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I have never heard of a shingles vaccination!
Sally906 wrote: "Yaaaay it's Saturday. First up? Drive into city so hubby can have his Shingles vaccination! I will see how he goes then will have one myself in a couple of weeks. Apparently if you're over 50 and..."I've never heard of that either Sally. Sounds like a good idea. My grandmother used to get shingles on her back and she said it's the most agonising pain ever and she was a migraine sufferer.
Sally906 wrote: "Yaaaay it's Saturday. First up? Drive into city so hubby can have his Shingles vaccination! I will see how he goes then will have one myself in a couple of weeks. Apparently if you're over 50 and..."Wish I'd known about that three years ago! Shingles lingered for nearly a year, miserable experience.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Thanks Faye. I have a confidence problem that I struggle with but this will hopefully help"Ashleigh, anything to do with fabric is such fun; says she who is a quilting fabric man..."
I didn't know you were a quilter Bette. I have made a dozen big full sized quilts for various family members and multiple babies ones. I piece by hand in front of the TV and do simple machine quilting so only manage 2-3 per year. It's a very relaxing hobby and something I hope I'll have more time for when I retire :)
I have a cupboard full of gorgeous fabrics for all the future quilts I plan to make - going into a fabric shop is a bit like going into a bookshop for me and I have to stay away from the on-line sites!
Any other quilters/sewers out there?
I leave the quilting to my sister Carolyn but I know what you mean about fabric shops being like book shops...I can't help myself either and end up buying loads of fabrics just because I love the look of them!I have this picture in my head of beautiful quilted book holders/covers...you know the ones that you put your book in like a sleeve, to take out with you?
So if anyone is into making those to sell I would love to see some :D
My fantasy cover is made from beautiful oriental patterns :))
☼♄Jülie wrote: "I leave the quilting to my sister Carolyn but I know what you mean about fabric shops being like book shops...I can't help myself either and end up buying loads of fabrics just because I love the l..."That does sound gorgeous! A pattern wouldn't be hard and there are some lovely oriental fabrics available. Maybe you could get your sister onto it. Would make a great Chrissie present!
Carolyn wrote: "☼♄Jülie wrote: "I leave the quilting to my sister Carolyn but I know what you mean about fabric shops being like book shops...I can't help myself either and end up buying loads of fabrics just beca..."Have already put the hints out ;)
The shingles vaccine only became available this year. I don't think it is covered by Medicare. the vaccine cost us over $200 at the cheap chemist (doc wrote a script chemist ordered it in then we took it to clinic nurse to do it). It is a one time only vaccine and you are only promised to reduce the risk of getting shingles by 50% and then if you are in the 50% that does get the symptoms are less severe.
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd-vac/s...
Kathryn wrote: "I met up with Elaine today. She has left the chilly Melbourne weather to come up to Queensland to enjoy our lovely (at the moment, anyway - ask me if it's lovely in a month or two and I might have ..."It really was lovely meeting you Kathryn and thanks so much for driving all the way to the Gold Coast and especially for being so understanding with all the change of plans due to all my little dramas!!! The weather was certainly perfect. Every day was sunny and warm. I thought after you'd left that we didn't even go to the beach or take a photo together!!!! Never mind. Hopefully you can come down to Melbourne some time in the not too distant future and we can pick up where we left off.
Carolyn wrote: "Bette BookAddict wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Thanks Faye. I have a confidence problem that I struggle with but this will hopefully help"Ashleigh, anything to do with fabric is such fun; says she who..."
Yes, I'm a quilter, hand and machine. I started in 2006, joined a fantastic sewing group held at friend's patchwork shop. I have about 7k worth of fabric but lord knows when I'll ever get through it because I keep buying more. I love Moda fabric best. Until this year, I made 7-8 quilts annually but reading has interrupted that this year and I've only made 4 so far. And I moved back to Melb and so have lost my wonderful quilting group; none around where I live now:( I make 2 or 3 usually for myself in flannel because I adore the soft, snuggly feel; good to wrap up in, in winter.
