the end was just the beginning
As I sit gazing at Google Analytics five, 10, 50 times a day, it's occurred to me that I have an addiction. It's not to poker machines or roulette wheels (though I was rather partial to the toy one I got for Christmas as a kid ... ah, the things they thought were appropriate in... Continue Reading →
You know how kids are constantly complaining about sore tummies and sore feet and sore heads until it becomes white noise? Well ... I'm feeling really crap about my mothering skills right now because I ignored the little girl who cried wolf - AKA Sprog 2 - when she was genuinely, nastily ill. On the... Continue Reading →
Jo Abi wrote a blog at iVillage last week about her over-scheduled child. I see her pain and I raise her ... Let me tell you about my over-scheduled kids: Monday 7.30am: band practice for Sprog 1 4.30pm gymnastics for Sprog 2/4.40pm trumpet lesson for Sprog 1 Tuesday 4.30pm-5.30pm swimming lessons for both Sprogs Wednesday... Continue Reading →
OK, this house doesn't tick every single "dream" box - it's not walking distance to Merewether Baths, for example - but wow does it come close. When I told my mum the perfect house had gone on the market in New Lambton, she said "Curzon Road?" and I said "Yes!" so I think it might... Continue Reading →
Valentine's Day might be a distant memory for Aussies, but it only drew to a close in Hollywood overnight. Here's a round-up of how the stars celebrated on social media ... "Happy Vday !!!!!" Jennifer Hudson wrote on her Facebook page. Ian Somerhalder was giving out free cuddle sessions in honor of Valentine's Day on Instagram.... Continue Reading →
It's the one-year anniversary of one of my all-time most popular blogs - You Don't Want To Be Famous: You don't want to be famous. You really don’t. Sure, it makes you rich (usually). But it also makes you paranoid, insecure and self-obsessed. And, if you’re really unlucky, dead. Like poor Whitney Houston, with ”recreated” photos of your corpse on the cover of... Continue Reading →
I got the best Valentine's Day present EVER yesterday. It wasn't chocolates or flowers or diamonds or a thorough seeing to ... it was way BETTER. A friend sent me a text message announcing: "Guess who has put their house up for sale in our street? The rotten family opposite you who have all those... Continue Reading →
The things you stumble across while searching for an e-card to illustrate blogs called Sucking The Romance Out Of Valentine's Day (aka F@#king The Romance Out of Valentine's Day) ... For your viewing pleasure: 9 Doctor Who Valentine's Day e-cards. You're welcome! PS A call out to This Charming... Continue Reading →
Guess what I'm doing for Valentine's Day? We're kicking off with a romantic dinner at a critically acclaimed restaurant, then heading to a suite at a five-star hotel ... Kidding. The miserable truth is I'm going to parent information night at school. Excellent timing guys. Not that it really matters. We had nothing planned anyway.... Continue Reading →
I went out with young people last night, from my new digital workplace. I've never spent much time with the twentysomething set. I'm more a fortysomething/under 10s kinda gal. The twentysomethings were fascinating. So lovely and switched on and interested in the world. They barely checked their iphones and didn't Instagram anything the whole time we... Continue Reading →
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