It was party time in the Household yesterday. A bunny party to be precise. But it was as far from the Playboy Mansion as you can get - think 10 squealing seven-year-olds and lots of furry animals. Please remind me never to hold a kids' birthday at 10am again. My god it was frenetic getting... Continue Reading →

I know birthdays are supposed to be fun things, but sandwiching work between celebrating mine last weekend and Sprog 2's this weekend has been stressful. It feels like I haven't had a second to breathe, between all the celebrating and editing and writing and blogging and sending panicked emails to double check the animal farm... Continue Reading →

I had the best intentions of cutting the carbs in the lead-up to going shopping to a wedding in the US next month. But every week I've found a new excuse for not doing it. I had the flu (the kind where you retain your appetite), I had the blues (the kind where you retain... Continue Reading →

My little one turned seven yesterday. She's not so little any more. It happens so fast. I can't believe I used to wish away the days when she was smaller, desperate for her to talk so I could get to know her better. She was a late starter to the talking business. None of the... Continue Reading →

Being a blogger can be a pretty thankless task. Some days it feels like a full-time job that you're not being paid a cent to do. There's all this talk about "monetising" blogs, but that's bloody hard thing. In Australia, few manage it and if they do, they need to have zillions of followers to... Continue Reading →

It's the good, the bad and the ugly today as Yoko Ono pleads for gun control, Ryan Gosling threatens to quit Hollywood and Miley Cyrus compares herself to Gollum. Ryan quits Hollywood Ryan Gosling has revealed he's planning on a Hollywood hiatus to "reassess." "I've been doing it too much. I've lost perspective on what... Continue Reading →

I didn't know Hug/Kiss A Ginger Day existed when I wrote a blog about it last year. I just thought it was a cool title. Barely a day goes by when someone doesn't Google "Hug A Ginger Day" and come to my blog, so there are obviously a few redheads out there needing some love. The... Continue Reading →

It's funny to spend months admiring someone from afar then find yourself being toasted by them in a bar with prosecco. Good funny. In my search for fabulous Aussie bloggers I stumbled across Kerri Sackville's hilarious writing at Life & Other Crises, many moons ago. She's one of the funniest women blogging in Oz, I reckon.... Continue Reading →

I cried a lot last night. It started in the Sydney Opera House lobby over a glass of Chandon. I was trying to tell Husband about a heartbreaking story I'd read in the Sunday papers. It was an extract from a book by a woman with motor neurone disease, who went wedding dress shopping with... Continue Reading →