Gotta get up, get dressed and presentable, make sure my absent-minded arse is going to bring along the chainsaw [I will put it in the way of the front door], feed the cats, do my foot stretchies, and then take off to MeMum's.
I have no idea what, if anything, is going to get done for my offerings, today.
Yoiks and away.
I am making sure the battery is charged for my Christmas chainsaw. All so I can head on down to MeMum's tomorrow and help her be rid of some overgrowth in the way of other things.
The plus side is that she finally has the other side of her insurance claim finalised. Just one more room to go and all is theoretically well.
just in time for the next flood season
Fingers crossed, all the measures put in so far will prevent
Read more »I need to be positive. I need to share the love. With that in mind, I will make some time to talk about my favourite Pratchett book - Nation.
Everything output-related is delayed today because Firefox obliterated my tab hoard. I have the barest necessities back, and that's a start. But damnit, it hurts every time.
And it still firkin crashes my compy when I try to upload a pic using Firefox -_-
Everything I post that wants an image is
Read more »I need to get Sillicea pills so my knees won't get worse. I also have to see my Physio today. So that gives me a chance to go place and acquire thing all in one trip.
I couldn't find a tutorial on text boxes that I could understand, so I tried to improvise one and I'll be testing that and finding out what the hell I need to do to make it work properly.
I will therefore, eventually, understand text boxes and
Read more »There's an event on Bluesky called #2025Pit in which authors give their elevator pitch to the app in the hopes of picking up representation.
I pitched: Adapting, B'Nar, Clockwork Souls, Beauties and the Beastly, and ADT because why not?
I have found a video tutorial for pop-up text windows for GameMaker, and I will be using that for a default error message first.
Then putting that into each and every function call so that the WIP will not have any errors for
Read more »Since the Christmas chainsaw has the exact sound profile of a toy, we're relatively free to go out pruning at the crack of dawn as well as the afternoon.
We were doing quite well this morning, until the battery ran flat.
We will get more branches cut down this afternoon. I've signed up the spawn to help out and spell me on the pruning work. Theoretically, we can get the branches away from the fence a lot faster than if it was
Read more »We need a few things, but I need to go to different places to get them. So I'm due for a Leyland's Tour today.
As soon as all the shops are open, of course.
My attempt to get the printer working was an outright failure. Hashtag, I tried.
But I also got all the buttons done, so my GameMaker time will be in placing them on the boards, and then learning how to make each function do what I want it to
Read more »I am definitely going to share some thoughts about the game, What Remains of Edith Finch. I also have goals to acquire things to make a different kind of bread cutter guide for Miss Chaos.
Step one - finding a small wooden bread board for cheap - has been a bit of a stumbling block. If I get my nonsense out early today, I shall try some other venues to acquire the necessary materials.
The idea being that, if slicing bread vertically
Read more »My schedule is getting large again. Lots of stuff going on this incoming week.
Monday: Driving and Physio
Tuesday: Helping MeMum go place and do thing
Wednesday: Finally, the NBN connection (and driving)
Maybe Wednesday but likely Thursday: Baking the Crimbo presents for everyone. (And driving)
I will perhaps have more time to chill on Friday, but I have doubts. Something else is bound to pop up.
I have the rest of today, though, and I'm going to enjoy it.
...alongside the
Read more »I have to drop off Mayhem early this AM so I can do the shrink zoom meeting happening today.
Which means hoping he remembers to launch early.
I did finally get to signal for help at the GameMaker community. Yay. I've yet to make a start on my weekly rant.
Ugh.
I'm just so tired and the day hasn't even begun.
Maybe I'll get everything done today. Including cleaning the Catio.
I need all the luck I can get.
Read more »I have a divided day because experts in the middle of the afternoon. I know what's going to wind up in my extended rant for today, but I do not know when I'll be able to finish and publish that thing.
I know I'll get at least a couple of sentences into my novel because waiting room. Yay.
Meanwhile, I'm doing what I can whilst I can. Including my stretchies.
Moving on to an attempt at my Instant Story.
Read more »Today, I have Physio. Tomorrow, I'm off to see MeMum for tech nonsense. Wednesday, I'm seeing different experts and so on.
I will attempt to get my offerings out in good time, but... Time is not on my side.
And I have to get at least eggs at some point.
I also have a phone with an expanding battery [Not my current phone, my old one] that I need to take to a safe disposal point. There's expired meds I need to
Read more »I needed all of Sunday to recover from parkrun, but I managed my morning regime before it was time to do the runaround for Mayhem.
I might spare myself some aggravation and go do the shopping before I settle myself into making today's offerings. It needs must to be done and then I have less to fret about on Tuesday. Because Tuesday has become more crowded than expected! Huzzah.
The Sullage people, as I mentioned, are having a look at the system
Read more »At least I remembered my pills with my coffee today. So there's that. The downside is I had the little container full of pills with me for at least a firkin week. Forgotten every single time I was out and needed to take them. Yay.
I need to get back onto the anxiety meds I've run out of. They're non-prescription and specialised so it's a bit of a slog to get them seen to. And, of course, ex$pen$ive.
And speaking
Read more »I got my feet sonic'd and one foot lasered. It didn't hurt until after I was done shopping at Costco.
The sonic sounds like my nebuliser and feels like a particularly vigorous massage machine. I almost fell asleep. Almost. I almost drooled. Almost.
The laser, made to "warm up" the muscles and tendons responsible, was surprisingly cold. I didn't feel any burning sensations until I was well into my shopping.
And in a small handful of minutes, I'll be offski to fetch
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