It was a busy night in booze land on Wednesday. Champagne Bollinger sent me a press release yesterday announcing it "hosted key media and guests at Fred’s in Paddington to celebrate the launch of the new La Grande Année 2008". Thanks for letting me know I’m non-key media. Delete. Ah, I was busy anyway, celebrating... Continue Reading →

I rousted the youngest from bed yesterday for her post-surgery check-up. As we were dashing out the door I realised her new referral was made out to the WRONG SPECIALIST. Arrrrrghhhhh! The doctor's surgery wasn't open yet, so I couldn't call them to get another one. Arrrrgghhhhh! I darted into the waiting room and apologetically... Continue Reading →

I can't believe I'm typing these words, but another drama has befallen me. I think it is most unreasonable of the universe to have lumbered me with an additional crisis, but you know what they say about life's unfairness. Anyways, I've been having problems with a leaking gas smell in the front yard. It's been... Continue Reading →

Yesterday was a shocker. You've probably heard the Kathleen Folbigg news. Click here if you haven't. Kathy is a mess as you can imagine. My life tends to be one of extremes, so I was at the Australia's Wine List of the Year Awards when I got the message that  an announcement was being made... Continue Reading →

It was 22C yesterday ... in freaking July ... so you know where I went. The beach! I felt terribly guilty though, because it was my weekend with the kids. It seemed wrong to run off and have fun without them.  But they weren't interested in swimming at the beach, plus the eldest had other... Continue Reading →

The youngest and I have been watching rom-coms all week, which makes a nice change from that underaged auto-erotic sex scene in Breath. So far we've seen the first two Bridget Jones movies, Wimbeldon, Love Actually and Notting Hill. Oh, and There's Something About Mary, which is more comedy than romance and resulted in me rolling... Continue Reading →

Someone said yesterday that I was "so brave to put so much of yourself out there" in my blog posts. It panics me when people say that. I’ve written about it before, waaaay back in 2012. I only remembered the blog post vaguely, so I looked it up last night and, oh man, I'd forgotten... Continue Reading →

DD has been a lifesaver over the past week or so. Fortunately not in the surf, though he was a swimming instructor many moons ago. I’ve been feeling overwhelmed by my rollercoaster life and making mercy dashes up to his place for swims, lunches, hugs and glasses of wine on his couch. It's times like... Continue Reading →

Sensing her mother's resistance levels were low, the youngest begged to get a second piercing in her ears over the weekend. I am not a fan of second piercings. I think solo ones look much nicer. Actually, I'm not a fan of piercings at all - I've never had my own ears done and I'm... Continue Reading →

DD and I went to a Cellarmasters wine tasting on Friday night, where I did my best impression of a wine wanker while chatting to Neil McGuigan and soliciting his opinion on everything from chardy to pinot gris and rose. Afterwards, we wandered arm in arm - DD and I, not Neil and I -... Continue Reading →