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My mum sent me a video where they described a study that found that ADHD symptoms improved when parents stopped giving their kids food with red food dye in it. I consulted the literature and couldn't find the aforementioned study, but some studies say there is a link, but still lots of unknowns.
I wish she didn't take health advice from random people on the internet. The psychiatrist they mentioned in the study is known to be a bit of a snake oil physician.
Good Golly Miss Molly
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Pate knives on a small cake stand? Don't know where it came from but I do know it's not going back in my cupboard because I don't have room for ugly.
What's more embarrassing is I've got an unopened bottle of Hennessey I haven't touched yet.
So I won't be so easy with the treats anymore. It makes fluffy tums sore.
Opinions wanted.
I'm looking to live right by the seaside but it's hard to get a place.
Is it better to get a bit of a shitty place in a wonderful location ( the place I'm in now is a disgrace so it's not like I would be going from a good place to a dump, I'm already in a dump )
or a better place in a worse location?
I reckon I can fix up a place to be more comfortable but I can't actually move a house to a better location.
I'd buy the one that I could pay off the quickest but that's just me.
The classic advice is to buy the worst house in the best street/location. I reckon this applies here too. Location location location.
Assuming it’s not going to be a big or expensive problem I’d prefer a slightly crummy place than a bad area. You can fix up a bad place but there’s not a lot you can do about the area and a bad one will wear on you.
Also if you resold someone would likely want that area regardless of the house’s condition.
work has been so busy that i’m in bed right now going I DUN WANNA before i inevitably get up to go to work
edit: i am outside
For the fungus gnat fighters, I got these sticky sheets in the post today and cut them up into traps approximately the same dimension as these Bunnings ones.
Works out to like 8¢/trap (or less) instead of $1.29/trap. Being able to make dozens means you can get way more coverage. Also customised the size to be wider for my larger plants, and want to experiment with different shapes just for fun.
They seem to be working, too, in just a few hours many have already caught gnats.
Knackered after a 7am start and lots of driving but at least I was up where the air is fresh and the views are scenic. I feel kind of bleah coming back to the city after all that. Oh well. At least I got to escape too much tedious talk in the office before coming home.
Gonna make a mushroom and pea curry tonight thickened with blitzed, soaked cashews... and use all the implements I need, for I do not need to hand wash most of them💃 yayayayay
Hmm should I consider buying some chicken dim sims this week?
Never eaten before, I usually go for beef.
Also considering trying out some of the Aldi shape biscuits.
Melbcat still takes her breaks in the other room and cuddles a lot but she seems to have perked up a bit. She’s often finessing me for treats and I think she can see them - I shook out a few crumbs which she ignored but when I placed a full treat in front of her she went for it instantly.
She also jumped over a small box to go look out the screen door.
Civics quiz this time!. It turns out, I'm smarter than a 6th grader - 100% for me. 😃
Poor Melbcat cringed sideways into an avoidant curl and stayed frozen like that when she saw the meds coming. Even for a good minute when I got back up to get the food chaser I’d forgotten.
It’s both funny and sad. I wish I could explain why I was doing this. And that the meds cocktail is getting so large because I can’t be sure she’ll eat medicated food. If she doesn’t reliably eat the wet food even the tasteless stuff has to be added to the oral syringe
chat to your vet, we found the best way for Punky was to soak his thyroid meds in sour cream or tuna juice. Mix it up and they're yomping it off the spoon, no stress and a delicious treat.
I did become a ninja at the vit B shots though
So many hugs, all you can do is your best.
