melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread Monday 23rd June 🪄 49 minutes ago:
Ugh. Thought it was just me having issues. I hope they’re not making all the stuff shoddy for profit margins
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 3 hours ago:
That’s a good idea
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 3 hours ago:
Agreed, he looks healthy so probably has an owner and might not need help. I’m hoping he stays that way because I don’t have the energy to catch him if he’s a stray
- Comment on Discussion Thread Monday 23rd June 🪄 3 hours ago:
I tried the Cerave tub. It was… fine? A bit mediocre.
Barely noticeable sting which is probably my barrier being compromised. A tiny bit more emollient than the tube, but it’s still very thick and dry. I put on one heaped fingerful and then another trying to get it to moisturise so it doesn’t go very far.
It kind of disappeared leaving a thin waxy residue behind which felt a little stiff and uncomfortable.
Honestly I rate the Vaseline Dry Skin Rescue body lotion higher and it’s more economical but my skin suddenly started stinging and breaking out from that when it hadn’t before.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 17 hours ago:
The black cat is hanging around… but I can’t feed him or encourage him to be here or I’ll have a cat fight on my hands
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 22 hours ago:
Beautiful baby ❤️ She’s making the most of your time.
And her whiskers are so longgg
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 22 hours ago:
Kmarget purchase
Pakige 📦
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 23 hours ago:
He’s got his fists up and snarling!
🥊🥊
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧭 Sunday 22 June 2025 1 day ago:
Oop… hairball on the bed. Thankfully I have a few doonas. I put a cover on a new one ready to swap out fast when she gets up.
Not a fan of these ‘space saver’ bags that don’t stay sealed or compressed. Also they’re large so you have to haul the bulky thing down and dig through. Not really working as intended… maybe I should just divide things into smaller stackable blanket boxes, and sorted in categories.
And declutter… I just wish I could find clothes that fit and are comfortable so I could cull all the ones I keep ‘just in case’.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 1 day ago:
Yeah I might just leave them
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 1 day ago:
lol I don’t have any foundation
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 1 day ago:
Ugh. Dark circles. I’m wondering if it’s worth trying to buy a concealer or something.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 1 day ago:
Not to mention proper pockets. I see nothing wrong with any of this and consider it a good day
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 1 day ago:
Perhaps she will be back soon 😔
- Comment on Discussion Thread 💈 Saturday 21 June 2025 2 days ago:
I’m having a really rough trot.
spoiler
I’m in quite a bit of pain, miss cooking and eating, and especially miss having the energy to do stuff -_-
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
Woolies used to have own brand boiled lollies but they’re gone now. Some locations have swanky kinds in jars but too expensive for cooking with
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
Gorgeous little princess. Melbcat is a bit heavy for me to do this but maybe next time an improvised baby wrap might hold Sox close and stop the headbonking of your hands
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
That’s a big difference, what did you use?
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
Shhhh!
knocks on wood
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
Good luck to your mum!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 3 days ago:
This is why you always have an extra tin for them
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🌞 Thursday 19th day of June 2025 4 days ago:
screams
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛩 Wednesday 18 June 2025 5 days ago:
Calories are to maintain your body and allow you to live life. You’re doing a good job at living
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🛩 Wednesday 18 June 2025 5 days ago:
Physical exhaustion is kicking my arse. I have to gather energy to get up.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧋 Tuesday 17 June 2025 5 days ago:
Been there. Can you make some clear broth from cube and have it with a few crackers?
Half strength ensure made with hot water and a splash of milk for cooling is a good warm drink to slowly sip.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Monday 16 June 2025 6 days ago:
Is it possible that she could stay with someone during her recovery from major surgery and/or palliative care to protect her from this?
This is really not a safe or reasonable expectation - especially if he’s able bodied and simply considers the job beneath him.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Monday 16 June 2025 6 days ago:
Plus ICE, and reporters being shot with rubber bullets.
…I dunno about that part. Didn’t the revolution eventually result in Stalin? :/
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Monday 16 June 2025 6 days ago:
I’m desperately trying to ignore it all.
US politics
Israel has gone for Iran which I saw in passing, and looking now apparently the US might get involved. I don’t really like discussing US politics but kind of wishing we weren’t allied right about now
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🎨 Monday 16 June 2025 6 days ago:
The prices on everything have gone up… Feeling guilty about spending ‘unnecessarily’ even though items weren’t bought for no reason.
spoiler
Melbcat’s calming supplement has gone up an eye watering amount and I’m wondering if she needs it every day. I could have just given her extra of a different medication but this was safer for her. The ‘large’ litterboxes for senior cats also arrived and they are absolutely tiny. Even with the low side she’s not going to be able to use them. I should have just cut down the sides of her existing ones but the thinner smaller ones tend to crack and have sharp edges, and the plastic of the large nursery trays is too thick unless I use a mini hacksaw. Which could be challenging. I got a tub of Cerave cream because my skin is being extra angry (despite me treating it better than I was?) and I saw one without niacinimide… Hope it at least is tolerable to use, not irritating or too heavy. I really wish I could use sorbolene or cheap vitamin e cream but there’s something in those that burns my skin.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍩 Sunday 15 June 2025 1 week ago:
Eating enough, lots of fluids and a lot of sleep