the end was just the beginning
I've never been a rat kinda girl, whether they be the furry or love variety ... but Riff Ratt has almost turned me. This little guy was rescued from a reptile store where he was about to be fed to the snakes and is best friends with a three-year-old Dutch shepherd called Osiris. The adorable... Continue Reading →
Don't you, don't you! Why do I love that song so much? Anyways ... more about that later. Happy Mother's Day to all my mum readers out there. I'm celebrating by going to an 8am pump class at the gym ... woo-hoo! There will also be a ceremonial opening of my gifts from the school... Continue Reading →
There are times when having kids who live in two households is a massive pain in the coit. Like yesterday at 7.15am when I was dashing to band rehearsals - where I was also on supervision duty - with the eldest ... and realised we didn't have her trumpet. The trumpet was with her dad... Continue Reading →
Yesterday was pretty epic. Aunty Kate gave her maiden speech in State Parliament as the Member for Port Stephens ... and my gorgeous offspring were mentioned in it! But that's not why I cried. I also didn't cry about mistaking The Mint for Parliament House and initially taking the kids to the former not the... Continue Reading →
There's an awesome blogger called Kerri Sackville, who writes at Life & Other Crises. Check it out. She's best mates with the divine Sharpest Pencil. Check her out too. You can thank me later ... Kerrie wrote a blog yesterday called "If you've ever rejected anyone you'll know this to be true... " It was... Continue Reading →
It's so, so wonderful how well my kids have coped with their parents separating. But I can't help thinking: am I living in a bubble that's about to burst? My kids haven't hit puberty yet. When those hormones start surging will they suddenly become angry about their mum and dad not being together and the... Continue Reading →
I'm not sure anything will ever quite beat the awkwardness of how my week began, with a game of Truth of Dare between my youngest daughter and my ex while we were enjoying a nice cup of tea in the lounge room. I have never studied my floorboards so closely ... As a friend exclaimed... Continue Reading →
I'm trying to organise a catch-up with one of my favourite people in the world. We haven't seen each other in six months ... at least. It freaks me out how life slips away. How can you not see one of your favourite people in the world for six months when you live in the... Continue Reading →
As we drove to school yesterday, the 11-year-old piped up from the backseat: "Did you have TV when you were a kid?" Wow, it was an interesting conversation that followed. You don't really think about how pyrotechnically technology has exploded in a single generation until you start telling your child what life was like 40... Continue Reading →
I say that I've moved on, that I struggle to raise much ire towards my ex, but there is something that really bothers me about his departure ... Other than the elephant-in-the-room reason. It's the financial devastation and the tsunami-like effect it's had on my middle-class life. I say middle-class because it's not proper suffering.... Continue Reading →
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