Seriously don’t forget about yourself because invisible informal care work without your own supports and boundaries can and will fuck you up.

Ah… yes, physical limitations. At least one of you take a break

lol I was suggesting it for you so you could care for yourself as well. But yeah buy another so both get one.

Maybe go out to check on the plants and fish. Outside is a great help (assuming it’s safe to do :/)

I’m really sorry. I haven’t done this but may consider it when needed… it seems like a lower stress option

It sounds like a dumb suggestion but if you have somewhere to put a hammock it helps. Something about feeling held and the swaying

It’s a cliche for a reason

I wonder about net guns. That would certainly make a drone fall out of the air.

Oh man idk, I’m getting conflicting info

If it’s so strict I wonder what the ruling would be on those salt guns made for shooting flies. Those seem silly btw. Just a matter of time before someone gets salt propelled in their eyes

Toddlers 🤝 Cats

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0WFL4-S98U8

You’re not even allowed a potato gun or a glove gun… damn.

Got any garden stakes? How good is your throwing arm?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bOnjlyZf6LE

Melbcat loved to sleep in her stroller, whether the capsule was up in the frame or by itself.

The capsule to the current one became, ahem, unfit for use but she has boxes with blankets and cutout portholes

Edit: hey they do sell twin strollers

That’s a great idea. In Finland they also put them on balconies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_energy_in_Finland

Yeah I would sometimes soak them in scalding hot soapy water until it was just hot enough to touch with gloves, and then scrub all the paper and glue off with a scourer I was about to replace.

I know but there’s specific ones you need to mix or you get unintended/muddy colours. I’d definitely have to experiment first or buy paints that have the official names

Do you have those spinny vents on your roofs? They’re squeaky as

Edit: the interbutts informs me that they’re called turbine vents or Whirlybirds

Where do your other skills lie, what do you feel most comfortable doing?

Mason/glass jars are pretty cheap at Kmart or at the op shop if you have a dishwasher to run them through to sterilise them.

You could do those hot chocolate mixes, the ones made as gifts where the different ingredients are layered attractively inside the glass. And tie a reusable ribbon on. You know the ones. https://youtu.be/jf23otl9ztE This is also a thing with biscuit mixes.

Tiny terrariums would be simple but I hear you need a dedicated pan or baking tray to bake the soil or potting mix in (to sterilise it against unwanted nasties growing in the sealed container) and it can make your oven or house stink.

There is the method where you pour boiling water into the soil and cover with tinfoil to retain heat, but while I haven’t done terrariums to test this I don’t think it would be thorough enough for a sealed container.

You could make hot chocolate spoons with disposable wooden spoons and wrap them in cellophane and a ribbon like a lollipop. (Basically you dip spoons in melted chocolate and then a decoration like sprinkles or add mini marshmallows. For bigger serves others fill ice cube trays or muffin pans with chocolate and stand the spoon in it and add marshmallows on top. The idea is you stir hot milk with the chocolate coated spoon and the chocolate melts to flavour it, and releases the marshmallows.)

I haven’t made fudge or coconut ice but that could be a go. You could even make two different flavour batches of fudge and marble them together decoratively, like a peppermint chocolate marble fudge.

It looks good. Watercolour is hard.

I have one about oil painting which kind of gives you studies to follow but I only have cheap acrylics and probably the wrong colours.

I’m trying to shut it out. There’s a lot of fear about him getting in and others saying he’s on the ropes, I don’t know.

I’m just trying to cope with each day at this point

I don’t even go for walks anymore because my block has ferals

Things feel pretty hopeless lately but I’ve got a furry baby asleep on my chest so I stick it out

Yeah, and I was so antsy I couldn’t even focus to be productive. Make it make sense.

Canned fish is good with potatoes which are also cheap. Over the top of a microwave ‘baked’ potato is a quick meal.

Or if drained and mixed into mashed potatoes you can bake it with a topping of cheese (steamed veg for side dish) or coat the mix in breadcrumbs and fry up some fishcakes.

I used to use tuna in oil which is quite a fatty salty canned fish, no idea how it would taste with mackerel or salmon.