the end was just the beginning
It's a miserable, blustery Saturday in Sydney, so Husband and the Sprogs curled up on the rug together and sewed their own Ugly Dolls. While they toiled (and bickered and stabbed themselves in the foot with their needle and cried a lot because their daddy had let them stay up late watching the Olympics), I... Continue Reading →
It's been a fortnight of economical eating at Housegoeshome. I've been clearing out the fridge and pantry rather than rushing to the supermarket to stockpile more stuff. Last weekend, I had some leftover spag bol in the fridge, but no spaghetti to serve it with. So I decided to turn it into risotto. Husband made gagging... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Are David and Gillian really an item? Yesterday, one of the school mums told me David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson are shagging. And I was like, "No way!" She'd heard it on the radio. Of course, I should have taken that as gospel, but I was a... Continue Reading →
It's been a hectic week for Housegoeshome and my brain is feeling a bit fried from all the blogging. (I may also have a teensy, tiny hangover ... OK, a big one.) So I'm slacking off and running another old New York blog. With cute pics. I was drawn to it because Husband and I... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... Nicole Ritchie farts in her kids cereal Trawling through my Twitter feed yesterday, I was startled to read one from Nicole Ritchie saying: “Farted in the kids lucky charms this morning. They were not amused.#thismomrocks.” [Lucky Charms isn't some sort of scary euphemism ... it's an... Continue Reading →
Jim Keeble wrote a feature in the Sunday Telegraph's Sunday magazine called "I love my wife more than my children (but she loves THEM more than me)". It got me thinking. If a woman had written an article called "I love my husband more than my children" she'd be crucified. When a guy says it,... Continue Reading →
My sister-in-law and nieces were diagnosed as coeliacs recently and my foodie mind has been working overtime on gluten-free recipes ever since. This week over at Village Voices I've blogged three gluten-free desserts that feature ingredients you'd normally find in the pantry - perfect if someone gluten-intolerant or coeliac is coming to dinner. And delicious... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... JLo sues her driver for extortion Jennifer Lopez is embroiled in an ugly lawsuit with her former driver, Hakob Manoukian. She says he demanded $2.8 million or he'd tell the media and authorities about secrets he overheard while driving her here and there. Ohhhh, what secrets?... Continue Reading →
I think being a "housewife" sounds so nice and uncomplicated. I don't know why it's become such a dirty word. Housewives drop their kids off at school, they tidy the house, they have coffee with other housewives, they pick their kids up from school, they cook dinner. Women tell me it's boring and unfulfilling. How... Continue Reading →
Wading through the murk so you don't have to ... The Mag I Bought This Week Award Goes to ... Editing a celebrity magazine can be a scary business sometimes - ok, all the time. Because you can't rely on Kristen Stewart to cheat on Rob Pattinson or Katie Holmes to stealth-divorce Tom Cruise every week. Some weeks, no-one famous does anything that's... Continue Reading →
