My better half is off to aldi first thing so I'll be clowning around with the kids for an hour or so. I've been really wanting to do a Big Cook this weekend. It's too warm for a roast so I think I'll make burritos instead. Still fairly involved but the oven will only be on about a quarter of the time so hopefully less swampy.

Other than that, just pottering around the house. My eldest is off on a residential trip with school in September and needs to learn how to put a duvet cover on so that's one of my regular jobs palmed off.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Got up way earlier than I otherwise would, and we went swimming! At an actual leisure centre! How very 1990s!

Of course, we both put our glasses in the locker and then were so blind we couldn't actually find our way to the pool and had to ask a random bloke, haha, bit mortifying but we made it in the end. Swam 1.25km which I'm pretty proud of given that neither of us have done it in god knows how many years!

Now a day of lounging around and saying "we earned it!" over and over while eating way more calories than we just burned off.

[–] Christopher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This is giving me Brittas Empire vibes...

[–] Oneeightnine@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hoping to get the kids down to the local park for a little picnic and a ride around on the bike. The five year old is still very early with it, and the one year old obviously doesn't have one yet....but it'll still be nice provided the weather holds.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Child #1 got a balance bike when he was two but didn't really get on with it until he was nearly three. Once he turned three he was unstoppable on it. Looking forward to getting him a pedal bike so we can go through the woods together.

[–] brewery@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Mines just learned how to ride a pedal bike without stablisers and taken to so well. Naturally that means he wants to always go somewhere on it! It is so great going on a bike ride together though.

Somebody who used to teach children how to ride gave me a tip which seemed to work very well. Hold them gently by the shoulder instead of lower down or the bike itself. This way they learn how to balance themselves.

[–] robbieIRL@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How did you get them on it. We've had a few balance bikes for last year or two and my 3 year old just won't go near it. Gets on for a little bit then just decides walking is faster. Any tips?

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It probably helped that his bike is the same colour as mine and they're both mountain style. He wasn't very interested but we kept trying and it clicked.

One friend suggested getting the cheapest, lightest, plastic balance bike and leaving it in the house for them to pick up as they want to - make it a toy rather than a milestone.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Finally made it to the minor injury unit for my wrist. Waiting for an x-ray now but the triage nurse thinks something might be broken. It's going to bugger work right up if I can't drive for a while...

[–] Sausage@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oof, sounds rough. Hope you recover soon. Also, brace yourself for "self-love" injury jokes from colleagues if you turn up with any sort of wrist brace/cast.

[–] sideone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Left wrist, so that hopefully minimises the jokes 🙂

[–] cakeslayer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I live in Oklahoma, and it's been raining every freakin day. I've missed out on so much outdoor activity, I feel like I'm going stir crazy. I need some sunshine. It was sunny most of the day. But I was at work from 2-10. Was a great day tho. I was informed today that my background check cleared and now I've been officially promoted to assistant manager at a fast casual sandwich shop based in Austin, TX.

So yeah, working a lot, but it's worth it. My boss is amazing, treats me so well, and I like 99% of my coworkers. I just wish it would stop raining for just 1 day.

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I got caught in a few showers yesterday so I think I will hide from the rain today. I might go and get my hair cut and then relax around the house. I have been looking for a suitable moment to watch Avatar 2 and this might be just that sort of day.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Curious to hear what you think of the film if you do watch. It's the second ever thing we've been so bored by that we just turned it off halfway through! (the other being IT Chapter 2, what is it with part twos?)

[–] TediousParrot@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am about an hour and 20 minutes into it. I would say that the animation is fantastic - visually it is beautiful. The sound mix is great and is really filling the room. The story is meh - I am approaching this from a 'low mental effort US action film' point of view and I think I'll be ok to watch to the end.

The thing that is bugging me the most is that they haven't even tried to come up with an alien point of view. The characters might as well be human, and American at that.

I have no idea why James Cameron thought this needed to be 3hrs long. If a film goes over 2hrs it really needs to be a mini-series.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Just the fact that you're still watching it but also on Lemmy probably speaks volumes haha

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