Seven years ago this week, I announced I had massaged the truth. I’d pretended that I was getting ready to go on my first RSVP date with DD, when I'd already met him at the Terrey Hills Tavern (and fallen madly in like). In the original post, I asked readers whether I should mention to... Continue Reading →
Bullying myself
Medical experts have discovered a new side effect of COVID-19. It's called Zoom dysmorphia. Have you heard of it? Earlier this year, Professor Susan Rossell – a cognitive neuropsychologist at Swinburne’s Centre for Mental Health – published a paper on the impact of video calling during COVID-19 and identified a worrying trend that suggested up... Continue Reading →
Bit of a squeeze
I am not a Melbourne Cup person. I was planning to ignore the event, but a client invited me to lunch. So I squeezed into my Spanx, cracked out a new disposable face mask and headed into town. Speaking of Spanx … I was blown away by what the founder, Sarah Blakely, did for her... Continue Reading →
Feeling the airport love
Did anyone else get a bit teary seeing all the reunions at Sydney Airport yesterday? The first commercial flights since March 2020 finally landed. Watching people hugging and crying after so long apart was so moving. Sydney Airport wrote on LinkedIn: "The 'Love Actually' moment we've all been waiting for. This morning, we welcome the... Continue Reading →
Feeding my soul (and my spare tyre)
I've done so many fab things since I last blogged. The eldest and I went to Narrabeen Beach to eat burgers from Two Hungry Bears. Damn they were gooooood. Below is a pic from their Facebook page … The food on the right is loaded scallops, but we didn't have enough room in our bellies... Continue Reading →
Flipping my lid
I flipped my lid at 10.30pm last night. The youngest came out of her bedroom and announced she'd forgotten to put her dirty sport uniform in the load of washing that had just finished spinning. And she needed it by 7.30am this morning. The washing machine can't go back on at 10.30pm at night because... Continue Reading →
How does a knockdown sell for $3.7m?
I got an email this week from a real estate agent, informing me they’d sold a house in a nearby suburb at auction for $3.7million, despite it being "completely uninhabitable". Oh. Em. Effing. Gee. What the hell is happening here? Further to my blog post yesterday about keeping a roof over your head on low... Continue Reading →
I did it again
I was so excited about finally getting my hair cut yesterday that I turned up 24 hours early. Well, that's what I'm blaming it on, rather than losing my marbles. I have developed a terrible habit in recent years of getting times and dates wrong. I have a paper diary now to try and avoid... Continue Reading →
A bit rusty
Isn't it weird how all we talked about in NSW for months and months was the 11am news conference and how many COVID cases there were and what suburbs they were in ... and then suddenly we didn't care anymore. All around me people are getting on with life and delightedly hugging each other and... Continue Reading →
Don’t get mad
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that when your child says they need to tell you something “but you can’t get mad" … you will want to get mad. Or at least feel like shouting "FFS!" My heart sank when the eldest uttered the immortal words to me on Friday morning. And it sank much... Continue Reading →
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