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Unravelled Wednesday and WAYRM - Languishing in the doldrums

It's been a week! I've still got hives, and apparently all the allergists are over-run, so now I'm just hoping they resolve by themselves. Tarragon has something weird going on with his eye and skin - we took him to the vet yesterday, but he freaked out and they couldn't actually do anything. Today we gave him gabopentin, but that wasn't enough. The vet had to sedate him and now he is back home, wobbling around the house, yowling and falling over. He's fine, just needs some ear drops and a good nap. Here he is on the tram, looking not pleased with the situation. 


The knitting and reading and spinning are all going well, if lacking in drama (which is probably the best way!)  I'm nearly up to the ribbing on my mother's cardigan - I'm going to steek it, which is why it looks like a jumper. 

I'm up to the plying part of my spinning project, and I'm most pleased with how it is coming together.

I've been listening to The Kennedy Curse, by James Patterson, which is an interesting history  of the Kennedy family, although it seems to me that a great deal of the curse is "more money than sense". 

Just this week Audible introduced Audible Plus in Australia, so any recommendations are appreciated. I've already found a couple of books that were on my wish list.

I read The Diggers Rest Hotel  by Geoffrey McGeachin  which was a very good mystery, and then I started Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin. It's about a hapless young women who is beset by major anxiety and worries a lot. I'm kind of enjoying it, but it's also a little bit too much like being in my head! Hopefully things will improve for our lead character. 


And that's my week in reading and knitting. To read my all my book reviews, and to see everything I knit, you can find me on Ravelry as Sharondoubleknit and on GoodReads as Sharondblk.

I'm joining in with Kat from As Kat Knits for Unravelled Wednesday and Kat from the Bookdate for It's Monday, What Are You Reading.  Thanks Kat and Kat for hosting these linkups. 

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  1. Marg20 September, 2021

    I saw something about Audible Plus but I haven't really looked into what the plus bit actually means! Maybe I should.

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    1. Sharondoubleknit22 September, 2021

      As far as i can tell it's a bunch of book for free, most of which I'm not interested in. If you keep a long wish list you can scan down and see which (if any) are included.

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  2. pilch9220 September, 2021

    Poor Tarragon. My Sammy has skin issues and is on Apoquil , an allergy med for dogs used off label for cats, It helps a lot. Sorry about your hives.

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    1. Sharondoubleknit22 September, 2021

      Yes, although I do think it's funny that me and the cat both got mystery allergies at the same time!

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  3. Cindy21 September, 2021

    I've recently read A Girl's Guide to the Outback, which was a hilarious rom-com that I listened to. Not sure what genres you prefer but maybe you would enjoy it.

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    1. Sharondoubleknit22 September, 2021

      Thanks for the recommendation. I'll check it out.

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