RustyRaven

Scrambled eggs on toast please chef.

Warmer than the fridge outside!! I might be able to forgoe the fingerless gloves and scarf for our walk this morning.

Today's main task is going to be polysyrene disposal - all the furniture I bought included a ridiculous amount of the stuff, and I haven't even opened all the boxes yet. I have a pile in the back of the van to take to the recycling centre in Bayswater, unfortunately there are no recycling options for polystyrene around Ballarat. I'll probably be able to bring another lot down after the move, as I'll have to come back to do some more garden tidying etc. anyway. I'll also have a van load of cardboard boxes to take to the tip, moving things around uses an awful lot of packaging.

I wasn't in the right lane to take a turn I needed, so ended up driving through the CBD. In peak hour. I managed not to run over any pedestrians, scooter riders or delivery bikes. I also survived a hook turn.

Another cat tree done.

Miss Meow has nearly as much furniture as I do! I plan to also put a kitchen trolley I have into the corner to act as a dog safe feeding platform.

More sorting at home turned out to be a good decision. I got a bunch more stuff onto the hard rubbish pile (just in time, they've just picked up all the metal bits) and have found someone to take the chest freezer from the shed. A couple more things are up for sale, and with the freezer and some other clutter gone I have enough room to actually start sorting and packing things up properly.

A nice hot noodley soup with chicken please.

I was going to go to Ballarat today, but I think I might put it off until tomorrow so I can get a few more things organised to take up.

You probably want to look at places closer to the ocean, all that water nearby holds lots of heat and helps to buffer the temperatures a bit.

Meanwhile in Ballarat, it is actually -1.7^o^, feels like -4^o^

Hard rubbish bonus: as well as the corflute there was a large carpet mat in good condition. It should work well for the shoe area I'm planning in the garage.

Plans for today:

Menu planning. I have a bunch of free food kit boxes here and ordered, I need to sort everything out and make sure I have no foodz left over on moving day.

Bunnnings trip. I need to get keys cut and organise some potting mix so I can pack up some of my plants. I was going to look at getting some corflute to block off a couple of gaps in the new fencing, but I noticed a hard rubbish pile this morning that has a stack, I will stop off there instead.

Pot up a few of my plants I want to take with me.

Fridge cleanout. I need to toss everything I won't be moving, and will pack some stuff up to take to Ballarat tomorrow - I have a small chest freezer and new fridge/freezer up there already, so will be moving most of my frozen food. All the meal delivery boxes and ice packs will be very helpful for that.

If I still have any time/enthusiasm I can start packing up a few boxes of things I use least, but most likely that will be done later this week.