Yesterday was top 'n' tailed by two lovely episodes. I needed that loveliness - the fractured family thing got me down on Saturday night. I swear, if there's some way to mutually compromise and resuscitate your marriage, give it a go. The alternative has so many wretched aspects. One of them left me feeling a little sad... Continue Reading →

Working while the kids are on school holidays is challenging. I'm lucky my boss is OK with me working from home a few days a week when needed. Yesterday was one of those days, which was brilliant aside from it ending with the youngest giving me a goodnight hug and saying: "But WHY do you... Continue Reading →

I spent the first 12 years of my life in a little red-brick house at 35 Ashbury Street, Adamstown Heights. It was one of those childhoods where all the kids rode their scooters up and down the footpath together and ran wild in the bush over the back fence and played marbles in each other's... Continue Reading →

New Year's resolutions aren't cool these days. Mia Freedman said so earlier this week. She noted on Facebook: "I'm ditching resolutions again and going with a word for 2017. My kids are choosing words too. It's such a good way to set intentions. Resolutions always feel like punishment. Words feel positive and optimistic...." Her word... Continue Reading →

Bugger all has changed in the 12 months since I published My Top 10 Blogs of 2015 ... six of those posts have made the list again this year. Sex, cubby houses and loot bags continue to rule. Well, mainly sex. I didn't mean for sex to be the main  reason people to click on my... Continue Reading →

I'm just back from the most gorgeous mini-break, but ... IT WASN'T LONG ENOUGH!!!!! Why couldn't it have been one day longer? Why??? DD and I were just getting all zen and relaxed ... and then we had to come home again. Boo. Hiss. It was lovely and breezy where we were staying. It's obscenely... Continue Reading →

I hope you have the most lovely weekend with friends, family, loved ones ... I'm heading off on a blogging break ... although, I've said that before and not managed to tear myself away. But I'm going to try really hard not to touch a keyboard for a week. It's been a long, busy year... Continue Reading →

You are kind. You are smart. You are important. Those famous words from The Help are beautiful reinforcements of self-worth. But I've been thinking a better mantra might be ... You are kind. You are smart. Everyone is important. It's been on my mind ever since I overheard that man on the escalator say: "That... Continue Reading →

My eldest daughter arrives home from her school band tour of California this morning. My ex and I are heading to the airport to collect her soon. I'm presuming the trip went well, going by the photographs I saw on the P&C's Facebook page. I received two brief text messages from her while she was... Continue Reading →

I spat the dummy around lunchtime yesterday. I was SOOOOOOOOO freaking over painting my freaking house. And the ceiling STILL looks like absolute shite. I suspect it looks like absolute shite because I didn't put the lid back on the paint can properly, so the paint has gone a weird consistency from the air getting... Continue Reading →