I had a saucy little blog planned for you today but I've had to can it because it was based on me writing an out-there story for Kidspot ... and they haven't pressed the "publish" button on it yet. I thought they had, but the link isn't working, so I'm kinda in the lurch. I... Continue Reading →

Have I told you about my genius idea to invent a moisturising thong? (The flip-flop sort, not the stuck-up-your-clacker-like-dental-floss kind. Though that could be wildly successful among the post-menopausal set ... ) Thongs wreak havoc on my feet. They make my heels look like scale models of the Grand Canyon during the summer months, when I scuzz... Continue Reading →

I was shocked when I checked my Facebook feed yesterday and saw a post announcing the passing of Pinky Poinker. Pinky Poinker was the alias of one of my favourite bloggers. Michelle (aka Pinky) announced: Pinky is Dead! R.I.P. Three years ago I brought that little minx, Pinky Poinker to life. Now I have killed... Continue Reading →

I've entered the over-thinking phase of the cycle. I lie in bed until the early hours of the morning, searching for hidden meanings in everything and creating dramas where there aren't any ... Oh, who am I kidding? That's not a PMT thing, it's just a ME thing. Anyways ... When my husband left the... Continue Reading →

Yesterday dawned so much brighter than the dark-ish day before. Damn the emotional rollercoaster of middle-aged womanhood. I can't wait until two pubescent daughters get added to the household mix. At lunchtime, I felt almost deliriously happy as I brutalised my body in a gym class. I was literally grinning like a Cheshire cat ...... Continue Reading →

I've been worrying that I have early-onset dementia because I keep forgetting stuff, but someone told me I probably have perimenopausal "brain fog." When I stared at them blankly - in a non-early-onset dementia kinda way - they told me to Google it. Cheers. According to the ABC: "‘Brain fog’ is a term not fully... Continue Reading →

I'm not really one for Valentine's Day. Neither is DD. But when I arrived at his place yesterday I was greeted with French champagne and a Vietnamese beef salad he'd made for our lunch. It made me very smiley. When the heat of the sun was gone, we went to the beach for a swim.... Continue Reading →

I was moaning about something crappy that happened around mid-February last year to a friend when she replied: "The downside to your blog is that your remember these dates." Ironically, the crappy thing that I was moaning about WASN'T on my blog. But while searching for my Doctor Who Valentine's Day post to put on... Continue Reading →

As if anything would run smoothly when HouseGoesHome headed off on holiday. The dramas started the moment I woke up on the morning of my flight and discovered the dogs had "upset tummies"  - they'd defiled virtually every square centimetre of the lounge room floor. Yay! Then, two hours before the cab was due to... Continue Reading →