DD asked me what my plans were the other night. "I'm watching Chartbeat," I replied. It sounds like I was sitting in front of the tellie watching music videos, but Chartbeat is a tool that tells you how much traffic your website is receiving. As I'm acting news editor at Kidspot this week, it's become... Continue Reading →

Be careful what you write .... You know how I blogged yesterday about having a happiness facelift? Well my frown lines got a thorough work-out last night. I had a looooong day in the office (goddamn parenting news for just keeping on relentlessly coming), went on a panicked search for a 75th birthday pressie for... Continue Reading →

I wrote a blog last year called Chucking the Happy Pills. It was about realising how unhappy I was four years ago (when HouseGoesHome first kicked off). The blog noted .... People sometimes ask me what HouseGoesHome was like in its early days: patchy quality; frequently bleak; poorly illustrated. I remember my mother-in-law nervously suggesting... Continue Reading →

Did you miss me? Did you? Huh, huh? It feels like I've been away for an eternity, not just week. So, how did my digital detox go? Really, really well. I thought it would feel like there was a huge gaping hole in my days if I didn't blog, but my life was full ...... Continue Reading →

I'm handing the kids over to my ex at 5pm today for the school holidays. He got his weeks mixed up - he thought he was going away the first week, but it was actually the second week. Ah, the perils of middle-aged dating and co-ordinating two co-parenting calendars. By the time he realised his... Continue Reading →

I bought new pyjamas yesterday - boxer shorts with roses and frills and a matching red singlet. At the register, the shop assistant said: "Make sure you keep the receipt in case they're not the right size for her." I smiled politely and said thank you, but inside I was thinking: "What does she mean... Continue Reading →

I had a blog post all ready to go at 7am, celebrating four years of blogging. Then I realised I don't reach that milestone for another month. Ooops. And then I was left with nothing. DD suggested I write about having dinner with former colleagues last night. It was a blast: lots of laughter, memories... Continue Reading →

This week marks the one-year anniversary of selling the family home. I was walking the dogs yesterday and wandered past the old place. It was the strangest feeling. Despite having lived there for seven years, it felt completely foreign to me, like another lifetime. I did a bit of rubbernecking, trying to peer in the front... Continue Reading →