Tixl

 Hi all,  I hope you've all had a lovely week and weekend. It's 10:42pm Sunday night AEST at the time of starting this blog, and my weekend has been pretty damn good. Apart from my baking adventures.. I'll start by saying this; I didn't know yeast expired. Yep.. you read that right. I didn't know that was a thing. So, I tried baking a garlic and rosemary loaf a few weeks ago with a bread maker, and it seemed very doughy in the middle, didn't rise, didn't have that bready feel. Thought perhaps it was because I had put actual milk in instead of powdered milk - albeit, a small amount - but that clearly wasn't the case. Today I did some more research to figure out the issue. Most likely culprit is the yeast. Especially because it's BB was 2023... Now, I'm kind of sitting here thinking 2023 was yesterday, but it's also 2026 now.. In fact, we're almost half way through it... So, idk. Where the... ???????? I'ma wake up tomorrow and be 90. Bu...

 Dearest Gentle Reader,  I've clearly been bingeing a lot of Bridgerton. I've almost finished season four now. Thoroughly enjoying it, and I'd recommend. Didn't think I'd be interested in it, but it is sooo good.  I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. Mine was great, a little odd, and went way too quick.  So, Saturday, the washer/dryer lost the will to live, and despite trying to contact multiple repair places, no one seemed to want any business, and the machine was out of warranty, so, another one was ordered. That arrives tomorrow. Anyway, on my way to the shop with Howpal to buy a new one - I'm being the passenger princess - he was driving, we suddenly hear a car beep behind us. Howpal looks in the rear view mirror and starts mouthing off at the person. Pulls up along side him and of course.. winds down MY window. So he and this random person are yelling at each other through their car windows and I'm just stuck in the middle wanting to die. I don'...

Welcome to my first blog post. I've never done one of these before, or kept a diary/journal, so this is quite foreign to me. My proof reading is going to be quite minimal, so expect these posts to be raw and not flawless. However, I will try and keep it so that it isn't entirely painful to read. Because... well, I do actually want people to read these! I'm going to aim for a post a week.  So, anyway! Lately, I've had a lot of things going on. A lot of feelings, a few falling outs, frustrations, tears, laughs. Many ups and downs, and so I wanna talk about it. I started streaming in around August 2024 on twitch. Something I never thought I would do. If you'd like to see what I'm about, head over to twitch.tv/tixltv and say hi! I wanna talk a bit about the journey so far. Overall, it's been amazing. I've met many incredibly people, made lots of new friends. People who I treasure and talk to most days. People who have become part of my life, even if only in ...