the end was just the beginning
Did you have a flutter yesterday? Perhaps raise a glass of champers at a party? I spent the day scouring the internet for Instagram shots of celebs trackside. At home. By myself. In my trakkie daks. With just the puppy and his errant toilet training to keep me company. Click here to see the results... Continue Reading →
Over the weekend the kids dragged me to one of their favourite yearly events, the local hippie fair. It was quite entertaining to see the streets surrounding it clogged with black range rovers. But that's the way we roll in our old, suburban age. The youngest got me VERY cross before we even left home... Continue Reading →
From Katy Perry’s “engagement” to Pamela Anderson’s new pixie cut … it’s been a weekend full of surprises. Here’s what went down: Pamela's shock crop Blonde bombshell Pamela Anderson, known not only for her va-va-voom curves, but her long platinum mane, is now rocking a totally style-transforming pixie cut. The Baywatch and Barb Wire star, 46, debuted her newly shorn... Continue Reading →
>> The week started - and finished - on a literary note, as I've been reading my daughters Anne of Green Gables every night. And thoroughly enjoying it. Anne Shirley was my favourite literary as a kid and I'd stored all the paperbacks away for a new generation. When I read it the first time... Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to our local girls' night in at my friend Margie's house. Now Margie and her fellow dynamo Tanya don't do anything by half measures. This isn't a low-key popcorn and a movie night. Here's part of the invitation I was sent ... It's so spesh there are... Continue Reading →
Sure, it might have been Halloween in Hollywood this week, but it was Katy Perry who dominated the celebrity news. From being called out by Mick Jagger in a fib to caught out getting drunk and flirty with Robert Pattinson, check out what she's been up to ... plus all the other hot Hollywood stories... Continue Reading →
Is there an event more polarising in Australia than Halloween? I swear, the iVillage Facebook followers were in a right state about it yesterday. Melissa wrote: "I'm concerned that we still encourage out children to knock on strangers doors and ask for lollies..... I don't know about anyone else but I teach my children all... Continue Reading →
Love it or hate it, Halloween is getting more popular every year in Australia. But somehow I can't imagine it ever taking on these epic proportions. Welcome to 10 ways the spooky occasion is celebrated over-the-top American style: They get just a little carried away decorating their houses ... Stan Munro, from North Syracuse, New... Continue Reading →
Three years ago yesterday, my Nan died. Well, her body died; her mind departed long before. I miss my Nan so much. She was awesome, before dementia stole her spirit. For months after she died, I wanted to ask a psychic how she was doing – whether she got her marbles back. But lately, I’ve... Continue Reading →
I read a few chapters to the kids each night and, I swear, there are only so many time I can revisit The Wishing Chair. Lovely as it is. But finding something else everyone agrees upon can be tricky. I headed to the attic the other night in search of The Hitchhikers Guide To The... Continue Reading →
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