the end was just the beginning
I've often explained that I blog about my innermost fears and idiocyncracies to make people feel more normal about theirs. And it's gratifying to have people tell me "oh my god, I feel exactly the same way/do exactly the same thing". Because there's always this niggling fear in the back of my brain that I... Continue Reading →
A year ago today the Household were in the South of France. Ah, how the other half lived before realising they needed to pull their heads in ... then forgetting again and redrawing on the mortgage to book two tickets to New York next April ... This year's school-holidays-on-a-budget will be spent in sunny Newcastle... Continue Reading →
It was Sprog 2's "fun sports morning" yesterday. The school sprung it on me with a note earlier in the week. They'd even organised a coffee van to entice "parents and carers wanting something calm after all that cheering". But it clashed with my hair appointment. I agonised for all of two seconds about cancelling... Continue Reading →
I got a text message from a friend yesterday. It said: "Was the movie any good last night?" Which is strange because she was sitting right next to me as I watched it and had a drink with me afterwards. But understandable in light of her sleeping through it, due to a liquid lunch that... Continue Reading →
My blogging heroine Mrs Woog wrote a post last week called The Cost of Collecting Your Kids. It was about the hell of school pick-up waiting zones, parking inspectors and fines. There is a similar purgatory endured around my way. One mum got fined $1300 recently because the nose of her car was in a... Continue Reading →
Loving this story my friend told me about her girlfriend's house alarm going off recently ... The police rang to say there had been a robbery. She rushed home and was met by two cops at her front door, who gravely warned: "Prepare yourself, they've given the place a pretty good going over." She walked... Continue Reading →
Blogging feels a little redundant this week. HouseGoesHome has developed a life of its own. A post I wrote on Saturday, called HouseGoesHollywood: Princess Kate's nude scandal, has hijacked my site. It's received 5478 views so far, still going strong. In normal circumstances I'd be thrilled with 5478 views. But I feel a bit empty... Continue Reading →
The Mag I Bought This Week award goes to ... It felt like there was a huge elephant that all the weekly magazines were politely ignoring in my local newsagency this morning ... Princess Kate's nipples being snapped by a paparazzi photographer. The Sunday newspapers asked the editors of Woman's Day, New Idea and WHO... Continue Reading →
I was driving the Sprogs to school last week when the eight-year-old sighed from the backseat: "All the books I'm reading are full of boys wanting sex." Not being particularly brave when it comes to birds, bees and my daughters, I wasn't quite sure how to reply. After a strangled pause, I said: "You mean... Continue Reading →
I haven't seen anything like it since "Whitney Houston's corpse". "Princess Kate nude" is the hottest search in Googleland. The whole world wants a squizz at the royal nipples. It's funny the things that get people going. Yesterday started out as just an ordinary Saturday for Housegoeshome. I've been trying to wean myself off weekend... Continue Reading →
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