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   Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 08:36:20 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

   Mum & brother & sister-in-law coming to visit this afternoon yay!

   They're bringing a wall-mount TV but no mounting bracket, so I'll go out to Bunnings soon & buy one.

   They're planning to arrive around the time that my fave Korean bakery closes, which means I can't treat them to cakes there like I planned.

   But! I can go there this morning to buy cakes to take away. 🍰

   I'm excited that they're coming. My parents & kid & some of my friends have been here, but none of my siblings yet.

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 08:44:31 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     I'm the oldest of 5 siblings (& also the oldest of um 32 cousins)

     All my siblings have mortgages & seem like they have passed most of the practical exams of adulting.

     I've rented most of my life & have often been a mess financially.

     I mostly don't worry about whether they think I'm a fuck-up, & I don't think they've judged me. (Especially not this brother in particular)

     But I have felt a little insecure & envious sometimes.

     So I'm kinda proud of being a homeowner & excited to show off a bit

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 08:48:06 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     My siblings all have big houses with lots of rooms & two of them have fabulous swimming pools also.

     I don't think any of them would want to trade their big fancy houses for my CBD studio apartment.

     But I wouldn't want to trade either, I love my place so much.

     (Okay I wouldn't mind having regular access to a nice swimming pool. I think part of the reason I didn't much use the pool at the previous building is that it wasn't all that nice.)

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 08:50:10 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     Oh wait I forgot that one of my siblings doesn't have a mortgage because he & his spouse actually finished paying it off in full a couple of years ago.

     Which aaaaahhhh I am so proud of him & also envious as fuck 😅

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 16:10:11 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     Oh noooo the TV is one inch wider than the space available for mounting a TV 😭

     My brother & sister-in-law spent way too much time trying to take those floating shelves off the wall (because I don't really need them) & eventually gave up in despair.

     New plan: one of my other brothers is a carpenter. I'm going to ask his advice on how practical it might be just to cut a couple of inches off the side of each shelf, then reattach the laminate to the cut edges.

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     Chicken :cqlgusu: (lookitmychicken@blorbo.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 16:15:42 JST Chicken :cqlgusu:

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     Then it should be possible to wall-mount the TV in the gap.

     Another plan is: buy a smaller TV.

     But this one was free (thanks to one of my aunts who had more TVs than she needed) and it seems like it's pretty good quality.

     I'm going to leave it propped up at an angle in its current spot for a bit, & probably give myself a few weeks to decide which option I like best.

     Anyway I can now watch my 8 lovely children on a large screen again. 💕💕