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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

stares out the window Pakidge

Edit: I seem to have got onto the moth issue in the pantry (if there was one) by moving the potentially affected food to the fridge to kill any eggs before throwing it out. Not seeing any bodies in the pantry trap. Edit: Wait no, there's a couple.

But I still see one or two of the little bastards flying around the dining area and my room, plus some corpses in the wardrobe traps. It was a good call to randomly throw those things into an order when I did. No idea how I managed to get clothes moths because the only likely source coming in recently has been dry goods and I don't leave anything open without flyscreens. Unless they hitched a ride on a single clothing item from Kmart.

I haven't had the energy to hot wash/dry everything and do a full vacuum yet but I'm going to chuck the two op shop wool coats I have in the dryer to kill anything in there and bag them. (I know they should have been safely packed away already but my health has been arse.) Dry heat shouldn't shrink items, I think it's only if they go in wet. Then I'm going to keep decluttering and organising to ease more regular vacs.

[–] Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago

It hot. It too hot. Can I evolve into a cat please, ours is just chilling while I suffer.

[–] SituationCake@aussie.zone 5 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Another night of restless sleep ahead. I’ve got aircon which does make it somewhat better, but I don’t sleep all that great with that either. Hot nights give me nightmares and multiple wakings.

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[–] just_kitten@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Sooo I watched Fargo s1 to the end as I couldn't sleep and therefore did not get up early (this is an issue as tomorrow I absolutely have to get up early in order to pick up the carshare to ferry some overseas visitors and bulky items around.)

However, a judicious water on Sat evening meant my plants haven't fared too bad. I still haven't found my card anywhere but this is a shitful time to lose it given that I have these visitors over the next week. Argh! Gonna just call it in and frantically update the god knows how many apps that use it as default payment method

[–] Grackle@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It seems that cool change has arrived a bit quicker than expected. I was hoping I'd be able to hang my clothes out when I'm done at the laundromat and they would be dry before I leave for work tomorrow 😬 I guess I should appreciate the earlier cool change as we all may sleep a little better tonight.

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[–] melbaboutown@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Plants watered and hauled inside, shitty cracked plastic serving tray filled with a shallow amount of water. I wish I had a real birdbath but would never be able to clean it daily to avoid spreading disease

Cat poo talkMelbcat has dropped a giant deuce! Yay! Hopefully she will feel better and won't need the vet for that at least.

[–] TinyBreak@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Started researching camper trailers more seriously as a way to stop myself spending too much money on upgrades for "right now". Thinking more future stuff. Having a lot of fun researching options.

[–] Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 points 8 months ago

Hehe just scored the very last rockmelon from the local IGA

Sucks to be everyone else!

Wasn't a very good one but it's mine now.

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