I haven't been to a zoo in ages. Did the animals seem happy enough? The last ones I went to were overseas, and I found them pretty depressing tbh, but I hope the ones in NZ have better standards.
Oooof, yeah at least this 'present' was just cat biscuits that were likely just gobbled up too quickly, rather than anything that was recently alive. Small mercies!
The cats really upped their present game this year - a puke in the laundry, and a puke on the coffee table (looks like it was gifted while running, given the impressive spread). I'm not very grateful. Good thing they're cute!
Our family does the big get together on Christmas Eve, so will be heading out the door soon. I usually make a certain kind of salad, and a dark chocolate mousse as well. This year I thought I'd try a raspberry one, that didn't work quite as intended (tastes nice but the texture isn't quite right), so I (impatiently and in a rush) went back to the good old chocolate one.
But since I was impatient, I messed it up and there are chocolate lumps all through it. Fail. That was yesterday, so this morning I made the third batch, which turned out fine like normal (since I was in a better frame of mind and actually paying attention to what I was doing).
So, long story short - I have vast quantities of b-grade mousse in the fridge, so that will be what we're eating for the next few days. Mousseaggedon.
First day off, yay! I celebrated with a pain au chocolat for breakfast. No sleep in though, headed into town to pick up one last gift before things get busy. Now I'm kinda at a loss as to what to do with the rest of the day. Might just chill out and watch stuff. Maybe make some muffins.
I love DnB, saw Concord Dawn a few times back in the day. Couldn't do it now though. I've figured out I'm not a nightowl, and being in my late 30s, am lurching towards decrepitness. Also insomnia, I'd be screwed for a few days after. At least I had some good times out all night when I was a youngun.
Hope you had a good night despite the sleep disruption!
And it's going to get worse with the change of government, particularly given the way David Seymour has been talking about water, farming, and deregulation.
Ha, sorry about that - I meant more that I don't know enough to pick individual shares well, so I just chuck some play money in there from time to time, and if I lose it then it's no biggie. For proper investing, for me ETFs are safer because of the spread, and I don't need to go deep diving into the financials and risk of individual companies.
I'm in my late 30s - I'm putting 8% into Kiwisaver (I know traditional advice is to not do extra here, but I like that it comes out of my pay before I even see it), and putting money into Investnow funds (mix of ETFs, some managed funds, and some term deposits) - though that has slowed down a bit while we concentrate on putting the usual savings money into overdue house maintenance.
I have a small amount of personal money in Sharesies, but I treat that more like gambling (luckily, cos it's way down at the moment). I wouldn't put any serious investing there.
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Ugh, did not sleep. Today is going to be tough. At least things are still quiet at work from the holidays.