My Aunty Barb (aka my mum's best friend since she was a little tacker) loves that I'm the Queen of Obscure Details. Brace yourself Barb, I'm about to bombard you with a few more ... I had insomnia in the middle of last night, caused by worrying that my arm was going to fall off... Continue Reading →

DD and I decided to party like it was 1999 over the weekend rather than COVID-ridden 2021. We had the best time gallivanting around Sydney. Bulk fun and all that. We were a bit worried about the weather in the lead up, as it was predicted to be freaking torrential, but the gods smiled on... Continue Reading →

I did something scary yesterday ... I went to the gym. Going to the gym wouldn't normally be scary, but the last time I attended a Pump class, NSW was aiming to be COVID zero. Now we're learning to live with the virus in our midst. I've been a bit lairy about huffing and puffing... Continue Reading →

My house looks like it's been rocked by a series of explosions. The youngest needs a new passport and I couldn't find her birth certificate ANYWHERE. I spent Tuesday opening every storage box in the house ... about 20 of them ... and strewing their contents EVERYWHERE. The birth certificate ended up being in a... Continue Reading →

Every year on November 7, I drive to a dinky suburban teppanyaki restaurant to celebrate my nephew's birthday. It's a family tradition that we all love. Last Sunday night was a special one: my nephew turned 20 (he's no longer a teenager!) and he brought his girlfriend along. She's lovely, he's a lucky man. We've... Continue Reading →

I felt a growing sense of dread as we drove home from Newcastle last week. I didn't want to go back to my normal life. I wanted to break up with it and get a new one. I'm not alone. Millions of people are reassessing their lives in the wake of the pandemic, ditching everything... Continue Reading →

A band called Karma County played at my wedding on May 20, 2000. On November 4, 2022, I watched them perform again, this time with DD by my side. Both experiences were BULK FUN. Karma County are up there with Crowded House on my all-time favourites list. DD is aware of my Karma County obsession... Continue Reading →

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 →

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 →