the end was just the beginning
"Top baby name" lists invariably annoy me because both my daughters' names always feature. Yesterday, Kidspot released Australia's Most Popular Baby Names for 2014 and yep, they both made the Top 10. Damn it. I swear, when I chose a name for my eldest ... a decade before she was born ... no one called their... Continue Reading →
It's a bit scary how addicted the youngest has become to her iPad, she doesn't even bother turning on the tellie in the morning, just sits there tapping away, occasionally asking if she can download another free app. I was slightly apprehensive when she asked to download "Truth or dare" yesterday ... but she assured... Continue Reading →
Enough is enough. I can't handle it any more. It's been two weeks and four days since I got sick with some flu-like thing and I'm still not feeling right. I. Am. So. Over. It. I wept in the shower yesterday in sheer frustration. So my goal for next week is to get some medical... Continue Reading →
It's tough times in print media and I bet the editor of Zoo magazine thought he was on a winner with this Anzac Day commemorative issue ... I can imagine his glee as he signed off on the issue: hot chick on the cover wearing a bikini, brandishing red poppy and giving a provocative interview... Continue Reading →
It's kinda ironic that my home town of Sydney spent Earth Day 2015 this week being battered by the elements. The Earth really wanted to make its displeasure know about how we're mistreating it! My little house survived the storms pretty well, a leak in the verandah flashing, a sagging tree in the backyard, but... Continue Reading →
It's a bit weird to be going to your first dance party on the totally wrong side of 40. I never had the slightest inclination to go to one in my youth. They involved stay up too late and there were too many drugs. Ewwwww. Yep, I was born a granny. But I've heard about... Continue Reading →
I had one of those what the hell will I blog? moments this morning and started trawling through my April back catalogue for inspiration ... It didn't make pretty reading. April 2014 was a bitter affair due to the freshness of my marriage separation. April 2013 is retrospectively coloured by knowing why travelling to the... Continue Reading →
I had a little tanty during a drink with a friend last night. I ranted that I was sick of being "good" and "doing the right thing" when so many other people get away with blue murder ... without any consequences. Whenever I tentatively dip my toe in the blue-murder waters I either panic and... Continue Reading →
There's something about being sick for 10 days that starts to get to down. The first couple of days are a bit Bugger, I feel like crap philosophical. Then you wake up on day 10, groan and think Seriously? How can I still be coughing? Sigh. So I can't say I've been a joy. But... Continue Reading →
I've done some crazy stuff in my time: dined with Kylie Minogue, nattered to a naked Alyssa Milano (oh, AND a kit-less Hugh Jackman), been hit on (kind of) by Portia De Rossi, straddled a dyke's bike in Mardi Gras, judged the Miss Nude Australia contest, spent an hour being screamed at by Anthony LaPaglia ... And... Continue Reading →
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