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! 😍
We cashed in some free movie tickets to see Deadpool and Wolverine. Ehhh, it was okay. 🍿
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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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Hearty Beef and Barley Soup, made by me!
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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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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Sitting in Sydney, eating a Munich weisswurst brunch, and watching my old AWS DevRel team presenting a live event in Bangkok. ❤️ Great job @donnieprakoso @cathycrimson @shafrazr @seligmanadam #awscommunity
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Sitting in Sydney, eating a Munich weisswurst brunch, and watching my old AWS DevRel team presenting a live event in Bangkok. ❤️ Great job @donnieprakoso @cathycrimson @shafrazr @seligmanadam #awscommunity
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Week 21: final bits and finishing touches! Most of the lights are in, though a couple special ones aren’t arriving until next month. Painting is 95% done, and how lovely is our bedroom wall now!? In the living room you can see how the bulkhead matches the curve of the lower shelf. The accordion screen for the French doors looks great too. I’m really excited to have A/C in our offices, and power points with USB charging built in! The fancy Japanese toilet is being installed, as well as the heated towel rail. (I can’t wait to try out the bath.) Back security door is on too. Not much left to do before we can move in… #renovation 🏠
Blog post: Now that I have to pay for my own mobile phone plan, I ditched my Telstra contract and went for something a lot cheaper!
Blog post: Every night before bed we’ve been doing a handful of puzzles to keep our brains sharp. Any recommendations? (DON’T SAY WORDLE.)
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Nightly Puzzling
For the past month, I’ve been establishing a new nightly routine. First, at 10pm I have an automatic reminder to write a journal entry. I’ve been using the iOS Journal app for this, which allows me to easily incorporate photos and maps from the day. I haven’t been using any of their prompts, but rather just jotting down what I did. I like being able to look back at everything I’ve done.
And then come the puzzles! Nothing like a little brain exercise to close out the day.
- Both Rodd and I do the NYT Connections. Maybe this is a humblebrag, but I’m always surprised when I see people complain that it’s hard! We’ve actually been challenging each other to find the purple category earlier rather than leave it to last.
- We also both do the five different daily puzzles over at Word Nerd. I’ve only managed to get all 23 Words like twice, and most days I struggle to hit 10. Rodd’s much better than me at that one! Maybe I’d have better luck earlier in the day with some caffeine in me. We also compete to see who can do the shortest Word Chain.
- I do the Daily Waffle and Waffle Royale (and every now and then the Deluxe Weekly Waffle). These are Scrabble-style letter tile switching games, with a fun mechanism that highlights when letters are correct or jumbled up.
- Rodd likes the OEC’s Pick 5 and Tradle games. These are where you have to identify which countries export certain goods. He’s really good at them both, but he thinks the Pick 5 is more fun.
Have you got any fun puzzle recommendations for us?
Woot, my knee-jerk don’t-overthink-it pub-quiz answer was Iran which seems to be [✓]. I ‘knew’ it was more populous than…