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  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    I should be getting to sleep because I’m going out for brunch with my MIL tomorrow. She wants to have brunch with just me, not with the kids and Mr P tagging along, so we’ve told them I’m going to help her with some shopping. We used to go out together a lot more when I was a sahm and the kids were in school, but we haven’t much at all these past 3½ years I’ve been working. I feel guilty 😔

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    2 months ago

    it has been one year since my last serious sciatica attack i am 95% better

    am on diet and slowly losing weight past 2 months

    It’s time to start some gentle exercise to tone muscles 🙂

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    2 months ago

    Looks like house is a no go. Vendor trying to playing bidding games well above projected value. Ho hum, I’ll stop pricing curtains.

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      2 months ago

      often it’s the real estate agent doing that

      reas get more money that way. They do it by setting a price and for that sale they get a flat fee. The reas then negotiate a percentage of the price they can get that’s over the initial price.

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          2 months ago

          Red flag for me - nobody is giving this owner a reality check on actual market value. You are right to move on.

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            2 months ago

            I’ve priced every unit the the block for the available internet history. We are offering a smidge over already. So, yeah.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    3 days left till annual leave ends. It’s been great to have a break but I’m definitely stagnating.

    If I had more disposable income saved for the break it would have been better but that’s OK.

    My probation ends on the 23rd of January. Once it’s over I can start looking for a new place asap.

    Fawker and Moonee ponds are looking reasonable for house rental. I don’t think I could go back to an apartment, dealing with everyone’s noise.

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    2 months ago

    I’d love to have a channel to Dav Pilkey. I’m sure he’s doing fantastic and doesn’t need any sort of reinforcement. My kids are sitting on the couch re-reading Dog Man books, and giggling their heads off.

    The neat thing about Dog Man is it is full of puns and pop culture references. When they first read them, they get a tiny fraction of those. My oldest is now 13 and has picked up on loads of word play and cultural references that he’s never understood previously. He’s probably older than the target demographic, but is loving them all the same.

    I’m sure seeing his work bring all this joy to a couple of kids on the other side of the planet would make him beam with happiness. At least it would for me, even if I were a multi millionaire.

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      2 months ago

      I have nothing but respect for authors of children’s and YA books. Takes a special kind of genius. And yes, they must love children very much.

      Since kids don’t usually write maybe you can , as magpie suggests, and drop the publisher a line.