I have an autoimmune disease called Oral Lichen Planus and I can tell you not only is the name of it embarrassing (lichen..) but I have both the rare "bullous" version and the "erosive" version and neither are much fun. I have it for life and every day but also flares and I'm sadly in a flare.

Ugh. I saw this response on a fb group I'm in for carers. A carer enquired if it's safe to take an elderly immune comp unvaccinated (refuses) relative on a cruise. 👀 👀 I can't be bothered responding. I'm so sick of all this covid is just part of life crap and keep your hands clean.

Pluslife testing is such a game changer for coviding life. We had our first friend visiting inside dining at our home in five years. Tested negative and also on a rapid Covid/flu/RSV. Hugs, homemade pizzas, sitting around the fireplace telling stories and laughing. Thankful he is ok about testing.

Saddened to see a parent of a disabled teenager I follow on FB has caught what they described as a “cold” travelling, spread it to her family and then went many places including to a dentist appointment while sick. People have learned nothing.

I just ordered an Ancestry DNA kit 👀

Again today someone said “back during Covid” to me. Sigh

I miss the version of me who could say yes to life without calculating the cost. Who had colleagues laughing over coffee breaks, friends for late-night talks, a rhythm that felt like mine. Now it's quiet. Too quiet. Invisible battles mean visible isolation.

Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill. A new report warns the UK faces an “economic inactivity crisis” as rising sickness and disability leave 800,000 more people out of work than in 2019, costing employers £85bn a year. Source: archive.li/mVfVz

We have a friend visiting from interstate on Saturday. He'll do a PlusLife covid test. Assuming it's all clear he'll come inside and we'll have homemade pizza together. First unmasked visitor inside besides our other son in four years! 😀

Just tonight I was thinking how husband, one son and myself have forgotten what respiratory type infections feel like. It has been almost six years since any of us experience even a cold! Why? N95's and being super careful. Not easy socially but fantastic for our health.

Neighbour's goat had a baby. Mum tried to eat our hats!

This morning I'm going to meet a baby goat. A very new baby goat nextdoor. 🤗 🐐

Now we've finally got some lovely warm calm Spring days here some garden pics

This is a pretty little title corner of our Huon Valley Tasmania property. I think of it as the Nordic room. It's not part of our actual house, it's right in the garden. Husband has used it as his office. It has a beautiful picture window looking into the garden.

Interesting fact about me. Our last home that we owned, well the bank owned, was build by a mother and daughter who were practicing Spiritualist. Our elderly neighbour said they had meeting in the lounge room around the fire. Spiritualists believed they could commune with the dead. I was a bit..

If you're wondering where heaven is. It's here on Earth. Please look after this place and it's Life. The trees and birds and bees and humans. Find the beauty and enjoy it while you can 😊

Been doing "radical rest" since Wed afternoon to recover from latest baby visit trip to Victoria. My pain has been at 8/10. Hard to walk. Miserable. I'm grateful my husband is off work atm so can do support of our son and me. I've resting in bed, slept lots, finally able to shower today. Tomorrow..

💉 I love vaccines 💕 Having another COVID Vax (otherwise known as the clot shot) in a few weeks. 8 months since my last one. Early next year I'm having RSV vax then during the year fluvax, COVID Vax, Shingles Vax. 2027 I'll have pneumonia Vax, COVID Vax X2, fluvax. Am I missing any? 💉

Was telling someone how our trip to see son&baby was stressful because of my severe pain, other son's health & my sibs were clearing out our deceased parents home in another state. Sis sent me about 60 messages. It was a lot. Person replied "and you've also got your anxiety about the covid thing" 🫩

We have the most adorable Tasmanian painters here. We call them "the elves". Working hard, enjoying their breaks in our beautiful garden, friendly, sweet, respectful of our covid careful way of living, friends really. Had them here before 😊

Went to Vic for a week and came back to beautiful gorgeous quaint Tasmania (I’m not biased) and literally sighed with relief. Fresh air, quiet, slow, friendly. Even the incessant wind has stopped. Just perfect !

