the end was just the beginning
We survived our Hogwarts moment at Central Station yesterday - forlornly watching Sprog 1 wheel her luggage off into the distance as she headed to camp. She looked so small, yet so purposeful. Not a tear, not a backward glance. I hope she'll be OK. It was a bit disconcerting when one of the perky... Continue Reading →
Shite! I'm putting Sprog 1 on a train to camp this morning at 7.45am - very Hogwarts - and I haven't finished labelling her clothes or coming to terms with her soon-to-be-week-long absence. I'm also doing a day of honest - paid - work in the city. Back on the horse! So I'm stressed ...... Continue Reading →
I am my own worst enemy. My internal dialogue sucks. It tells me I'm a terrible mother, a terrible wife, a terrible friend. It taunts me for being fat, fired and 45. I went to a party last night and met a woman who knew me by reputation. That reputation wasn't for being a terrible... Continue Reading →
Sometimes I wish I had an "off" switch. I only seem to go at one speed and it's frenetic. Life often feels like a boot camp, but without the health benefits. Husband got home last night at 8.45pm - just after me and the Sprogs - and asked what we'd done that day. Here's what... Continue Reading →
Way back in 1973, a woman called Nancy Friday wrote a book called My Secret Garden: Women's Sexual Fantasies. It created quite a stir with its revelations about feminine arousal. When I was 13, I found a copy in a bookcase at a relative's house and was ... transfixed ... But this blog post isn't... Continue Reading →
Ooooh, it's a juicy day in La La Land ... but then I'm always a sucker for a good Tom Cruise/Scientology expose ... The Hollywood Reporter has published a fascinating excerpt from a new tell-all book about how Scientology seduced Tom Cruise, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Lawrence Wright. Apparently Tom and Nicole Kidman had started to drift away from... Continue Reading →
The Household had a lovely adventure yesterday. We walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge, Husband took the Sprogs to the Anish Kapoor exhibition at the MCA while I went shopping, then we met up for a roti-and-curry lunch and caught a ferry back to our car. Now that's my idea of a perfect family outing.... Continue Reading →
I was 26 years old and I was STOKED. My property porn addiction struck early in life, I'd been scouring suburbs - progressively further from the city's centre as reality set in - for months. Finally, I found a place in Petersham I could afford. Husband and I were still many years from marriage and he... Continue Reading →
What is it with men and boobs? I only need to look at my blog stats whenever I mention mammaries to be reminded how completely gaga they get about them. Princess Kate's Nude Scandal scored me more than 12,000 views. Now Sofia Vergara's fiance exposing her boob during a nightclub brawl is providing hundreds and... Continue Reading →
It's been a busy few days in La La Land. Here's what the stars have been up to ... Miley Cyrus has been showing off something that looks suspiciously like a wedding band in a pic she posted on Twitter last week. She shared a photo of her new puppy Bean, but gossip columnists were far more... Continue Reading →
