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Thursday, Mor Shopping PLNs

We need paper towels. I need coffee. I have further PLNs to make myself some Ginger Con Carne in an effort to train up my baby tongue. I'm sick of being vulnerable to capsaicin.

That's the non-standard ideas in mind for today.

I checked on the feedback from the GameMaker community, nothing. I looked for FUSE in the normal places. Nothing. Looks like I'm going to have to carefully read the instructions in the error and then go poke around and attempt to make it go.

I will get this thing operational, so help me.

Stretchies done. Shopping soon. Offerings and other shenanigans thereafter.

Wednesday, Hello 2025

Happy New Year from my little patch of sunny Queensland. I plan on trying to train up my baby tongue to the accepted norm of "spicy" so I don't have to be a wet blanket in social meal situations.

My resolutions this year are:

  • Return to a writing routine
  • Spend 10 minutes a day working on my passion project, minimum
  • Find something positive in every day

Sticking to three seems more do-able than having a list an arm long.

I just finished

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Tuesday, Mor Bread and Chill

It's the final day of 2024, with four years of nightmare ahead for the entire world because people in the United States decided their leader based on voting day petrol prices. And then did their research about what firkin TARRIFS were.

...fucking hell...

I got Miss Chaos to make her kit bread and it's way easier than sourdough. And faster.

My bread's currently wrapped in paper and chilling in the fridge. We shall soon see if I'm buying Chaos a bread machine

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Monday, Shopping and Bread

Finally got the dough ready for a baking day, but I also need to get a few things here and there, so... shopping first.

I am definitely going to spend some of my mad money on Steam cards. Chants of Sennar and a few other little treats shall be mine. Muahahaha...

Then all I have to do is engineer the time to play them.

One thing at a time.

Tomorrow, I think I'll be helping Chaos make her kit bread. Needs must

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Sunday, Embuggerances and Attempts Made

So my internet dips out after two hours of computer use and the only way to get it back is to reboot the tower. You can imagine how much of a pain in the arse this is.

I'm working with my lovelies to try and unriddle this nonsense on a permanent basis. Two hours at a time is better than nothing, but having the entire 24 would be much better.

Doing the best I can with the little I've got.

Offerings as

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Saturday, Parkrun and Sadim Syndrome

Sadim, for those not in the know, is "Midas" spelled backwards. King Midas famously turned everything he touched into gold. The reverse of that is... well...

Everything's been going to shit. At least technology-wise.

First - the cable to charge my headphones decided it wasn't going to do its one job any more.
Next - my car didn't want to lock at parkrun for reasons unknown. Locked and unlocked literally everywhere else though.
Now - The connection betwixt my tower and my

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Friday, Shopping Trip and Healing

Toe news: The antibiotics I'm on are working. The injury site is no longer reddened nor warm. Even the scabs are flaking off. My lung issues are also waning, and tomorrow evening is the time I take the last pill. Yay.

Today's PLNs include a trip to the DFO where they sell the best possible shoes at the best possible price. Thus leaving a little extra mad money.

I'm also making a start on bread, today. Baking it tomorrow.

I might even

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Thursday, A Day of Rest

I got MeMum home and helped her with a quirk of her laptop. We might have to do some jiggery-pokery down the line. It's looking like enshittification has made its slimy little had reach towards Mum's bank account.

Lucky for us that we can attach a new monitor and keyboard to the same processing power of the compy. That'll work for a while, I should hope.

I'll get cracking on the twoferfest overdue today. And then take it exceedingly easy into the

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Tuesday, Streamlined PLNs

Beloved took the thing from here while she was up to deliver Chaos and collect a few bits and bobs for stuff and things. So that's one thing off my checklist for today.

Said checklist in no particular order:

  • Foot maintenance routine
  • Wrist maintenance routine
  • Doc's visit to see to the toe situation
  • ...and possibly gain an addition to the foot maintenance routine
  • Collect MeMum and her stuff and things
  • Offerings unto the Temple of notes
  • Chillax

Further bulletins as events warrant.

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Monday, Luncheon Expedition

Word of warning: I have no idea if or when today's offerings will be out. I am BUSY until at least Boxing Day.

Today: Driving out to collect MeMum for a lunch with other relatives pre-crimbo. I also have to organise the kids into being presentable. Fun.
Tomorrow: Going to the doctor about my toes [more on this later] then dropping off a thing at Adorable's, then picking up MeMum for convenience purposes for the day after.
Christmas Day: Familial nonsense including

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Sunday, Sesh Done and Shopping PLNs

Beloved has a fridge in her rental car, so there will be Crimbo prawns. Huzzah.

I do love Crimbo prawns :D

As soon as I finish this blog entry, I'm offski again to acquire more last-minute things. The good news is that my hand-baked presents are wrapped and ready for delivery. Secure from assault from local predators and cat hair. Hooray.

I shall get to today's offerings when I'm done with the last-minute shuffle.

As for the session... My players were all

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Saturday, Parkrun, Foot Injury, and Wrapping PLNs

I sat out parkrun this week because of my toe blister. The site is reddened and swollen today, so it's going to get another dose of Savlon when I get back home. If it gets worse, it's going to the Doctor after Crimbo.

Powers know I won't be able to see the Doc before Crimbo.

I have almost all I need for the final gift prep. I would like a thing to make the lable writing fancy, but if I have to

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Friday, More Baking and Further Prep

I'm doing the second batch, today. I also have to clean out the catio at some point.

I'm planning to make the bikkies first, then rest my poor feet while I do all the expected output things. Then, when the afternoon starts to cool, I shall venture outdoors and sort out the catio.

Huzzah.

I am a busy, busy bean, today.

In other news, I managed to give myself a blister between my toes at some point on Wednesday. I have a

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