the end was just the beginning
The Sharpest Pencil asked a confronting question earlier this week: "Do you want the weekend off from your kids?" It was sparked by Rachael Finch revealing that she spends her weekends without her daughter. The Herald Sun ran a feature story on Rachael that said: On weekends, from Friday afternoon until Sunday morning, the two-and-a-half-year-old stays... Continue Reading →
I still had sand between my toes and salty curls in my hair as I started writing this blog post last night. I couldn't resist driving to the Northern Beaches yesterday for my last swim of the season. DD and I went to Palm Beach for a splash. The water was sooooooo divine: clear and... Continue Reading →
"If you make life hell for your ex, you also make life hell for your children." Those words - from marriage and family therapist Virginia Gilbert - popped up in my Facebook feed yesterday, reminding me that I've chosen the best co-parenting path, even though it feels pretty wretched sometimes. Virginia told Huffington Post Divorce: "Your number... Continue Reading →
If you were one of the brave few who stayed up for the final Logies award presentation last night, you'll have a faint inkling of how crap some of the stars felt who backed up from the after parties and went to work early today. The cast of The Today Show, for example, kicked off... Continue Reading →
Did you watch the Logies? The biggest thrill of the night was Waleed Aly winning Gold at the 58th Annual TV Week Logie Awards. The co-host of The Project beat a field that included last year’s Gold Logie winner Carrie Bickmore as well as SBS’s Lee Lin Chin, as well as Grant Denyer, Scott Cam,... Continue Reading →
Yep, I'm spamming you today. The Logies don't usually fall at the same time as Mother's Day, but for some reason TV Week has bumped them out by a week or two. The Aussie celebs have learned a trick or two from their Hollywood counterparts and are Instagramming the bejesus out of it. They've started... Continue Reading →
How's your Mother's Day been? I'm just back from a lovely relaxed day at my sister's place, chitter chattering, eating delicious food and sipping Prosecco. The kids gave me some gorgeous, thoughtful gifts and the youngest contributed a meringue tower to the feast. DD gave her a kit for Christmas and she finally got around... Continue Reading →
Some women don't give a bugger about Mother's Day, it passes like any other Sunday. It's big in our family. Not as an excuse to shower the matriarchs with expensive gifts, but as a reason to get together. My mum is crook as Rookwood this weekend and my dad is two days out of a... Continue Reading →
I've been walking past Sportsgirl each day on my way to the office, admiring a skirt in the window. I finally succumbed yesterday and bought it. I can't really afford/don't need to be buying new stuff, but I feel great wearing it, so I'm not beating myself up too much about breaking the budget with... Continue Reading →
I drove to Avalon Beach at 6.30am yesterday for a little piece of Indian summer. It was blissful. DD and I went for a sandy walk, had a splash in the ocean, ordered coffee and bacon rolls at a wholefood cafe called Nourished and generally felt like we were on holidays for three hours. I... Continue Reading →
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