the end was just the beginning
How does your family celebrate Christmas? It's traditional for the extended HouseGoesHome clan to kick off their festivities at Balmoral Beach with fish and chips on Christmas Eve. The sporty members of the family hit the sand for beach games while the more sedentary members sip champagne in folding chairs under a nice, shady tree.... Continue Reading →
How was your Chrissie day? Hope you had an awesome one. I'll fill you in on all my festivities in the morning. I'm having trouble stringing words together with twins jostling in my belly: my new food baby and Freddie the fibroid. So I'll just leave you with some celebrity Christmas snaps instead ... Merry... Continue Reading →
Remember the eldest writing me a letter that thanked me for being "firm" with her? Well, it's a selective sort of firm. I have zero tolerance for rudeness, disrespect and cruelty. But I'm pretty much a pushover with everything else. (Case in point: the trapeze in the youngest's bedroom.) And, when the eldest asked me... Continue Reading →
Always the optimist, I was expecting to be way more mobile by now. But popping heavy-duty pain meds means I'm the total oppposite: I haven't been able to drive anywhere or get any Christmas prep done. Eeeeeek. So I'm going to try and go drug-free today - well, at least hard stuff - so I... Continue Reading →
People have been sooooo nice to me over the past few days. They've left lovely messages on Facebook, my phone and the blog. They've offered to help in any way they can. My sister cooked me dinner on Sunday night. My friend Fee dropped a meal over last night and took away all my dirty... Continue Reading →
Oddly, day two after my fibroid embolisation was tougher than day one. I was in quite a lot of pain and Nurofen wasn't really cutting it. Cue a wan Alana who was VERY prone to tears. It reminded that I'm on my own. Well, there are lots of people around - I've had so many... Continue Reading →
It's scary having three nurses and two doctors crowd around your hospital bed at 1.30am on Saturday morning, announcing you've had an 'abnormal cardio event.' Why is nothing in my life is EVER straight forward? I had my fibroid embolisation procedure around lunchtime on Friday. It went really well, with me blithely chattering to the... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to blank out the whole womb angina thing that's unfolding today. La, la, la ... Trying ... Actually, I'm a teeny bit nervous. OK, a LOT nervous. I couldn't finish my "light breakfast" that had to be gobbled by 6am. Cue another tummy lurch. La, la, la ... Since thoughtful discussion is beyond... Continue Reading →
My eldest daughter finished primary school yesterday. I'm still in denial. I thought I would cry buckets, but I was too busy trying to spot her red hair in the crowd and capture the moment on camera. I might have to think about doing an Ed Sheeran and give up social media for a while... Continue Reading →
I wasn't expecting to enjoy middle-aged dating quite so much. To be honest, I wasn't expecting to middle-aged date at all. I didn't think I would meet anyone who would give me a buzz. And I really doubted my appeal to the opposite sex. So I find it quite remarkable that I went on ONE... Continue Reading →
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