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@melbailey.bsky.social

Reads too much. Watches too much TV. Cookbook collector. Indoors Enthusiast. Paranormal Believer. From Aotearoa. General All Round Weirdo. She/Her. πŸ‡³πŸ‡ΏπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ΄β€β˜ οΈ I absolutely do not have my shit together.

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My sister and I constantly do that πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

10.02.2026 06:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
The Magic Bullet Infomercial Lied To Us
YouTube video by Matteo Lane The Magic Bullet Infomercial Lied To Us

This is the funniest thing I've watched in a long time πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

09.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Bigfoot still frame

Bigfoot still frame

Our family is very silly. When my 17yo or I get spotted in the hallway we do this Bigfoot caught on film pose.

10.02.2026 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight's dinner is going to be cheesy gnocchi, meatballs, salad, and bread that I just finished baking.

The house smells like fresh bread.

10.02.2026 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You don't count as a stranger. You can be as rude as you like πŸ˜‚

10.02.2026 03:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's weird to me how totally rude and demanding strangers can be on social media. Like, where are your manners??

10.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
The Beach Reads Book Club by Kathryn Freeman 
Finished February 8th

The Beach Reads Book Club by Kathryn Freeman Finished February 8th

Mr Right Across the Street by Kathryn Freeman 
Finished February 10th

Mr Right Across the Street by Kathryn Freeman Finished February 10th

The Toll House by Carly Reagon 
Finished February 10th

The Toll House by Carly Reagon Finished February 10th

And these ones

10.02.2026 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Italian Job by Kathryn Freeman 
Finished February 5th

The Italian Job by Kathryn Freeman Finished February 5th

The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes 
Finished February 5th

The First Law of the Bush by Geoff Parkes Finished February 5th

Do Opposites Attract by Kathryn Freeman 
Finished February 6th

Do Opposites Attract by Kathryn Freeman Finished February 6th

Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson 
Finished February 7th

Coffin Moon by Keith Rosson Finished February 7th

More books I have been reading

10.02.2026 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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gradient.horse Draw a horse, watch it run!

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for

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09.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6429    πŸ” 3331    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 156

Nice!

10.02.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Once I'm finished I'll let you know

10.02.2026 01:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just started a book that has me absolutely hooked and I'm only up to page 8.

Fingers crossed it keeps going like this.

10.02.2026 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

At the end of the day, don't we all just want to read books and eat pastries?

09.02.2026 15:19 β€” πŸ‘ 514    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 6
The Magic Bullet Infomercial Lied To Us
YouTube video by Matteo Lane The Magic Bullet Infomercial Lied To Us

This is the funniest thing I've watched in a long time πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

09.02.2026 21:37 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I swear they had them in the supermarket before Christmas.

But they could just not put crosses on them and sell fruit buns 🀷

09.02.2026 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been reading Mr Right Across the Street by Kathryn Freeman and started The Toll House by Carly Reagon.

My usual one romance one horror combo πŸ˜‚

09.02.2026 19:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I would put lots more veggies in too but everyone has different likes and dislikes around here.

09.02.2026 05:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Now after cooking dinner I am too hot to eat dinner.

09.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did sauteed onion & garlic, then added tomato paste, water, veggie stock, dried rosemary and parsley, paprika, Maggi seasoning, red wine vinegar, frozen spinach, canned brown lentils, salt and pepper.

Basically whatever saucy situation you want and then add lentils.

09.02.2026 05:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A big pan full of lentil cheesy goodness

A big pan full of lentil cheesy goodness

I made a giant lentil cottage pie but instead of potato I dropped some cheddar biscuit (American) dough in there and topped it all with more cheese.

09.02.2026 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

And, yeah, I am reading a horror 😁

08.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have made cookies, I have done washing, I don't need to prep anything in advance for dinner ... going to spend the rest of the day reading and watching the Paranormal Channel.

08.02.2026 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I can't test them and making them involved washing my hands multiple times so I don't accidentally ingest chocolate.

08.02.2026 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A cooling rack of brown crinkly looking cookies.

A cooling rack of brown crinkly looking cookies.

Today's baking is brownie mix cookies. To a packet of brownie mix I added eggs, oil, a bit of extra flour, cinnamon, chopped up dark chocolate, and almonds.

No measuring was involved πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

08.02.2026 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Fingers crossed for a good day

08.02.2026 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I have managed to plan one dinner for this week (we also had chicken rolls last night and are having cannelloni tonight) so only 3 more to go.

08.02.2026 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Going through the kids books yesterday like "nope that's a bad person ... nope that's a bad person ... nope ..."

Haven't touched the book shelves in a few years πŸ˜‚

08.02.2026 02:05 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A plate of smashed avocado with poached eggs on toast.

A plate of smashed avocado with poached eggs on toast.

Got to have a Sunday brunch

07.02.2026 23:33 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The ADHD urge to buy a thing, watch all the videos about the thing, religiously track shipping until the thing arrives, excitedly open the shipping box to get to the thing, and then place the thing somewhere random and forget about it for 3-60 months.

05.02.2026 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 612    πŸ” 146    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 18

Me trying to make a list of our regular dinners: we have never eaten dinner in our lives

07.02.2026 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

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