Too funky

I felt a bit too funky yesterday. Not in the George Michael or Jackson 5 kinda way. And not in the my-children-have-refused-to-shower-for-days kinda way. Those ways would be sooooo much better than the too funky in a funk kinda way that I was feeling. It was blerk. And I have no idea why I was... Continue Reading →

Am I “done” yet?

A week after husband left me I wrote a bit of a ra-ra-you-can-do-this blog post called "It's time to regenerate." It noted that my slate had been wiped clean and the world was my oyster, so there was no reason why I shouldn’t slurp it down (with a squeeze of lemon). I reminded myself I... Continue Reading →

Frocks and fun at Cannes Film Festival 2016

It's Cannes time! That means Hollywood's elite ... and not so elite ... have descended on the French Riviera for the most glamorous film festival of the year. Woody Allen's latest film, Cafe Society, which stars Kristen Stewart, Jesse Eisenberg and Blake Lively, kicked off the festival and a whole lot of controversy as sex... Continue Reading →

The secret ingredient is love

As the kids sat watching Masterchef last night, I cooked homemade meat pies. They wouldn't save me from elimination in a sudden death round. But the eldest drifted into the kitchen during an ad break and sweetly said: "How do you make your pies taste so good?" "The secret ingredient is love," I joked. Actually,... Continue Reading →

Sharing my children

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 →

Not knowing it’s the last time

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 →

My proudest single-mum achievement

"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 →

Logies 2016: the hangover edition

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 →

Logies 2016: all the frocks and fun

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 →

Logies 2016: all the pervy prep photos

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 →

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