Kym H
@ntcc661.bsky.social
Australian. Weird Mum. Occasional crosstitcher. Beginner in crochet. Comic collector/lover from 1976 to 2010ish. Only child. Hate crowds. Shortsighted. Nap lover. Black cat owner. Melbourne Gal. Customer Service Survivor. Previous latch key kid.
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Are you a comic creator in Australia or Aotearoa?
We've got an industry server to share resrouces, find collaborators and open submissions!
LCS owners welcome too!
discord.gg/Mzydcxe6Yb
#comics #australia #aotearoa
We've got an industry server to share resrouces, find collaborators and open submissions!
LCS owners welcome too!
discord.gg/Mzydcxe6Yb
#comics #australia #aotearoa
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Are you a comic creator in Australia or Aotearoa?
We've got an industry server to share resrouces, find collaborators and open submissions!
LCS owners welcome too!
discord.gg/Mzydcxe6Yb
#comics #australia #aotearoa
We've got an industry server to share resrouces, find collaborators and open submissions!
LCS owners welcome too!
discord.gg/Mzydcxe6Yb
#comics #australia #aotearoa
In happier, more mundane, news...
As part of simplifying my garden setup and attempting to look more mature I've got this idea to try as add a tiny bit of colour & shade down the side of my house.
Involves drilling into brick with tension wire & small flags.
Better than just gravel & pavers. 🤞
As part of simplifying my garden setup and attempting to look more mature I've got this idea to try as add a tiny bit of colour & shade down the side of my house.
Involves drilling into brick with tension wire & small flags.
Better than just gravel & pavers. 🤞
February 16, 2026 at 8:27 AM
In happier, more mundane, news...
As part of simplifying my garden setup and attempting to look more mature I've got this idea to try as add a tiny bit of colour & shade down the side of my house.
Involves drilling into brick with tension wire & small flags.
Better than just gravel & pavers. 🤞
As part of simplifying my garden setup and attempting to look more mature I've got this idea to try as add a tiny bit of colour & shade down the side of my house.
Involves drilling into brick with tension wire & small flags.
Better than just gravel & pavers. 🤞
After 24hrs of feeling numb and thinking like I'm the worst parent ever I've realised what I could've done to help my son yesterday.
Too little too late.
And I still feel like a shitty parent.
But I feel better prepared for the future.
I have to believe it counts for something.
#parenting
Too little too late.
And I still feel like a shitty parent.
But I feel better prepared for the future.
I have to believe it counts for something.
#parenting
February 16, 2026 at 7:22 AM
After 24hrs of feeling numb and thinking like I'm the worst parent ever I've realised what I could've done to help my son yesterday.
Too little too late.
And I still feel like a shitty parent.
But I feel better prepared for the future.
I have to believe it counts for something.
#parenting
Too little too late.
And I still feel like a shitty parent.
But I feel better prepared for the future.
I have to believe it counts for something.
#parenting
Watching pre-teens handle animals at a petting zoo was an intense experience today.
The animals were just harassed constantly for two hours!
The handler was ok (I guess) but I just felt bad for those poor animals.
The kids were relentless.
The animals were just harassed constantly for two hours!
The handler was ok (I guess) but I just felt bad for those poor animals.
The kids were relentless.
February 15, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Watching pre-teens handle animals at a petting zoo was an intense experience today.
The animals were just harassed constantly for two hours!
The handler was ok (I guess) but I just felt bad for those poor animals.
The kids were relentless.
The animals were just harassed constantly for two hours!
The handler was ok (I guess) but I just felt bad for those poor animals.
The kids were relentless.
Today my 10yo was made to feel unwanted & unfairly treated at another kid's bday party.
He cried in my arms. Infront of everyone. And he was kinda justified in his feelings.
But nooooo it's "just kids being excited".. Maybe.
Some humans just fucking suck.
#IsaidwhatIsaid #parenting
He cried in my arms. Infront of everyone. And he was kinda justified in his feelings.
But nooooo it's "just kids being excited".. Maybe.
Some humans just fucking suck.
#IsaidwhatIsaid #parenting
February 15, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Today my 10yo was made to feel unwanted & unfairly treated at another kid's bday party.
He cried in my arms. Infront of everyone. And he was kinda justified in his feelings.
But nooooo it's "just kids being excited".. Maybe.
Some humans just fucking suck.
#IsaidwhatIsaid #parenting
He cried in my arms. Infront of everyone. And he was kinda justified in his feelings.
But nooooo it's "just kids being excited".. Maybe.
