Now as a man is like this or like that, according as he acts and according as he behaves, so will he be; a man of good acts will become good, a man of bad acts, bad; he becomes pure by pure deeds, bad by bad deeds; And here they say that a person consists... Continue Reading →
Throwing the pie
I've blogged about throwing the key lime pie. I've received phone calls and messages from people urging me to stop throwing the key lime pie. Puhlease. I haven't thrown the key lime pie. I haven't even baked it yet. I've just researched lots of recipes, fantasised about making them and shared a few of my... Continue Reading →
Confession: My dopamine addiction
I'm hooked on seratonin too ... and oxytocin ... But before you stage an intervention, let me explain ... I'm not a science geek (although I do love a good dinosaur or galaxy discovery) but in my search for inner peace following my marriage break-up - which keeps being thwarted by 3am mental gymnastics -... Continue Reading →
On with the Show
I got a few funny looks when I mentioned I was going to the Royal Easter Show with my ex yesterday. But it's one of those things we've always done as a family that felt strange to no longer enjoy as a foursome. Husband collected us at the ungodly hour of 8am because I'd insisted... Continue Reading →
It’s complicated … and freaking sad
I get my kids back tonight after a lonely Easter without them. They've been having a lovely time with their cousins, and I'm glad of that. But sitting at home alone has felt like some sort of cruel punishment - normally have gone along and been part of the fun. Not anymore. There were moments... Continue Reading →
What’s wrong with this picture?
They say a picture paints a thousand words but sometimes it hides them instead. Take this photo of Husband and I, at a wedding we attended in Charleston, South Carolina, this time last year ... Don't we look happy? The perfect couple. Except we weren't. The whole trip had a funny, stilted cloud over it... Continue Reading →
Ain’t that the truth
You know how I was in love with Heartburn earlier in the week. There's a part I can't get out of my head. It goes like this: "Is this inevitable, this moment when everything leads to irritation, when you become furious that he smokes, or that he coughs in the morning, or that he sheds... Continue Reading →
Sea of dreams
The declutter-a-thon continues ... the latest room to get a joosh is the eldest's under-the-sea themed bedroom. The eldest takes after her mother and is a terrible horder. The bags of stuff I've secretly tossed from her room while she's been on holidays with her dad ... HUGE. Inspiration for the bedroom came from a... Continue Reading →
Jump back!
I'm stepping back in time ... to Sunday. It's been so frantic that I haven't had a chance to do it justice until now. Waving my munchkins off at 9am wasn't bulk fun. The realisation we'd never do the road trip to the in-laws as a family again was a bit confronting. And it sucked... Continue Reading →
Summing up the whole mess
"Heartburn. That, it seemed to me as I lay in bed, was what I was suffering from. That summed up the whole mess: heartburn. Compound heartburn. Double-digit heartburn. Terminal heartburn. The tears poured from my eyes as I lit on the image, and the only thing that might have made it even more satisfyingly melodramatic... Continue Reading →
