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Rusty Raven

@ RustyRaven @aussie.zone

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  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • I managed to get through my to-do list. It was a bit of an overloaded day, but I did a big batch of cauliflower soup (15 serves!) a batch of yoghurt, a sandwich loaf and a cheese and herb plait, chopped veggies for snacking on, prepped all meals for the next two days, mowed the front lawn, folded the washing, assembled a small cupboard and did my exercises.

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Lawn is mown. Soup is simmering. Yoghurt is straining. Bread is baking. Washing is folded and put away. Vegetables chopped into snackable sticks. Why do I still have lots left to do today?

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Lovely looking day out there again today. I plan to mow the front yard (back was done yesterday), make some cauliflower soup, sort out meals for the next few days at work, and lift some heavy things.

  • Discussion Thread 🍎 Saturday 4 April 2026

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  • Personally I find it a bit of a sad intitement of our society that we equate shops/services being closed with 'nothing to do'. Are we really that unable to entertain ourselves?

    I've always thought public holidays are a great thing because it gives us time to do things together - get together for a bbq or a picnic, play board games, have a movie night, whatever you like. Don't just feed the consumerist machine.

  • Discussion Thread 🐟 Friday 3 April 2026

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  • My fruit & veg box has arrived for the month. I have lots of cauliflower (destined for soup) and a huge amount of grapes. The lettuce however was extremely tiny, which is probably a good thing as I still have more than expected left from last month - the change to cooler weather has slowed down my salad intake somewhat.

  • Discussion Thread ✌️ Thursday 2 April 2026

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  • Pakige on board for delivery.

    I think this is my new cast iron griddle pan, which will help me make bigger tortillas (amoungst other things). I also got lots of stuff yesterday, most notably a new tofu press, and also a lot of pairs of cheap sandles to wear around the house. I might have gone a touch overboard on those, so a few pairs have been put away in the cupboard for when the first lot wear out.

  • Discussion Thread ✌️ Thursday 2 April 2026

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  • -27.5 hours

  • Discussion Thread 🃏 Wednesday 1 April 2026

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  • I also saw one with cows set up as mobile communication points.

  • Discussion Thread 🎩 Tuesday 31 March 2026

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  • I wear that sort of thing when I'm at home, but the bigger problem is when I'm at work. When I'm there I have to wear a uniform and I'm also contending with wildly inconsistent heat levels in the building - even without hot flushes people are constantly having to take jumpers on and off, this has just upped the difficulty level!

  • Discussion Thread 🎩 Tuesday 31 March 2026

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  • I am really over this hot flush thing.

    🥵🔥🔥🔥

  • Discussion Thread 🧃 Monday 30 March 2026

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  • I bought some magnets recently and can't find them anywhere. I think I must have thrown them away with the packaging by mistake. 🙁

  • Discussion Thread 🧃 Monday 30 March 2026

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  • I've been working on updating my budget so that I'm tracking a lot of things in my spreadsheet that I was using multiple bank accounts for previously. It will make it easy to change over to a home loan with a single offset account in future and should also make it easier to provide the bank details when I apply.

    I've been trying to make things as automated as possible so that I don't fall behind on tracking and can still see the balances of the different savings categories easily. I'm most of the way there, and have also been able to simplify a few areas that were getting a bit out of control - it's amazing how chaotic a spreadsheet can get when you keep tacking new things on here and there.

    It is frustrating how many places still make changing direct debits difficult. My main credit card it looks like I have to cancel the debit and start again with a new one which isn't too bad, but BankWest still make you send in a paper form.

  • Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 29 March 2026

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  • Thankyou, that was lovely. Except for the 🫘, I smuggled them off under the table to feed to Mr Woof.

  • Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 29 March 2026

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  • I've just realised the actual worst aspect of this fuel crisis. Now when I fill up the van I need to actually remember my PIN.

  • Discussion Thread 😃 Sunday 29 March 2026

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  • The largest and most lavish sunday you can make, plus a short macchiato please.

  • Discussion Thread 🐈‍⬛ Friday 27 March 2026

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  • It's a Walkingpad mx16. It doesn't have any incline, but it does go up to 16km/h and is big enough that you can actually run.

  • Discussion Thread 🐈‍⬛ Friday 27 March 2026

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  • I am just 1000 steps away from completing this weeks fitness goals. 💪🏃‍♀️

    At the moment I'm still focusing mostly on just working out a baseline for what I can actually do and what timing works out best. I have definitely lost a lot of strength since the last time I was doing exercise, I'm tired out by a very low level of work at the moment.

    The treadmill has been working well, being able to watch a video while I walk makes it much easier to motivate myself to get a few extra steps at the end of the day if I need to (and will definitely be much easier once winter hits). It also has a wi-fi connection to a phone app so I can create my own programs, so I've got a basic interval program to start with to try and up my capacity to be able to do some running as well. It does fold away really easily too, so I can also use the same space for doing my weights and it is still usable as a study. I

  • Discussion Thread 🐈‍⬛ Friday 27 March 2026

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  • I ventured to the local NQR store for the first time today. I'm not sure if I like going there for the value or because they have different things to buy. I've stocked up on salmon, in the form of both burgers and frozen cooked chunks. I also got some turkey schnitzels and a frozen veg mix.

    There was one small mess up - I thought I was buying a bottle of shampoo and two of conditioner, but it was actually two shampoos and one conditioner. As I always use the conditioner quicker this will lead to a significant imbalance.

  • Discussion Thread 🍇 Thursday 26 March 2026

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  • I was back at the doctor's again today and had more blood taken. I'm not sure if it's the new doctor or the magic new 50yo label, but the difference between now and a couple of years ago in terms of interest in actually doing screening tests etc. is very dramatic.

    I've always been a bit annoyed by all of the 'ask your doctor about X issue' type messaging because I've never been to a doctor before that actually had any interest in following anything up. It's always felt like it's somehow supposed to be my responsibility to figure out what health tests etc. are appropriate and then to try to convince a doctor to sign off on doing it. Having a doctor that actually wants to arrange for things in a proactive manner is a bit of a novelty.

  • Discussion Thread 🥞 Wednesday 25 March 2026

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  • Today's main activity will be making tofu. I made the soy milk for it yesterday, which involved an awful lot of mess and chaos, mostly because I used too many beans in the maker, had to divide it into multiple portions and then messed around trying different containers and methods of pressing the bag of mushed up soy goo etc. It was the complete opposite of a streamlined process. I decided to buy a press to make it easier in future.