invite me to spend time with them to reassure myself that I'm not universally loathed. Brainweasels can be hell.
--
eggsbenedict is due to turn up in an hour to help assemble and set up garden beds (again) and so I'd better get out and start doing the prep. Oh, and bind the tennis elbow so I remember not to screw it up too much further.Once the garden beds are done, can lay out the irrigation systems, and then it's just planting and watering for the next three months until the Garden Trail thingy...
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And may your Christmas and New Year go well!