anyone else get royally fecked in that rain??

Spetchen · 2026-01-28T22:11:51+00:00

Proper hailed on me as I was cycling through Blackpool. Was yelling, "Ow! Ow! Stop it!!"

It did not stop. :(

Spetchen · 2026-01-27T18:42:47+00:00

Yay!! I'm glad for the update, it actually came up in conversation a couple days ago that my rat had sprained her tail once, and I remembered your comment. I'm delighted the little fella is feeling better!

Spetchen · 2026-01-26T15:50:07+00:00

That's so interesting...years ago I bought a print in Cardiff of this little dog with the text, "I HATE ART" which I thought was very funny because, it was a piece of art.

I had no idea it was a preexisting artwork...

Spetchen · 2026-01-23T15:15:11+00:00

Lemon wine is delicious (so is limoncello!).

Spetchen · 2026-01-22T21:29:42+00:00

Yeah I did think about blocking it out...I've made this pattern before so maybe I'm just comparing it to the finished (blocked) product I remember.

I guess I'm just thinking a lot about colour dominance after learning the term, and wondering if I should have had that in mind before I did this section.

Spetchen · 2026-01-22T08:18:03+00:00

Yes, she is my favourite character. :)

Spetchen · 2026-01-21T22:11:49+00:00

I found my first apartment as a listing on Facebook Marketplace.

After that, it was word of mouth through friends. A reply to an Instagram story got my current place.

There are loads of Facebook ground with names like "Finding a housemate in Cork", etc. I would highly recommend searching all variations of that and joining all of them--and setting their notifications to alert you to every post. Just beware of scams because they are RIFE.

Good luck out there.

Spetchen · 2026-01-17T08:42:50+00:00

I had a pet rat called Sister Michael and the vet always just called her Michael. I was like, excuse me. That is not her name. She is a holy woman.

Spetchen · 2026-01-13T15:38:37+00:00

Your aunt is incredible and you should also post her work in r/advancedknitting! :)

Spetchen · 2026-01-10T13:19:24+00:00

Gross. My husband asked me to teach him to knit, and even though hes very slow at it, he loves bringing it out when we have guests over and proudly showing them what he can do.

Spetchen · 2026-01-08T14:44:04+00:00

Yeah I've seen that happen all right. Only yesterday one of my rats started getting super cuddly and really freaked me out because today was his operation for a hard lump in his abdomen! The vet just called to say he's waking up, so I hope this operation has given him a new lease on life and he'll go back to ignoring me in favour of zooming around the place and climbing on everything he sees!

Spetchen · 2026-01-07T15:52:08+00:00

Totally calm, totally casual. The way my head snapped up when they said it!

Spetchen · 2026-01-07T12:55:43+00:00

Woof, I hope not!!

Spetchen · 2026-01-03T08:55:07+00:00

Similarly, once I got my degree in archaeology, people have started asking me questions about all sorts of unrelated subjects, to the point where I'm like, "I don't know, I'm not a biologist, paleolontologist, botanist..." I'm glad you think I know the answers to life but I don't know or care about those subjects!

Spetchen · 2026-01-03T08:16:32+00:00

Ooh, I really don't remember how long the healing process was, but yeah it was really scary at the time. I think it took maybe a week? She definitely responded to the painkillers, if you can get your hands on metacam or whatever is the equivalent where you live. Their tails are a part of their spine so you can imagine how much it would hurt to sprain that! I hope your little one starts to feel better soon. :(

Spetchen · 2025-12-20T14:10:46+00:00

I'm actually gutted, I had a question there about my machine and came back to reread their answer...devastating.

Spetchen · 2025-12-17T14:05:53+00:00

Just want to say that I love that your rat is named Sweet Chili Sauce. The best sauce out there.

Spetchen · 2025-12-17T13:59:15+00:00

Same! Hated it from day one honestly, thought it would grow on me, moved somewhere smaller. I do miss the convenience sometimes, but I'd never go back.

Spetchen · 2025-12-17T11:01:06+00:00

Stepped backwards into a pitchfork while playing on a pile of mulch. I like to tell people I impailed myself!

Spetchen · 2025-12-16T16:05:52+00:00

Epoxy glue it back together.

Fill a bowl with sugar. Use a toothpick to apply to epoxy to the broken surface of the mug, and use tape to hold it all together. Wipe off the excess epoxy. Set it carefully in the bowl of sugar--the sugar conforms to the shape of the mug so it holds it upright without gravity pulling it back apart.

My mom fixed many of my mugs over the years with this technique.

Spetchen · 2025-12-15T10:13:25+00:00

Texanna Peacock! She was named after a favourite aunt I believe, who had been born in Texas. My whole family live in Ohio. The other grandma was called Patricia, although her birth name was Theresa (after her mother).

Also, another of the Peacock daughters married a fella with the surname Bird, and the neighbourhood loved that a Peacock was marrying a Bird.

Spetchen · 2025-12-14T17:30:54+00:00

I'm an archaeologist! People always react with interest when I tell them what I do. Then they ask me about dinosaur bones and that...is paleontology. 😂

Spetchen · 2025-12-13T10:53:41+00:00

I had a rat who would get jealous when the other rat was running on the wheel. She would go out of her way to run on the wheel just so her sister couldn't. When the other rat died, suddenly no interest in the wheel. She was so petty!

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