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todayiamadaisy) wrote2016-12-07 12:06 am
todayiamadaisy) wrote2016-12-07 12:06 am
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A Heart Finds Love
Today I noticed Alistair looking curiously at a patch of the garden, foot raised and cautiously ready to strike. There had been a little sparrow hopping about earlier, obviously not long out of the nest. I hoped it hadn't found its way into his clutches, so I went over to investigate. Not a sparrow, no. It was the most enormous red centipede I've ever seen. I don't know what that would do to a cat, so I removed him. Alistair, I mean. Not the centipede. I left that alone. Then I made the mistake of googling "centipede bites" and clicking on the image tab. I knew that would be a mistake, and yet I did it anyway. So my gift to you, f-list, is to tell you not to do it. It is not pretty.
It's summer, and that means the City by the Sea's road workers have awoken from hibernation to begin annoying everyone. They are very much like blowflies in that respect. They did this last year too. Surprise roadworks. You never know where they'll be. It will be somewhere of maximum inconvenience though.
The reason I was out and about and dodging roadworks was to do my Christmas shopping. All of it. Other than food, I will not need to venture into the shops again. I do miss working in the city centre. and being able to walk to the shops this time of year. So many people I've spoken to have been complaining about empty shops and people shopping online and causing the town to die. Which is true to a point, but I think it's a bit simplistic to blame the internet for all the town's shopping woes. There's terrible service in some shops, and high shop rents, and developers and the council preferencing big box franchises rather than small boutiques with interesting things. Anyway. I've done my bit this year.
While I was browsing in a bookshop, a woman came in and asked the staff if they had any Elf on the Shelfs. They did. Only one. She said, "Oh, thank god, I've been everywhere and now I've got the last one, it's like a movie." I've never actually seen an Elf on the Shelf before. It turns out they're hideous and creepy. Did everyone else know that? (I've just looked at their website and there's a game to find your elf name. I'd be Peppermint Sleddington.)
Finally, when I did my grocery shopping, I went to the new Aldi that has opened in the shopping centre I usually frequent. I'm all for breaking Australia's supermarket duopoly, but Aldi is never as exciting as I think it will be.
I also did my donation. My extended family decided not to give presents a few years ago. We each pick a charity to give to, and mention it in our cards to each other instead. This year I've given to APOPO Hero Rats. Brave rats clearing landmines and detecting TB! Is there nothing they can't do?
There isn't a knitting photo from last week. I didn't knit at all. I've been too busy working. And going to Melbourne and such, but also working. That was a shock to the system. I'm doing, as agreed before I left, some casual hours for my old work to proof and format all the education and training policies. That will keep me busy for another week or two.
It's summer, and that means the City by the Sea's road workers have awoken from hibernation to begin annoying everyone. They are very much like blowflies in that respect. They did this last year too. Surprise roadworks. You never know where they'll be. It will be somewhere of maximum inconvenience though.
The reason I was out and about and dodging roadworks was to do my Christmas shopping. All of it. Other than food, I will not need to venture into the shops again. I do miss working in the city centre. and being able to walk to the shops this time of year. So many people I've spoken to have been complaining about empty shops and people shopping online and causing the town to die. Which is true to a point, but I think it's a bit simplistic to blame the internet for all the town's shopping woes. There's terrible service in some shops, and high shop rents, and developers and the council preferencing big box franchises rather than small boutiques with interesting things. Anyway. I've done my bit this year.
While I was browsing in a bookshop, a woman came in and asked the staff if they had any Elf on the Shelfs. They did. Only one. She said, "Oh, thank god, I've been everywhere and now I've got the last one, it's like a movie." I've never actually seen an Elf on the Shelf before. It turns out they're hideous and creepy. Did everyone else know that? (I've just looked at their website and there's a game to find your elf name. I'd be Peppermint Sleddington.)
Finally, when I did my grocery shopping, I went to the new Aldi that has opened in the shopping centre I usually frequent. I'm all for breaking Australia's supermarket duopoly, but Aldi is never as exciting as I think it will be.
I also did my donation. My extended family decided not to give presents a few years ago. We each pick a charity to give to, and mention it in our cards to each other instead. This year I've given to APOPO Hero Rats. Brave rats clearing landmines and detecting TB! Is there nothing they can't do?
There isn't a knitting photo from last week. I didn't knit at all. I've been too busy working. And going to Melbourne and such, but also working. That was a shock to the system. I'm doing, as agreed before I left, some casual hours for my old work to proof and format all the education and training policies. That will keep me busy for another week or two.