My ex thoughtfully forwarded me an email from domain.com.au yesterday that announced: The award winning series Avalon Now is back for Season 2.   At the heart of Sydney’s idyllic Northern Beaches lies the sunny suburb of Avalon, where attractive, socially-progressive families cruise through life in four-wheel drives. But beneath the sunny veneer the suburb is... Continue Reading →

I have a terrible, terrible, terrible memory. It erases whole swathes of events and people. It's obviously decided that capacity is limited so tough decisions need to be made about freeing up the hard drive. But I will never understand how it manages to totally erase people. Especially ones who remember me, by name. Like... Continue Reading →

I search the news sites each morning for stories that might interest members of the drinks association. It invariably leaves me with the skewed view that the world has morphed into a pretty weird and horrifying place. Yesterday was a total corker. Here were some of the headlines on smh.com.au ... >> Funeral 'interrupted by... Continue Reading →

Mondays are a tricky beast for me. By the time night falls, the kids have been gone for 48 hours and the house is feeling lonely without them. Normally I dodge the silence by going for a walk with friends, but everyone was pretty dusty in the wake of Catherine's 50th on Sunday night. So... Continue Reading →

I had the best intentions when it came to my friend Catherine's 50th birthday party on Saturday night. An early one, I said. Not too much to drink, I said. Pffffft! As if there's the tiniest bit of self-restraint in me ... I mean, things were never going to be low-key when they started with... Continue Reading →

When my life was feeling a little uncertain last year I borrowed some money from the bank. I told the bank manager it was for home renovations, but it was really to keep me - and the kids - afloat if times got tough. Now I have a full-time gig I'm thinking I might use... Continue Reading →

I went walking with two female friends last night. We do it about once a fortnight. It means sacrificing one of my precious few nights with DD, but it's worth it. Those walks are good for my soul. I walk with another two friends every Saturday morning. I really look forward to that one too.... Continue Reading →

Yesterday was supposed to be about getting organised. Cleaning the house, paying bills, painting my chipped toenails ... I got sweet F.A. done. The kids finally headed off ice skating with their dad and SSF at about 10.30am. I faffed around getting showered and dressed then ducked to the shops looking for a birthday pressie... Continue Reading →

An excited little 10-year-old greeted me at the front door on Friday afternoon: her dirdnl had arrived in the post! If you recall, she'd begged me to order her one for International Day at school. Her classroom is Germany. She found one for $20 - with free postage - on eBay. I was powerless in... Continue Reading →

Oh woe is me... I moaned to everyone on Tuesday ...I had to go to Glass Brasserie at Sydney’s Hilton Hotel yesterday for Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards. It sounds glamorous, but it was a bit stressful ... I was social media-ing it for the drinks association and didn’t get the chance to... Continue Reading →