the end was just the beginning
If you do something and don't take a photo of the moment, did it really happen? DD took me kayaking yesterday. But I left my phone in his car, so I have no photographic evidence. As we mourned the lack of camera I started wondering: why are we so obsessed with snapshotting every moment of... Continue Reading →
My life continues to move in mysterious ways. Remember how I cancelled my '70s housewarming? Well I got invited to a '70s birthday party last night. And it was the bulkest fun. The birthday girl had hired an old hall in The Rocks and kitted it out with flashing furniture and bean bags and lots... Continue Reading →
Everywhere I turn there's another bloody ad for that bloody 50 Shades of Grey Movie. And it's driving me insane. I am deeply, irrationally pissed off about it being marketed as a Valentine's Day movie. S&M may be a lot of things, but romantic isn't one of them. Not that I'm a Valentine's Day person,... Continue Reading →
My chest keeps tightening as the first anniversary of my separation approaches. I look back at the blogs I wrote in the days between when my husband sat me down and told me - February 10 - and when he got the keys to his apartment - February 14 - and when we told the... Continue Reading →
I say I'm not a mushy person, but I secretly must be. Why else would I buy another puppy? And prattle to it like a baby. And blubber while watching the season finale of Doctor Who. And deliberately use terrible grammar in text messages. Yep, my heart is a big, gloopy puddle. My brain is... Continue Reading →
The final nail was hammered into my marriage coffin a year ago. We were visiting Melbourne and I got a call to say my beloved chickens had been murdered. I didn't realise I was hammering the nail as I sobbed in my husband's arms, but he did. I'm pretty sure it's the moment he realised... Continue Reading →
It's funny the webs you weave in life. They make me so grateful that I've tried - even if I've sometimes failed - to live respectfully and gently. I got a lovely email from Melissa - one of the organisers of my A-lister week - at Destination NSW saying: "Alana, I just realised I did... Continue Reading →
I should have been unpacking my new house yesterday. But I went for a very looooooong walk instead. It was so long, it felt like I was training for Coastrek. Coastrek is HUGE around my way, uber trendy among the school mums. I admire the sentiment - raising money to restore sight through the great work... Continue Reading →
It's been a loooooooooong week waiting for DD to return from his overseas conference. Sigh. (Mind you, it's quite useful that he's been in the US, as I needed Goldfish crackers again for the youngest's pool party. This time around, it's a slightly less forward request - I'd only known him three days when I... Continue Reading →
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