the end was just the beginning
I thought Husband was going to bump me off last night. He crept in to our darkened bedroom wearing rubber gloves, carrying a bucket, trowel, torch, paper towel, disinfectant and a garbage bag. But then he whispered that the rat trap had gone off in the attic. I'd been wondering what that funky smell was... Continue Reading →
You'd think at almost-45 there would be less questions, but there seem to be more. Like ... Why I found myself standing at a bus stop at 9.30pm last night for 40 minutes while buses to every other far-flung suburb of Sydney pulled up but mine. Why I had to pay to get my car... Continue Reading →
There's something I've been dwelling on for months and it's finally bubbled to the surface in a frothing, hormone-fuelled rage. Back in December, researchers at the University of Toronto published findings in Gender Medicine magazine saying PMT didn't exist. The (largely female!) team, led by Dr Sarah Romans, examined 47 studies from between 1971 and... Continue Reading →
Just a quickie - I have been going hammer and tongs at Oscar gossiping and it's only left me with a few spare minutes before the kids wake, chooks demand to be let out and the bunny starts rattling his cage. So ... they took my car away. It's very traumatic. Husband booked it for... Continue Reading →
I was a little bleak yesterday - hormones - so deciding what to blog about today was tricky because I was completely not in the mood. The thing I most wanted to download was my terror about getting old. An old woman in crimpoline pants and a polyester floral shirt shuffled past me in the... Continue Reading →
You know how I'm obsessed with the idea of building an indoor beach as one of my mad business ideas? (No? Then click here for a refresher.) Well some clever Germans have beaten me to it. I was footling around on smh.com.au when I saw this story about Germany's Indoor Tropical Island. The SMH says:... Continue Reading →
I've written before about the disturbing nature of my attic - for example, this blog ... I was in the attic on Monday night, searching for the photo of me with Stripper Santa. I got really freaked out. My panic initially revolved around where the effing hell the Stripper Santa photo had gone. Are you one... Continue Reading →
"A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to put its pants on." Winston Churchill Working in the weekly magazine industry has totally ruined gossip for me. Don't get me wrong, I love compiling HouseGoesHollywood. I've been followed the minutiae of celebrity lives since 2002, so trawling the internet for... Continue Reading →
Did you ever fantasise about being a twin when you were a kid? It was right up there with being an alien from Alpha Centauri for me. I think it was the appeal of a permanent playmate that understood and accepted all my quirks and idiosyncracies (of which there were - and still are -... Continue Reading →
My youngest has a birthday party coming up and I'm arguing with her about who to invite. I'm from the "invite all the girls in your class so no-one feels left out" school. But my youngest is fiercely objecting to several girls who've been mean to her coming along. So I've told her she's not... Continue Reading →
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