My Mosaic

niceeee having those painting plans for afterwards sounds like a great way to relax @Bow are these just plain white boards? oo what lego are you planning on working on next?

oh yeah those are some good variety of shows too! do you tend to watch different shows for different moods/activities? i used to watch a different show for gym vs bedtime vs in the living room with the family. someone on the forums was also talking about the resident too, must be quite good then!!

also going to heading off soon, hope you get some rest. and please do reach out to Lifeline whenever you need. wish you all the best for your appointments tomorrow, fingers crossed they go well. good night! 💗

My gp appointment went ok. Thankfully she didn’t ask heaps of questions like she usually does.

Seen my psychologist after that. My last schema group we were given a worksheet on the 5 core needs (safety and attachment, autonomy, freedom to express our feelings and needs, realistic limits and spontaneity and play). When I was first given it it really overwhelmed me and I have no clue how to fill it in. We just had to write down examples of how those needs were or weren’t met as a child.
I worked through it with my psychologist today and now I have all these memories floating around just below the surface. Some really intense and vivid.

@Bow oh wow sounds like it was suuuuper insightful!! Annnnd now all the memories are extra swirly.... Maybe, if it is feeling distressing, you could try to find a super grounding activity to do? Gardening or dishes for example could be extra visceral, help you stay in the present.

Here with you poppet 💜

I been doing some painting @Jynx not super helpful, but that’s kinda where I ended up.

Not sure how painting wouldn't be helpful @Bow especially if that's where you gravitated naturally!!

Painting by numbers or freehand this arvo?

Painting 2 boards white for market @Jynx so did a couple of coats of that and then I painted about 100 small pebbles different colours for an art pieces. Just one of those things that I do… but doesn’t necessarily help with my head.

whatchoo do today?

@Bow wow so many pebbles!! Does it get tiring? Sounds very fiddly!

Not much today, although I got out for a walk which was nice, got some sunshine so my doc will be happy haha. Handy man popped round to fix a couple bits n bobs and to have another conversation about how he can't fix certain things and yet the RE agents keep sending him to do so 😑 Honestly I've given up expecting anything much, if at all, from RE agents!

'Sarvo just chillin, gonna make some puff pastry snacks later!

Oh it’s super duper fiddly @Jynx cause they keep moving! And some of them need like 4-5 coats 🤨

Sunshine is good. I contemplated getting out and doing the lawns today. But decided not too lol they badly need doing though, so in the coming days..

urgh RE ours wanted to increase our rent. We sent them an A4 size list of things that needed fixing. RE came out to inspect and take a million photos. Never heard from them again! 😂 they are annoying!

oh what puff pastry you going to make? I actually had curry puffs for dinner. Found them at woolies a few weeks back… I love me a good puffy curry puff! It’s just me and daughter for dinner tonight, mums sick again. So I had curry puffs and D is currently eating chips and nugs.

@Bow such dedication to your art! I love it!!

Ugh yeah lawns... I gotta do mine too. How can such a small patch of land be so much work?! I wish my RE had forgotten about the rent increase, they're tryna rake me across the coals and now I gotta take em to VCAT 😓

Oh so I made up a mix of ham, chopped spinach, and some mushrooms that I sauteed in garlic and Worcestershire sauce, and mixed em all into a pot of cream cheese. Tonight all I gotta do is lay out and quarter the pastry sheets, smack a dollop of creamy mushroomy hammy goodness on the squares, and fold in the corners to make lil parcels before I smack em in the oven to get PUFFED 🤤

Yummmm I LOVE curry puffs too!! Haha your D is like little me - I was a nuggie kid too 😋

Making something new…. Will tag ya of course when it’s finished @Jynx 🙂

we are on a corner block so it’s a lot of lawn and it’s kinda my responsibility.. just gets tricky when my intake is low and I got no energy.
Oh your RE sounds yucky. Sucks they try and take advantage of you and don’t do what they need to 😞

oh that sounds yummy! Anything in creamy puff pastry is good! I use to do ham and cheese and sweet chili sauce. Oh and Nutella!

D probably has nuggies too much! But hey it’s chicken!