There's a celebration at my sister's place today ... we hold them all there since she did her schmicky renovation. Hanging out at her place is like being on holidays at some five-star resort. I feel a bit guilty about all the catering she does. I offered to help today, but my sis - like... Continue Reading →

I've been giving my Nikes a major work-out this week. Lots of relaxing walks with friends have cleared my head after getting totally over-hyped from spending a frenetic five days as acting news editor of Kidspot. I love combining lots of loud laughter with exercise. I was so desperate to get moving on Tuesday night... Continue Reading →

DD asked me what my plans were the other night. "I'm watching Chartbeat," I replied. It sounds like I was sitting in front of the tellie watching music videos, but Chartbeat is a tool that tells you how much traffic your website is receiving. As I'm acting news editor at Kidspot this week, it's become... Continue Reading →

Be careful what you write .... You know how I blogged yesterday about having a happiness facelift? Well my frown lines got a thorough work-out last night. I had a looooong day in the office (goddamn parenting news for just keeping on relentlessly coming), went on a panicked search for a 75th birthday pressie for... Continue Reading →

I wrote a blog last year called Chucking the Happy Pills. It was about realising how unhappy I was four years ago (when HouseGoesHome first kicked off). The blog noted .... People sometimes ask me what HouseGoesHome was like in its early days: patchy quality; frequently bleak; poorly illustrated. I remember my mother-in-law nervously suggesting... Continue Reading →

Did you miss me? Did you? Huh, huh? It feels like I've been away for an eternity, not just week. So, how did my digital detox go? Really, really well. I thought it would feel like there was a huge gaping hole in my days if I didn't blog, but my life was full ...... Continue Reading →