I only told you half the story yesterday, when I recounted my idyllic weekend at Nookfest 2017. I made it sound all lemonade and fairy bread but, of course, there were dramas. There are ALWAYS dramas. I am a drama magnet. The dramas started around 6.30pm on Friday night (well, they started a bit before... Continue Reading →

I'm just back from Nookfest 2017 - it felt pretty special to be invited again, especially since I had such an awesome time last year. One of DD's besties, DE, is one of the organisers of the annual event. It's a private musical festival, held on his farm down south and it ROCKS. This year... Continue Reading →

I got a bit of a shock when I saw these words on fellow blogger Pinky Poinker's site yesterday: I’ve given up my personal Facebook page for Lent after the disgraceful post I accidentally put on my dear friend, Alana’s Facebook feed. It was the least I could do. I just don’t trust FB anymore.... Continue Reading →

Yesterday was a bit weird for me. Mia Freedman was the guest speaker at a Women in drinks International Women's Day event I attended. I was in charge of the communications and helped out on the day. Mia and I didn't cross paths. I could have woven my way through the 450-strong crowd to say... Continue Reading →

Exercising - with friends or alone - was a bit of a life saver three years ago when my dearly beloved departed. I noted in a blog post after he left that I’d step into a gym class or put my runners on and go for a walk whenever it felt like I was going... Continue Reading →

Two years after moving into my house, I still can't park my car in the garage because there's so much removal stuff jammed in there. Boxes are stacked everywhere. I'm a little ashamed of that chaos and my failure to resolve it. My chest feels a bit like my garage at the moment. So many... Continue Reading →

The real world can be a bit of a shock after the beauty of the Margaret River. On Monday morning, as I sat working remotely in a Perth hotel room, I got a call from my sister: our dad was on his way to hospital in an ambulance. Our mum was on a cruise ship.... Continue Reading →

I'm sitting at Perth Airport waiting to fly home, feeling a little sad to leave a place I really haven't had a chance to explore properly. We arrived on Sunday evening and wandered to a local pub for a dodgy marinated lamb pizza (it tasted a bit like the marinade was toothpaste) and a few... Continue Reading →

The secret is out ... if you've been following me on social media you'll have guessed already why this blog post is late ... I'm in Western Australia! When DD suggested going to Western Australia with him - he has a board meeting and fancy pants dinner party at a Chairman's house - he was... Continue Reading →

There appear to have been no serious repercussions from the Mummy Loses It incident. The youngest yelled "Byeeeeee, Love you!" as she exited the car at school yesterday morning. I still feel a bit crap about it, but you live and learn. The healing process has been helped by her early birthday present - a... Continue Reading →