Proud of my son and DIL for having their 8 month old vaccinated for influenza and RSV, both are not free (Australia)

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Spent the last three days visiting son, his wife and baby in Melbourne. Did babysitting duty tonight. Lots of baby sick! Sick on my pants and top, on him, on the floor, ilon the couch...beautiful boy though! Sweet and strong.

Well Dad and mum's house has now been all cleared out ready for sale. Disappointed the two most important sentimental things are being kept by my youngest brother and his wife who is estranged from us. The huge family album with original photos from right back to 1930s-1980s and dads portfolio of..

Change the whole vibe of a book by adding a word to the title: Sons and Mothers A Tale of Two Shitters For the Term of his Satchel Life Straight Expectations

Its so fun trying to sleep on a narrow hard bed on The Spirit of Tasmania with husband snoring and son on his CPAP. I estimate I slept max 3.5hrs 🚢

I'm officially old and chronically ill. Guess what I do at 2.30-3.30pm whenever I can? And it really helps

As an Australian I just can't....just can't understand how this is allowed to happen. Our political system doesn't allow such power to the Prime Minister. Our public buildings are public. We pay for them. The Prime Minister doesn't own it and even if they could pay to build something they can't.

Anyone who moves to southern Tasmania needs to know winter literally lasts six minutes months here. It's not until November that semi-consistent warmth starts!

😲 The wind here in the Huon Valley is incessant this last six weeks or so. Tasmania has the "roaring forties" in Spring but this year it's strangely intense! The sound is like a machine outside. It's irritating. The trees are all bending in the wind. The air is allergic. Cat is hiding in a cupboard

The US is occupied.

One of favourite things is when my cat is asleep and I gently touch him and he squeeks a little "I'm not shocked, I know it's you, I'm not alarmed, it's just my human mum".

Omg look at all those hate America terrorists, there's even children who hate America. They're so scary. I heard there were 7 million of them in the streets. I'm in Australia, I woke up to this news. Maybe there's even more of them who didn't show up. Maybe next time they'll be 10 or 12 million!

Giant copy of the Constitution being carried down Pennsylvania Avenue.

Happy NO KINGS Day Americans. I'm off to bed here in Australia. Our Saturday is over. When I wake up I hope to see many millions of you have peacefully but loudly protested.

Australians please send the TGA a message requesting a newer COVID vaccines. We still have the same one from about two years ago. Pfizer JN.1. Please share this around www.tga.gov.au/form/get-in-...

Seriously??!! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Neighbour has Shingles. Same one who assured us covid is not that bad. Today he implored we get shingles vax asap. Yes some time we will but since we've stayed covid free we don't feel shingles is imminent. He's the fourth person we know who's had shingles this year. Never knew or anyone before

Husband did a dumb test to see of 3 airbeds would go flat overnight. Pumped them up, put on our spare bed, put both sets of his weights in a box on top. Went to bed. This morning he found box slipped & weights flipped MY nearby new keyboard $500AU ($750USD) which now has smashed keys. He's adorable

What's Musk upto? We're seeing nothing about him.

We made it to Paradise to pick up pastries. Here's where we drove to. A little place called Mountain River, by the creek. Tasmania

Heading to Paradise. Hope we're not too late! www.instagram.com/paradiserega...

Might cook Persian lentil rice tomorrow night. It's call Adas Polo and has "tahdig", crispy bottom rice or potatoes. I was taught to cook Persian food in my 20s by friends from Iran. An interesting cuisine. My friends are/were Bahai, escaped from Iran - persecuted cookingwithayeh.com/web-stories/...

Just sold my little blue car 😢. All the money will go to a painter who's painting our shed and inside a room. Oh well

Our Huon Valley garden has thousands of bulbs, multiplied over the 80 years this home has been here in what had been orchard land. We have these pop up in a certain order every year. They've been wonderful. Jonquils Daffodils Snow drops Grape hyacinth Hyacynthus (very fragrant) Bluebells Fresias

I hear the wind That Tasmanian wind cutting across island bending forests Breaking trees and human plans Birds huddle in nests Wind crossing ocean and land Day after day, then calm will come bringing warmth and end of Spring

Sausage sizzle tonight. Diagonal ofcourse

This is the first time, the first year I've had three close friends or relatives hospitalised with pneumonia from influenza. They have all ages a decade IMHO. Sad