It’s crazy inside my head too

Bianca Wordley wrote a post at The Hoopla earlier this week about her anxiety issues, called Welcome to My Crazy Head. Reading it reminded me of the dark days when a bad situation and bad people left me with anxiety so crushing I had heart palpitations. Fortunately they're gone from my life - the bad situation, the bad people and the heart palpitations - and the only signs... Continue Reading →

Dear Vanessa: how could you break up with Johnny Depp?

Seriously, what was the woman thinking? She was lucky enough to spend 14 years with a freaky method actor who admits his emotional growth ceased at age 17. He blames armadillos for trashing his hotel room. His idea of fun is jamming with Marilyn Manson. He wears more jewellery than she does. He takes his bisexual co-stars to Las Vegas... Continue Reading →

Bad mummy

I'm ashamed of myself. I'm praying that Sprog 2 wakes up well this morning. Not because I'm concerned about her health. Well, I am, but it's not my primary motivation. She has been home for three days with a coldy/flu thing, but today I really need to shove her off to school because I have... Continue Reading →

Sweet treats with hidden veggies

I'm sneaking veggies into kids' lunchboxes over at Kidspot's Village Voices this week. Not dipping them in hummus or slipping them in sangas, but pureeing and stirring them into muffins and cupcakes. Sounds weird, but works a treat! Go to ... http://blogs.kidspot.com.au/villagevoices/sweet-treats-with-hidden-veggies/  

Social media is killing me

I don't know how the Gen Ys do it. How do they follow their favourite websites, Twitter and Facebook and still have time for an actual face-to-face life? I've heard the trick is to consume everything simultaneously - listen to music on your iPod while typing on your laptop, checking your iPhone's Twitter feed and drinking a can of Mother. But I'm exhausted by... Continue Reading →

Recipe: African chicken and peanut stew

I was distraught when I arrived home and discovered Husband cooking dinner. Not quite the reaction he'd hoped to get after slaving over a hot stove. Actually, the stove is why I was distraught, as I'd been planning on making the recipe in my slow-cooker to see how it went. It's funny the things that distress a foodie. When I climbed... Continue Reading →

Help not hate

There's a record I need to set straight. It's about a story I wrote for http://www.mamamia.com.au this week. The story concerned my friend, Kathleen Folbigg. Kathleen is serving 26 years in jail for the murder of her four children. And there's something I need to clarify. Actually, there's a lot of things. OK, here goes ... I wasn't championing... Continue Reading →

The Mag I Bought This Week Award (18/6/12) goes to …

Some weeks I stare at the newsstand and struggle to care about anything on offer. Other weeks I'm paralysed with indecision because everything looks sooooo good. This week is a soooooo good week, absolutely jammed with royal babies, revenge and retro gems. So, which mag did I choose? Which one did I regret not choosing? And which celebrity family... Continue Reading →

Sucked in

I got a text message yesterday that announced: "Congratulations! Your no. has won you 2,000,000 pounds in the freelotto.com mobile promo. For claims send ref uk9209 email: freelottery7@aol.co.uk Tel +4474401248." Woo-hoo! I'm a millionaire! Not. Now call my cynical (people do all the time) but I don't think this text message was genuine. I'm pretty sure the way lotteries work is by... Continue Reading →

Murder, motherhood and Mamamia

I've written a blog called "My friend is in jail for murder" that's been published at Mamamia today. My regular readers will be pretty familiar with it, as it's a bit of a put-together of previous blogs I've written about Kathleen Folbigg. But check it out and let me know what you think. You can... Continue Reading →

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