Quilters are always lovely people, just like readers:)
I am ROOTED, as mum would say. 48 hours of driving to Ballarat, screaming my head off and my throat hoarse, and driving back, and now off to take mum to the airport.I deserve a lie down after this I think.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Carolyn wrote: "Bette BookAddict wrote: "Ashleigh wrote: "Thanks Faye. I have a confidence problem that I struggle with but this will hopefully help"Ashleigh, anything to do with fabric is such f..."
Quilters are lovely people Bette. I don't belong to a group but I've done quite a few workshops over the years at a local patchwork shop and everyone is always so friendly and helpful. Reading competes with my sewing too but I've started listening to audiobooks and that works well.
Elaine wrote: "Kathryn wrote: "I met up with Elaine today. She has left the chilly Melbourne weather to come up to Queensland to enjoy our lovely (at the moment, anyway - ask me if it's lovely in a month or two a..."Sounds good, Elaine!
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I deserve a lie down after thi..."
I think this is a sleep you'll really enjoy Liam! I'm surprised you didn't stay overnight?
Had to get back to take mum to the airport. What a son.
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LOL!!! I'm sure there was a taxi she could have ridden in;P
Yeah probably but then I wouldn't have gotten this reputation as an amazing son. :P
Liam wrote: "Yeah probably but then I wouldn't have gotten this reputation as an amazing son. :P"Awwww Liam I could say your mum is very lucky but I'm sure it was all her hard work that made you so amazing
We can talk about the weather on this thread, so here goes...I'm nose-deep in a really entertaining book, which I'm finding hard to put down. BUT it is a glorious day outside, probably the best Spring day we've had so far this year, and I should be outdoors enjoying it. Ah, the dilemma of the dedicated book worm!!! :-)
MaryG2E wrote: "We can talk about the weather on this thread, so here goes...I'm nose-deep in a really entertaining book, which I'm finding hard to put down. BUT it is a glorious day outside, probably the best Spr..."Same here Mary, but I reluctantly put my book down to spend half the day in the garden and am so glad as it is a beautiful day and I got lots of planting and trimming and weeding done...now sitting back with a cuppa and my book :D
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Haha!! How often does she tell you that Liam?
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And we've been out enjoying it all with a bbq and friends:) A delightful day! Now back to reading;)
Brenda wrote: "Liam wrote: "Yeah probably but then I wouldn't have gotten this reputation as an amazing son. :P"Haha!! How often does she tell you that Liam?"
Probably not as often as I deserve :P
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Haha!! How often does she tell you that Liam?"
Probably not as often as I deserve :P"
It sounds like you'd better be careful getting into that prized car of yours...you won't fit soon;P
Liam wrote: "Yeah probably but then I wouldn't have gotten this reputation as an amazing son. :P"Always keep on the good side of Mum - that's what I say! Good on you Liam.
Finally home from a weekend in Sydney at the Association of Community Theatre's conference at NIDA. Brain is full of stuff. Nice to be finally catching up on all the Goodreads threads.
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Hope you can transfer from the brain to paper without any loss of information Leonie;) Hope you had a good time!
It was great, Brenda, lots of useful info, and lots of fun with MATS (Muswellbrook Amateur Theatrical Society) friends. Learnt from some legends of the stage.
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Excellent! A very stimulating weekend then:)
Brenda wrote: "Leonie wrote: "It was great, Brenda, lots of useful info, and lots of fun with MATS (Muswellbrook Amateur Theatrical Society) friends. Learnt from some legends of the stage."Excellent! A very sti..."
It certainly was!
Wow Leonie it sounds like you've experienced a great time. I always think 'wow' when I think NIDA!!!
Am I the only one who didn't know Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption????
