Twice I've bought those glow in the dark stars and twice they never work. I've never felt so dumb. It surely shouldn't be that hard?

Reading too. Less screen time is one of my goals for 2024.

Just put down a deposit for a wood heater for the living room.

I cannot wait for winter with a roaring fire and scary movies.

It's not the government though? It's a judicial issue.

Thankfully, we don't have stats and all those metrics. Just some real interesting IT users.

IT Support ticket we got this morning: hi, the keyboard I am using, the backspace doesn't work. I've looked around for another one..oh hang on I cleaned it out and there was a paperclip underneath it. All good now.

And they submitted it, lol.

In other news, it's so weird hearing about the crazy weather you guys are getting yet it hasn't rained at all here. We usually get the same weather as Melbs, maybe a day or so later.

And in good news. I finished working on my latest book, and now editing and getting the covers planned for Books 4 and 5 of VDV.

And in more good news, Netflix are adapting another Fear Street novel - The Prom Queen. I am excited!

Hope you're all doing good.

3 species of snakes in Tassie.

All 3 are venomous.

Took little one to St Helens over easter and she almost stepped on a copperhead. Even now I have these 'what if' thoughts if she stepped on it because we were remote.

Found a dead juvenile (I think, not very long) Tiger snake on the road out the front of work just now. Even dead I am scared of it. shivers

I did a little bit of googling but wondering if anyone else might know, what kind of alcohol would they have drunk in pubs around the 1890s? It appears it was mostly beer and rum - which is a bit wild to me. I don't associate rum with Australia at all and I think of that time, I think of American westerns and drinkin' whiskey yeehaw!

These are the small steps to recovery and good on you. You may not read as much as you used too, but you're also probably living a completely different life that you may not have the time to read as much.

But you read or listen to audiobooks and watch movies and that's just as good.

What do you get if you cross a cow and a rooster?

Roost beef.

Why do cows eat grass?

For the moo-trients.

It's dumb, but my God does that make me giggle.

I'm hoping this will be the case. I'll see how the land fares over the next few weeks.

Really getting into Dennis Lehane this year (ha), read Shutter Island and midway through Mystic River. I knew the Shutter Island ending, but still a great read and Mystic River has me firmly engrossed so far.

Well I have plenty of that. Thanks.

I pulled out about 5 gigantic aganthus plants over the last few weeks and now I want to raize the ground so it never grows back. Of course I can't do that, so any alternative suggestions? I plan on evening out the ground it was on (possibly with a retaining wall) and grassing it for a play area for my little one but in the team time I want to make sure it doesn't start growing back.

Does weed killer or whatever work on that stuff?

I want to hang a tyre swing or swing from a tree in the backyard, does anyone know what kind of knot and what kind of rope I should use to tie it to the limb?

Finally moved into my house and finally got to cook in a kitchen for the first time in 2 years. I made a honey chicken stir fry with brown rice and added some jalapeno sauce to the marinade. Delicious!

Now I need some quick and easy and healthy ideas for tonight...suggestions?

I'll take a look at their rates. Thanks.

Any recommendations on a service I can use that isn't paypal to send money to the USA? TorFX seems to have good reviews and no fees which is a win.