Some humans just fucking suck.
#IsaidwhatIsaid #parenting
As a person who grew up in 2nd hand clothes, in a caravan in an industrial area of the western suburbs, where bills were paid before food was sometimes bought...
Going to a brand new house in East Malvern makes me *very* uncomfortable..
I've come a long way but you never forget..
#poverty
Going to a brand new house in East Malvern makes me *very* uncomfortable..
I've come a long way but you never forget..
#poverty
February 14, 2026 at 9:31 PM
As a person who grew up in 2nd hand clothes, in a caravan in an industrial area of the western suburbs, where bills were paid before food was sometimes bought...
Going to a brand new house in East Malvern makes me *very* uncomfortable..
I've come a long way but you never forget..
#poverty
Going to a brand new house in East Malvern makes me *very* uncomfortable..
I've come a long way but you never forget..
#poverty
Today I'm taking kiddo to a bday party that will go for 4 hours. We knows the bday gal & her parents (sorta). The rest are strangers.
Neither of us will not last 4 hours a foreign place, surrounded by people we barely know.
I give it 2 hours max. I'm being generous.
#parenting #social #anxiety
Neither of us will not last 4 hours a foreign place, surrounded by people we barely know.
I give it 2 hours max. I'm being generous.
#parenting #social #anxiety
February 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Today I'm taking kiddo to a bday party that will go for 4 hours. We knows the bday gal & her parents (sorta). The rest are strangers.
Neither of us will not last 4 hours a foreign place, surrounded by people we barely know.
I give it 2 hours max. I'm being generous.
#parenting #social #anxiety
Neither of us will not last 4 hours a foreign place, surrounded by people we barely know.
I give it 2 hours max. I'm being generous.
#parenting #social #anxiety
I've been invited to join an acquaintance (son's piano teacher) in a fund raising swim event next mth.
Swimming for fund raising can involve lots of lap swimming.
Especially hard when I'm trying to finish C25K & continue jogging.
But I think I'll do it. Just with some boundaries built in.
Swimming for fund raising can involve lots of lap swimming.
Especially hard when I'm trying to finish C25K & continue jogging.
But I think I'll do it. Just with some boundaries built in.
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I've been invited to join an acquaintance (son's piano teacher) in a fund raising swim event next mth.
Swimming for fund raising can involve lots of lap swimming.
Especially hard when I'm trying to finish C25K & continue jogging.
But I think I'll do it. Just with some boundaries built in.
Swimming for fund raising can involve lots of lap swimming.
Especially hard when I'm trying to finish C25K & continue jogging.
But I think I'll do it. Just with some boundaries built in.
So I heard EB Games is closing down in #NZ and then #Australia...
Is this official or just drama drama??
#gaming #retail
Is this official or just drama drama??
#gaming #retail
February 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
So I heard EB Games is closing down in #NZ and then #Australia...
Is this official or just drama drama??
#gaming #retail
Is this official or just drama drama??
#gaming #retail
Absolute success!
Roast chicken done with a packet of french onion soup rubbed into it. Slow cooked in stock till the end.
Roast potatoes with some herbs.
Mixed frozen veg over cooked & mushy and then doused in a french onion/chicken gravy.
#cooking #delicious
Roast chicken done with a packet of french onion soup rubbed into it. Slow cooked in stock till the end.
Roast potatoes with some herbs.
Mixed frozen veg over cooked & mushy and then doused in a french onion/chicken gravy.
#cooking #delicious
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Absolute success!
Roast chicken done with a packet of french onion soup rubbed into it. Slow cooked in stock till the end.
Roast potatoes with some herbs.
Mixed frozen veg over cooked & mushy and then doused in a french onion/chicken gravy.
#cooking #delicious
Roast chicken done with a packet of french onion soup rubbed into it. Slow cooked in stock till the end.
Roast potatoes with some herbs.
Mixed frozen veg over cooked & mushy and then doused in a french onion/chicken gravy.
#cooking #delicious
The amount of time I've spent on this roast chicken today had mean it's the best goddamn chicken EVER!
(My slow cooker broke).
(My slow cooker broke).
February 11, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The amount of time I've spent on this roast chicken today had mean it's the best goddamn chicken EVER!
(My slow cooker broke).
(My slow cooker broke).
I tried watching The Dead Girls on Netflix. The blurb didn't give any indication it was a comedy.
Didn't finish the 1st episode. It was just a bit clunky, even for a comedy.
Some very enthusiastic sex scenes though.
