the end was just the beginning
I'm not sure anything will ever quite beat the awkwardness of how my week began, with a game of Truth of Dare between my youngest daughter and my ex while we were enjoying a nice cup of tea in the lounge room. I have never studied my floorboards so closely ... As a friend exclaimed... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to organise a catch-up with one of my favourite people in the world. We haven't seen each other in six months ... at least. It freaks me out how life slips away. How can you not see one of your favourite people in the world for six months when you live in the... Continue Reading →
I have this little quirk ... OK, I have lots of them ... but this particular one is expressing myself through song. Aside from having "Songs of the day" I also tend to warble lyrics to match my circumstances. When it rains, I sing "Here comes the rain again ..." by the Eurythmics. When I'm... Continue Reading →
As we drove to school yesterday, the 11-year-old piped up from the backseat: "Did you have TV when you were a kid?" Wow, it was an interesting conversation that followed. You don't really think about how pyrotechnically technology has exploded in a single generation until you start telling your child what life was like 40... Continue Reading →
I say that I've moved on, that I struggle to raise much ire towards my ex, but there is something that really bothers me about his departure ... Other than the elephant-in-the-room reason. It's the financial devastation and the tsunami-like effect it's had on my middle-class life. I say middle-class because it's not proper suffering.... Continue Reading →
"Top baby name" lists invariably annoy me because both my daughters' names always feature. Yesterday, Kidspot released Australia's Most Popular Baby Names for 2014 and yep, they both made the Top 10. Damn it. I swear, when I chose a name for my eldest ... a decade before she was born ... no one called their... Continue Reading →
It's a bit scary how addicted the youngest has become to her iPad, she doesn't even bother turning on the tellie in the morning, just sits there tapping away, occasionally asking if she can download another free app. I was slightly apprehensive when she asked to download "Truth or dare" yesterday ... but she assured... Continue Reading →
Enough is enough. I can't handle it any more. It's been two weeks and four days since I got sick with some flu-like thing and I'm still not feeling right. I. Am. So. Over. It. I wept in the shower yesterday in sheer frustration. So my goal for next week is to get some medical... Continue Reading →
It's tough times in print media and I bet the editor of Zoo magazine thought he was on a winner with this Anzac Day commemorative issue ... I can imagine his glee as he signed off on the issue: hot chick on the cover wearing a bikini, brandishing red poppy and giving a provocative interview... Continue Reading →
It's kinda ironic that my home town of Sydney spent Earth Day 2015 this week being battered by the elements. The Earth really wanted to make its displeasure know about how we're mistreating it! My little house survived the storms pretty well, a leak in the verandah flashing, a sagging tree in the backyard, but... Continue Reading →
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