Yum. I’ve done

• white chocolate and cranberry hedgehog
• coconut macaroons

For work break up

• fruit cake

For a present

• ice cream pudding (ice cream mixed with all sorts of Christmas goodies and a dash of elderflower liqueur)

Am ded

Am full of condensed milk.

Look so good even the rosella is eyeing them off.

So pretty! 😍

Nicely done 😊

🤤

I keep everything.

Unless they were boring, I buy another shelf and add them to the collection. I reread good ones regularly. Just looking at them on the shelf can set off a memory cascade near to actually doing so. It takes many boxen to move house!

Exactly the same as you.

I don’t buy books any more because I don’t wanna make the decision of keep, throw, donate.

I rarely read physical books any more. I used to have lots of them, I had filled a big bookshelf and was trying to figure out where I could fit another one. Then it occured to me that the money I was looking to spend on a new shelving unit could buy a lot of books at the secondhand book store. If I did decide to read them again it would be cheaper to just buy them again than to pay to keep them. I gave away almost all the books (and managed to sell a few of the better ones) and now only keep reference type boooks I may want to go back to.

I find it a bit odd how sentimental people get about books, as if giving away books is somehow destroying knowledge instead of spreading it.

I tend to keep - which has been a problem as I read a lot. Since getting the kindle app on my computer & phone, I buy fewer books. I really must do a search and destroy on the bookshelves to remove duplicates. The trouble is I don’t trust computers - paper books are always available even if the power goes out. Also the kindle app is crap for pictures and photos. I do use my local libraries a lot.

I used to keep everything, but moving around a lot and renting made it really hard. I lost most of my books after a bad break-up. Now, with the Minipeelers in the picture and living in a small space, they’ve got heaps of books and occasionally we do a cull to pass some over to younger relatives. They’re allowed to keep as much as they like.

I will never forget living alone in a freezing house a couple of decades ago, with no money and a fireplace. I had every jacket and doona on and was still freezing, so I made the decision to burn some books to keep warm. As a former student of literature, this was heartbreaking. The process of deciding which books would be burnt and which could not was not something I ever wish to repeat.

the lego is pretty but the experience is different

there isn’t the nurturing of the plant a whole year, then the excitement of seeing a new stalk, a spike, how many flowers will it have, how many spikes, do I train the flowers on supports or leave then natural like on the trees, ( I leave the flowers to cascade in beautiful natural arches ) looking at the buds grow and then finally after many weeks of seeing spikes and buds the first one blossoms and it is beautiful

Lego Botanicals are perfect for people like me with ‘anti-green’ thumbs.

Venting is part of what we are here for. And self-compassion can be a good thing, and can also be a slippery slope which I hope your therapist recognises. Sisters - I have one and she can STILL push my buttons even after decades of very separate life paths. I thoroughly approve of noticing things in the moment - this is a very good path to self-awareness which is the root of real self-compassion - the good sort. A momentary lapse in self-control is NOT a life sentence. We all have them. Be kind to yourself going forward.

believe what your senses and rational self is seeing and saying

also, in a world of equality why should you automatically believe others before you believe yourself

and so many many hugs

I do not deny this is a sad experience

I understand how you feel. I’m not going to go into specifics.

I hope things get better soon ❤️

I missed being able to read this but would probably have said something supportive

It’s cold out there!

I did not quite make it but home now. Mmmmmm rainy sunday…

How good does it feel?

Fucking awesome.

I’m playing 80s music and Tool

Reading this bleary-eyed at 8:30am and momentarily thought you had the most productive sunday morning ever! Still sounds like a great Saturday

I’m on befores. Still deciding b/w gyoza or springers or both. Pretty much same filling.

Also on the cards is fried zucchini chips. Wonder if double frying will keep them cronchy.

I’m on afters this year. Pudding and [this creation](Black Forest Lamington Wreath Recipe | Coles https://share.google/09f6k0UCQQDFG659T) are on my list.

I thought this recipe looked cute.

https://fatmumslim.com.au/chocolate-christmas-puddings/

Trifle? I love trifle and we always had it at Xmas when I was a kid. I’m the only one who eats it now, so I’ll only make it for guests (and for the breakfast leftovers)

I like little meringues with whipped cream ?

I’m doing the fairy bread, 😐 They get what they want

also two kinds of shortbread, half a panettone, and 1.5 kgs of my spicy burgers for the bbq ( which were a hit last year )

Nibbles, mains or sweets? I’m on sweets this year and am bringing ginger bread biscuits and rum balls.

Short gentle cycle with cold or warm water - NOT hot. Most machines have a ‘wool/delicates’ setting. Use woolwash liquid as it’s formulated a bit differently and rinses out very well. Add 1 teaspoon of eucalyptus oil to the rinse water. Spin well at slow or medium speed. Line dry by pinning across two parallel washing lines - peg every 30-40 cm across the top & bottom edges to keep them straight with the bulk of each blanket making a trough between. All that is best done on a hot day with a brisk northerly wind. Do not under any circumstances put the blankets in a tumble or spin dryer, or they will emerge half the size they were before. Which is great if you want to make dog blankets but not very useful for bedclothes for people. Nearly forgot - clean your lint filter between each load as it will collect truly vast quantities of lint from washing blankets.

Mine are an especially unattractive pinkish brown and puke green 😹

With woolwash on a cold gentle cycle. If you don’t have woolwash use liquid washing detergent and if you don’t have that dissolve some powder into some water before adding.

Usually you would wash woollens in cold water so they don’t shrink but warm water for blankets should be fine if you prefer.

Wait for a nice warm day to hang them out.

I usually wouldn’t wash them unless they have some sort of wet grot like cat sick on them. Just hang them on the line and beat the shit out of them with a broom or suchlike. If wet wash is needed make sure it’s cold and gentle. Stomping on them in a bathtub is a better idea than a machine. Hot water and too much agitation will get you lumpy felt.

I don’t recommend you put the blankets in the washing machine, they will be too heavy for the machine when wet.

if they really do need a wash take to the dry cleaners.

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