Happy New Year! Guess what I did last night? Absolutely nothing with absolutely no one. I chose to spend the night at home alone because 2023 wore me out … oh, and was busy preparing for a 2024 adventure … I’ll tell you more about that in a sec … I hope you had a... Continue Reading →

I reckon the youngest needs a Webster pack and she's only 17. We went to the chemist yesterday and it cost me almost $400 for her latest raft of medications. She takes desensitising tablets for her allergies, two different tablets for her heart condition, a new lot of tablets to try and sort out her... Continue Reading →

Does requesting proper luggage as a Christmas gift mean I've finally grown up? I've previously just bought cheap stuff from discount stores, including one in Harlem, but that's a tale for another day. Anyhoo, DD is giving me a suitcase and the kids are giving me a matching bucket tote for carrying my laptop, book,... Continue Reading →

I am so close to the finish line - just two sleeps until I'm on the longest holiday I've had in forever. I am taking three and a half weeks off and I feel giddy at the thought. Literally every holiday I’ve had in the past few years has been a few days here or... Continue Reading →

I went against another piece of my doctor's advice and got a COVID-19 booster shot yesterday. She said it wouldn't stop me getting COVID-19 and told me not to bother, but after seeing how rampantly it's running through Australia I decided it couldn't hurt. COVID-19 has ruined my last three Christmases. DD was trapped in... Continue Reading →

Remember me panicking about having an x-ray and ultrasound last week on my spine and hip? Well guess what they found ... Nothing. No arthritis, no inflammation, no disc problems. Righto then. Well, I suppose that's good news. As for Freddie the Fibroid, he might be causing the issues, but the doctor said there was... Continue Reading →

Who puts a lock on the inside of a shoebox-sized laundry door? I am very unhappy with them. My dogs sleep in the laundry and somehow the lock - that I didn’t know existed - was activated, so my day started with the dogs being trapped in there. I eventually got them out after a... Continue Reading →

The Court of Criminal Appeal is delivering its judgment this morning on Kathleen Folbigg's application to have her conviction quashed. Now 56, Kath spent 20 years in prison after being found guilty of killing her four children. Earlier this year a landmark Special Commission of Inquiry found reasonable doubt over her guilt due to the... Continue Reading →

My office held its annual Awards for Excellence yesterday. I was shortlisted for the Agility Award. I lost to someone far more agile than me. She does the ticketing, which is a bitch of a job. Although it did feel like I was performing an inward 4 1/2 somersault in tuck position when I was... Continue Reading →

I have been getting a lot of text messages from people asking if I've seen Strife and whether I am portrayed in it. No and no. As Mamamia explains it, Strife is "Inspired by Mia Freedman’s memoir Work, Strife, Balance the series is set in the early days of publishing and digital media. "The comedic drama series – which is... Continue Reading →