Meh..
Didn't finish the 1st episode. It was just a bit clunky, even for a comedy.
Some very enthusiastic sex scenes though.
Meh..
February 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
I tried watching The Dead Girls on Netflix. The blurb didn't give any indication it was a comedy.
Didn't finish the 1st episode. It was just a bit clunky, even for a comedy.
Some very enthusiastic sex scenes though.
Meh..
Didn't finish the 1st episode. It was just a bit clunky, even for a comedy.
Some very enthusiastic sex scenes though.
Meh..
I may be *just* a #SAHM but I've worked my arse off today.
Cooking, cleaning, driver, cheerleader, pet wrangler, cash manager, mental health supporter.
I still have 3-4hrs till I can relax.
I just don't need my knee tweaking with pain.
It doesn't feel like an old arrow wound though (nerd ref).
Cooking, cleaning, driver, cheerleader, pet wrangler, cash manager, mental health supporter.
I still have 3-4hrs till I can relax.
I just don't need my knee tweaking with pain.
It doesn't feel like an old arrow wound though (nerd ref).
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 AM
I may be *just* a #SAHM but I've worked my arse off today.
Cooking, cleaning, driver, cheerleader, pet wrangler, cash manager, mental health supporter.
I still have 3-4hrs till I can relax.
I just don't need my knee tweaking with pain.
It doesn't feel like an old arrow wound though (nerd ref).
Cooking, cleaning, driver, cheerleader, pet wrangler, cash manager, mental health supporter.
I still have 3-4hrs till I can relax.
I just don't need my knee tweaking with pain.
It doesn't feel like an old arrow wound though (nerd ref).
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And after a busy day… we’re all set but back in Southbank! We’ve got all your favourite video game soundtracks, loads of new art books plus plenty of goodies to check out.
Opening tomorrow at 155 Clarendon St, Southbank VIC
Tue - Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 11am-4pm
#gamingculture #popupshop #pixelcrib
Opening tomorrow at 155 Clarendon St, Southbank VIC
Tue - Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 11am-4pm
#gamingculture #popupshop #pixelcrib
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 AM
And after a busy day… we’re all set but back in Southbank! We’ve got all your favourite video game soundtracks, loads of new art books plus plenty of goodies to check out.
Opening tomorrow at 155 Clarendon St, Southbank VIC
Tue - Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 11am-4pm
#gamingculture #popupshop #pixelcrib
Opening tomorrow at 155 Clarendon St, Southbank VIC
Tue - Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 11am-4pm
#gamingculture #popupshop #pixelcrib
I remember when #Springsteen exploded in Australia with "Born In The USA". It was massive. And incredibly influential.
I need to get back into his #music.
I think, being older, I may appreciate his work in a totally different way..
#80s
I need to get back into his #music.
I think, being older, I may appreciate his work in a totally different way..
#80s
February 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM
I remember when #Springsteen exploded in Australia with "Born In The USA". It was massive. And incredibly influential.
I need to get back into his #music.
I think, being older, I may appreciate his work in a totally different way..
#80s
I need to get back into his #music.
I think, being older, I may appreciate his work in a totally different way..
#80s
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
It's the little things that tell me that I'm not quite cool enough for the "cool" parents group.
But little things add up.
And that's... cool.
😎
#parenting #schoolyard #bullshit
But little things add up.
And that's... cool.
😎
#parenting #schoolyard #bullshit
February 10, 2026 at 4:31 AM
It's the little things that tell me that I'm not quite cool enough for the "cool" parents group.
But little things add up.
And that's... cool.
😎
#parenting #schoolyard #bullshit
But little things add up.
And that's... cool.
😎
#parenting #schoolyard #bullshit
Word Nerds! I have a question:
Is there a historical, proven link/connection/relationship between the definition of verses as when used in a song and versus when used when fighting/battling?
This is the thought that runs through my mind!
Is there a historical, proven link/connection/relationship between the definition of verses as when used in a song and versus when used when fighting/battling?
This is the thought that runs through my mind!
February 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Word Nerds! I have a question:
Is there a historical, proven link/connection/relationship between the definition of verses as when used in a song and versus when used when fighting/battling?
This is the thought that runs through my mind!
Is there a historical, proven link/connection/relationship between the definition of verses as when used in a song and versus when used when fighting/battling?
This is the thought that runs through my mind!
February is kinda nuts for me. Too much going on.
Chaos.
A bit overwhelmed.
About to do a bit of late night shoe shopping with son.
Then maybe chocolate.. Or ice cream.. Or both..?
