the end was just the beginning
I went to a skin cancer clinic a few weeks ago. It was my first time, which is slightly remiss for a pale, freckly redhead who's approaching her fifth decade on the planet. Wow that makes me sound sexy. I went because my mother had been badgering me incessantly. She'd seen a strange mole on... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Jean-Claude: I shagged Kylie While promoting his new movie, Expendables 2, Jean-Claude Van Damme made the startling revelation to The Guardian that he shagged Kylie Minogue while filming Street Fighter: "I tell you what, you should ask her. She'll have a better memory. I'm 51 years old,... Continue Reading →
My sister sent me a text yesterday asking what she could bring to dinner. I suggested a cleaner. But I settled for a bottle of wine. I'm supposed to be on one of those ridiculous no-drinking-Monday-to-Friday jags - again - but I needed something to soothe my frazzled nerves. My parents are going to a... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Jen and Justin ENGAGED! Take that Brad and Ange with your phantom wedding plans ... "Justin Theroux had an amazing birthday on Friday, receiving an extraordinary gift when his girlfriend, Jennifer Aniston, accepted his proposal of marriage," his rep has informed People magazine, just in... Continue Reading →
Sprog 2 asked me last week: "Why are the cat pictures on the back of my undies instead of the front?" My brow creased. I pondered. And I had this sudden revelation. Ahhhhhh, that's why they didn't put the cute kitties on the front of the six-year-old's underpants ... But what do I tell Sprog... Continue Reading →
Trakkie daks, ugg boots, no bra, mad hair, no make-up ... I look fabulous today. But I'm comfortable and warm and I haven't left the house since 9am. Loving! Husband's gone to work - and taken the car - so the Sprogs and I have been dividing our time between tellie on the couch and... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Brad and Ange to marry next Saturday? OK, so it's not looking good for the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie nuptials this weekend, but ... Lainey Gossip says: "Well, to complicate matters, another French publication, Var-matin, claims that the wedding is actually NEXT weekend, on August 18, citing an... Continue Reading →
It's a miserable, blustery Saturday in Sydney, so Husband and the Sprogs curled up on the rug together and sewed their own Ugly Dolls. While they toiled (and bickered and stabbed themselves in the foot with their needle and cried a lot because their daddy had let them stay up late watching the Olympics), I... Continue Reading →
It's been a fortnight of economical eating at Housegoeshome. I've been clearing out the fridge and pantry rather than rushing to the supermarket to stockpile more stuff. Last weekend, I had some leftover spag bol in the fridge, but no spaghetti to serve it with. So I decided to turn it into risotto. Husband made gagging... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Are David and Gillian really an item? Yesterday, one of the school mums told me David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are shagging. And I was like, "No way!" She'd heard it on the radio. Of course, I should have taken that as gospel, but I was a... Continue Reading →
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