New Year's Eve and I aren't the best of friends. As I noted in an old blog called New Year's Heave: I loved New Year’s Eve when the clock striking midnight was an excuse to snog every bloke within coo-ee. Now, not so much. It’s too crazy, too fraught with small children, too exhausting... Continue Reading →
12 amazing beach bedroom ideas
Pisceans are On the bright side ... Imaginative and sensitive Compassionate and kind Selfless and unworldly Intuitive and sympathetic On the dark side.... Escapist and idealistic Secretive and vague Weak-willed and easily led I'm sooooo not your typical Piscean. I mean, I do have dodgy feet, but I hate water. What fish hates water?... Continue Reading →
Bad hangover! Naughty hangover!
Everything hurts. And I only have myself to blame ... oh, and my sister's spa. My sister's spa has A LOT to answer for ... Naughty spa. I developed an addiction over the Christmas break to spending my afternoons lazing around on a deck with my feet up, eating home-delivered pizza and sipping $5... Continue Reading →
Sold a pup
After writing about my top 10 blog posts of the year yesterday, I was tempted to call this one "Doggie style" ... but that would be tacky ... I'm a bit of a Scrooge when it comes to hotel accommodation. My GAWD it seems like a lot of money for a room for a night.... Continue Reading →
My top 10 blogs of 2015
Forget being worthy, it's all about sex (and party bags ... and cubby houses). I had a sneaking suspicion things were going in that direction when I scored my most-ever blog views in a day - just last week - for a post I wrote called A Funny Thing Happened When I Talked About Sex. When... Continue Reading →
And so this was my Christmas … (PLUS: How the stars celebrated)
How did your Christmas Day pan out? Mine was spent at this lovely old house on the NSW South Coast, surrounded by piles of pressies and happy faces. The eldest was totally stoked with her life-sized tiger and the youngest didn't grumble TOO much about not getting a life-sized baby giraffe. My Doctor Who gingerbread... Continue Reading →
I wish I wasn’t spending Christmas with …
People are funny. But you already knew that ... And they get particularly funny - or should that be odd - around Christmas. New research from Hotels.com has revealed 55% of Aussies would happily give one of their family members a chance to star in their own Home Alone movie, by leaving them behind this festive season.... Continue Reading →
For better … or for worse?
I, Alana, take you to be my husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish; from this day forward until death do us part." You'd think wedding vows would be obsolete when you stop... Continue Reading →
Have yourself a geeky little Christmas …
How's this for lovely? An old school friend drove down from the Central Coast on Sunday to give me a Tardis gingerbread house for Christmas! Talk about totally AWESOME! We drank cider and I met her quirky Steampunk 14-year-old daughter (and startled her with the gift of a mini watermelon ... I saw it at... Continue Reading →
Christmas came early (with pesto tarts)
I'll be out of town for Christmas this year ... more about that later ... so the House sisters celebrated early with a brunch over the weekend. My sister's gorgeous bloke cooked bacon and egg rolls on the barbecue, my mum and dad drove down from Newie, the dogs wore reindeer antlers and DD braved... Continue Reading →