I need 3 mths of just the bare minimum please.
Chaos.
A bit overwhelmed.
About to do a bit of late night shoe shopping with son.
Then maybe chocolate.. Or ice cream.. Or both..?
I need 3 mths of just the bare minimum please.
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 AM
February is kinda nuts for me. Too much going on.
Chaos.
A bit overwhelmed.
About to do a bit of late night shoe shopping with son.
Then maybe chocolate.. Or ice cream.. Or both..?
I need 3 mths of just the bare minimum please.
Chaos.
A bit overwhelmed.
About to do a bit of late night shoe shopping with son.
Then maybe chocolate.. Or ice cream.. Or both..?
I need 3 mths of just the bare minimum please.
Spent $$ on a Fitbit Ace 3 for my son.
Screen is so dark. I've searched the Fitbit community site, checked setting, rebooted & changed clock face and NOTHING.
Such a disappointing product.
But trying to contact someone to help with this is the WORST!
Last time Fitbit.
Never again.
Screen is so dark. I've searched the Fitbit community site, checked setting, rebooted & changed clock face and NOTHING.
Such a disappointing product.
But trying to contact someone to help with this is the WORST!
Last time Fitbit.
Never again.
February 5, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Spent $$ on a Fitbit Ace 3 for my son.
Screen is so dark. I've searched the Fitbit community site, checked setting, rebooted & changed clock face and NOTHING.
Such a disappointing product.
But trying to contact someone to help with this is the WORST!
Last time Fitbit.
Never again.
Screen is so dark. I've searched the Fitbit community site, checked setting, rebooted & changed clock face and NOTHING.
Such a disappointing product.
But trying to contact someone to help with this is the WORST!
Last time Fitbit.
Never again.
Fucked up ageist shit really pisses me off (just in case it wasn't clear).
(As do many other -ists but I'm feeling run down, perimenopausal, invisible & greatly under appreciated today. So here we are. Proud & grateful to get to this age).
#getoffmylawn
(As do many other -ists but I'm feeling run down, perimenopausal, invisible & greatly under appreciated today. So here we are. Proud & grateful to get to this age).
#getoffmylawn
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Fucked up ageist shit really pisses me off (just in case it wasn't clear).
(As do many other -ists but I'm feeling run down, perimenopausal, invisible & greatly under appreciated today. So here we are. Proud & grateful to get to this age).
#getoffmylawn
(As do many other -ists but I'm feeling run down, perimenopausal, invisible & greatly under appreciated today. So here we are. Proud & grateful to get to this age).
#getoffmylawn
Apparently old people don't have tattoos or cool haircuts with colour or have anything interesting or redeeming about them.
Apparently they should not be in public. Especially not to socialise. And most definitely not at a cafe.
Apparently they should not be any place a person under 50 could be.
Apparently they should not be in public. Especially not to socialise. And most definitely not at a cafe.
Apparently they should not be any place a person under 50 could be.
February 4, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Apparently old people don't have tattoos or cool haircuts with colour or have anything interesting or redeeming about them.
Apparently they should not be in public. Especially not to socialise. And most definitely not at a cafe.
Apparently they should not be any place a person under 50 could be.
Apparently they should not be in public. Especially not to socialise. And most definitely not at a cafe.
Apparently they should not be any place a person under 50 could be.
I'm tired.
W7D2 of #C25K.
Many hours applying stain to our 2 outdoor decks.
Walking to & from my son's school.
But the highlight for me was hearing 20-odd year old complain about "old people" crowding her favourite cafe. And then defining old people as those over 50. I'm 51.
I'm tired & old.
W7D2 of #C25K.
Many hours applying stain to our 2 outdoor decks.
Walking to & from my son's school.
But the highlight for me was hearing 20-odd year old complain about "old people" crowding her favourite cafe. And then defining old people as those over 50. I'm 51.
I'm tired & old.
February 4, 2026 at 12:45 PM
I'm tired.
W7D2 of #C25K.
Many hours applying stain to our 2 outdoor decks.
Walking to & from my son's school.
But the highlight for me was hearing 20-odd year old complain about "old people" crowding her favourite cafe. And then defining old people as those over 50. I'm 51.
I'm tired & old.
W7D2 of #C25K.
Many hours applying stain to our 2 outdoor decks.
Walking to & from my son's school.
But the highlight for me was hearing 20-odd year old complain about "old people" crowding her favourite cafe. And then defining old people as those over 50. I'm 51.
I'm tired & old.
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