You’re not a bad person

How cool is that quote? So cool. I saw it on Facebook and had yet another of my gag-on-a-spoon hoopy-froody love-in moments. This time I've realised that letting go of the hate means not hating ANYONE. And that's a big call. Not that I really, truly hate anyone. But there are few people who'd make the shortlist... Continue Reading →

15 ways to celebrate Easter (in style)

My Nan loved a Christmas fleecy top, preferably with a dash of tartan applique on it, so I reckon she'd have dug these 15 Ways To Add A Little Easter Pizzazz To Your Look that I'm reblogging for the upcoming occasion ... Check 'em out: >> Learn how to create Easter egg nails here with... Continue Reading →

HouseGoesHollywood: sex scandals for Cameron, Gwyneth and Miranda

Ooo-er, it's not often you get three Hollywood sex scandals in one week! Read on ... >> OK, OK, the first one is fictitious ... Cameron Diaz and Jason Segal are starring in a movie called Sex Tape, about a couple who accidentally sends their steamy home movie to all their friends via their iCloud.... Continue Reading →

My day of dilemmas (and paella)

"May have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." Would you serve your kids something that came with that warning? I faced that dilemma yesterday. (Actually, it was a day filled with dilemmas ... should I throw away my toothbrush after catching the dog running around with it, bone-style; was I too old... Continue Reading →

Everything will be OK

I keep having these bursts of profound joy. I was about to dismiss them as by-products of caffeine, but then I remembered having one on Monday afternoon when there were no artificial stimulants involved. They usually occur when I'm walking in the autumn sunshine.  And they've been enhanced by whispering words of wisdom and letting... Continue Reading →

Out for a duck

Egg foo young, moo-shu pork, kung pao chicken ... these were the Chinese-American dishes that fascinated me in my 20s when I read about them in books or heard them mentioned on sitcoms. And then there were those cool cardboard boxes with the wire handles that Chinese-American takeaway came in. Common now, but so exotic... Continue Reading →

Discarded

dis·card verb \dis-ˈkärd, ˈdis-ˌ\ : to throw (something) away because it is useless or unwanted It's our street's turn for council throw-out and I've been BUSY. This is what my Sunday looked like ... (Trust me, you don't want to see what it looked like around the corner.) It was ACE. No it wasn't, it sucked. Especially... Continue Reading →

Kids in the kitchen: lasagne (and letting it be)

First I find out I'm not a weirdo, then I have a revelation in the bathroom ... I've been doing a ginormous amount of Googling in my search for meaning in the chaos that is my new life. And suddenly I read something that cut through. It said: "You have two choices at this moment... Continue Reading →

I’m not a weirdo

I had an unsettling experience yesterday. I went to my "oh-my-gawd-help-me-through-my-divorce" therapist and hesitantly confessed to spending my entire life feeling like a weirdo. She was marking something called my "schema" at the time - a booklet I'd filled out to identify my patterns of thought and behaviour, so she can pinpoint my emotional triggers.... Continue Reading →

HouseGoesHollywood: Ricki-Lee attacked (plus guess who peed on Kanye?)

I'd like to say I didn't see the Gwyneth and Chris split coming ... but the signs had been screamingly there for such a long time. Still, it's sad to see any couple separate, she says ... with a knowing nod. In happier news, Chris Hemsworth welcomed twin sons and North West peed on her... Continue Reading →

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