Suzanne wrote: "Wow Leonie it sounds like you've experienced a great time. I always think 'wow' when I think NIDA!!!"There was a lot of impressive experience there - some legends of the theatre world sharing their skills and stories with all of us amateurs :)
Suzanne wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't know Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption????"I'm sure there are many others who are surprised by that fact, Suzanne. (says she, coyly raising her hand. ok, I WAS ONE!) There, I've confessed:)
Good morning, EB's. I've been forgetting to check in here first thing.
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't know Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption????"I'm sure there are many others who are surprised by that fact, Suzanne. (says she, coyly raising..."
I only realised last year that he wrote that. I also hadn't realised he wrote Under the Dome which intrigues me (although I didn't watch the TV series), but, as usual, I'm a bit daunted by the size! Maybe one of these days...
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't know Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption????"I'm sure there are many others who are surprised by that fact, Suzanne. (says she, coyly raising..."
I didn't know that so you are not the only one.
Marianne wrote: "Stephen King is a great storyteller: it's not all horror"I agree Marianne. The Green Mile was the first book of his I read, after seeing the movie and realising there WAS a book!!! I've only read 3 of his books but my all time favourite and not horror is 11/22/63. That was amazing!!! I do want to read some more of his but I don't think I can do the horror ones.
One of my faves was Insomnia which I don't recall having a lot of horror, also Bag of Bones and Dreamcatcher although they may have had some. A while since I read them......I loved Lisey's Story but I seem to recall some gory bits, though what I remember most was crying a lot. Going to buy Mr. Mercedes soon...
Bette BookAddict wrote: "Suzanne wrote: "Am I the only one who didn't know Stephen King wrote The Shawshank Redemption????"I'm sure there are many others who are surprised by that fact, Suzanne. (says she, coyly raising..."
Actually that was a question on a quiz show recently and if I remember they didn't know the answer either.
See all the things I'm learning here on GR ;)
Actually talking about Stephen King I've not read a book of his, but do have The Shining so I must get around to it.
Stephen King writes "page-turners," and inasmuch as he fails to induce boredom so intense in the reader that he or she wants to leap from a building, he is regarded by the Keepers of the Flame of Relentless Tedium and Postmodern Narrative Vacuity as not a "writer," and hence unworthy of consideration for, e.g, the Pulitzer or the "Man, was that a Booker a Steaming Pile of feculence" Award. I kind of like King, no matter in what genre he writes. I think "Phil," in message #87 of the comments thread for this review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show... ...pretty much captures the prevailing attitude of the litcriterati to perfection. Sorry for the diatribe, but I'm under the weather and cranky. :)
Mark wrote: "Stephen King writes "page-turners," and inasmuch as he fails to induce boredom so intense in the reader that he or she wants to leap from a building, he is regarded by the Keepers of the Flame of R..."I am sure that plenty of us agree that just because it's not Capital L Literature, doesn't mean it's not good!
Marianne wrote: I am sure that plenty of us agree that just because it's not Capital L Literature, doesn't mean it's not good! ""I am sure you're right: that most readers read what they enjoy without slavish deference to the opinions of the postmodernist literary critical establishment. I think too, though, that King gets a bad rap. By any reasonable standard of quality, works like "The Dark Tower" series and "The Shawshank Redemption" would have to qualify as "Capital L Literature" (if such a distinction could even reasonably be made).
Mark wrote: "Stephen King writes "page-turners," and inasmuch as he fails to induce boredom so intense in the reader that he or she wants to leap from a building, he is regarded by the Keepers of the Flame of R..."It's good to vent, and teaches me something ;) I'll look at this review now, thanks.
Marianne wrote: "Mark wrote: "Stephen King writes "page-turners," and inasmuch as he fails to induce boredom so intense in the reader that he or she wants to leap from a building, he is regarded by the Keepers of t..."As long as I like something I'm happy, very happy ;)
Do you know what, read what you like you only have to keep yourself happy! There are books I have not read (yet) because there has been too much hype around them. Read and be happy.
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Using hubby as the guinea pig. My daughter had shingles when she was 12 the doctor said it was worst case he had seen. She was sick for 5 weeks.