After several hours of dealing with end-of-lease cleaners, we rewarded ourselves with a quick dinner at @8.52newtown. BBQ Pork rice, dumplings, plus prawn toast and garlic veggies that were so good I forgot to photograph. 🥟🍚😍

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Nerds Night Out at the @australianmuseum! We joined scientists, journalists, educators, and volunteers to celebrate the great work done by the Museum and @botanicsydney. As one of the scientists said, it’s been fantastic to see Australia’s Olympians returning home today after their remarkable success. Our collective goal should also be to ensure Australia’s scientific success is similarly acknowledged and celebrated globally. 🇦🇺🤓

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That frantic, last minute frenzy when you go from “let’s group things in boxes based on their destinations” to “SHOVE THESE DIRTY CLOTHES IN THAT RANDOM BOX NOW.” 😅 But we’re pretty much done. 🚛📦

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And we’re back! Did you miss us, Chippendale?? (We’re never moving again, I hope.)

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The actual highlight of my week: Remember my beloved sunglasses (“Asian fit” Ray-Bans that actually fit my giant head) that got stolen by the CRIMINAL in Tennessee last year? And then Rodd went to great effort to get me another pair in Japan, but I somehow lost them? On Sunday I saw they were now 50% off and ordered myself a third pair. 😎❤️ (And this better be my last pair, as I think the style is being discontinued…) @rayban

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So apparently turning your fridge off and putting it into storage for 6 months is a Bad Idea. Relatedly – anyone want a dead Westinghouse fridge? 😤

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This legend is volunteering all week for @nationalscienceweek and spent the day chaperoning schoolkids (in the rain!) as they visited the @australianmuseum and the @botanicsydney Botanic Gardens. And he saw a dragon too! ❤️🦎

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Just scrolling Instagram when I realised I was looking at video of my own house! Our lovely builder posted a walkthrough tonight. (Note the cameos by the stupid dead fridge, and by the Snook’s fancy Japanese toilet.) 😂

• https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-kEN_ISVAH/

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A brief pause in packing up the apartment for another Weisswurst Frühstück! Movers are coming on Tuesday! (🚨HOT TIP: our local @aldiaustralia had frozen German pretzels and echte Paulaner in stock!! GO NOW. 🍺🥨🏃‍♀️)

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Kristine Howard shared a link.

• https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/1elu31b/spoiler_the_timeline_in_deadpool_wolverine_makes/

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We came in first place in pub trivia this week, in part because I recognised the name of that pole vault guy who whacked his junk on the bar. #valedictorian #stillgotit

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Things bringing me joy today: Tim Walz and everything I learn about him 🇺🇸 , and our new Oodies. (Mine has the Ep 4 crawl on the back; Rodd is disappointed his didn’t come with Homer’s reaching broom. 😂 )

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“What in the world,” I wondered as I perused the pub menu, “is an IRISH SPICE BAG?!” Of course I had to order it. Chicken strips, fries, fried onions and capsicum, curry sauce, and chili. LOTS OF CHILI. By the end of it, I think I was hallucinating. “Pretty sure YOU’RE the Irish Spice Bag now!” he laughed. 😂😅🌶️

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Blog post: video games I’ve enjoyed recently on the Switch! 🎮

Video games I loved recently…

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Actually tempted to buy and wear a camo hat for the first time in my entire life as a Hoosier. 😍

• https://store.kamalaharris.com/harris-walz-camo-hat/

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Achievement unlocked: parallel parking a moving van in front of a pair of builders. 😎🏆

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Going to Europe next month = another Covid booster! After all, Oktoberfest is where we caught it back in 2022. 😷🍻 (Note to fellow NSW residents: official guidance is 1 shot per year, but overseas travel counts as a reason to get one sooner.)

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Two #renovation victories today: the TV is officially on the wall! And the bathtub is long enough for me (a tall person) to stretch out my legs! 😍

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We cashed in some free movie tickets to see Deadpool and Wolverine. Ehhh, it was okay. 🍿

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Hearty Beef and Barley Soup, made by me!

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Thrilled to report that the stupid giant thin TV is the first thing moving back to the house, and by actual professionals this time! By end of the day it should be hanging on the wall. 😳

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