I am in gossip heaven this week. The Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes split is beyond fascinating. My favourite take on the situation is, of course, at Lainey Gossip. So I thought I'd share some of her hottest tidbits with you, as the frustration of being in Albury with Husband's family (who are more the Four Corners crowd) and... Continue Reading →

Albury libraryAlbury main streetWhen I told friends I was visiting my in-laws they gave me the look. You know, the one that says, oh you poor thing. But visiting my in-laws is awesome. It's like staying at a five-star hotel with no nightly tariff*. The in-laws have a spanking new house in Albury. I think they designed it with... Continue Reading →

I had magazine editor withdrawal symptoms last week as celebrity bombshells started exploding all over the place – Katie divorcing Tom, Adele getting pregnant, Anna Paquin squeezing twins into her tiny uterus, Grant Hackett being a Stilnox victim … I rubbed my hands together with glee as I fantasised about cramming those corkers onto a cover... Continue Reading →

I made the electronic acquaintance of a person called "Dags" last week. "Dags" took issue with me blogging about my children eating the occasional piece of salmon coated in wholemeal breadcrumbs or chicken rolled in Cornflakes. "Dags" was disturbed that the Sprogs ate mashed potatoes and oven-baked fries. "Dags"reckoned wheat was evil and olive oil must not be heated. "Dags" decreed only virgin coconut oil... Continue Reading →

Geez it's cold in Canberra. Brrrrrr. Soup weather. So I thought I'd share a recipe for curried minestrone. Despite one of my Facebook friends describing the recipe I posted yesterday as looking "kinda disgusting". (I always feel it's best to get straight back on the horse.) I know "curried" minestrone sounds like a culinary crime,... Continue Reading →

OK, so I'm feeling a bit behind the eight ball, having blogging about Jenny McCarthy appearing in Playboy for Village Voices this week, what with Katie Holmes divorcing Tom Cruise. Fark! That's HUGE. The weekly mags will be going CRAZY with excitement. Anyway, when I wrote about Jenny - which was posted at Village Voices... Continue Reading →

I'm taking the Sprogs on a road trip during the school holidays. Our last road trip took place in far more exotic locales: France and Spain. That was before the money ran out. This time we're off to Canberra, Albury and Melbourne to sleep in people's spare bedrooms. While driving across France and Spain, I was determined to keep blogging - despite only 14 people... Continue Reading →

I'd relaxed into the whole teacher's strike business. I'd come to terms with not getting ahead. I'd made my peace with being in the moment instead. I was quite looking forward to seeing Brave and inhaling yum cha with the Sprogs. A bold redhead wisecracking her way through the forest, followed by succulent prawns wrapped in rice paper was going to be fun... Continue Reading →

I got a call from an old friend this week. She had a strictly anonymous story to tell. She thought it might come in handy for my blog. After the usual pleasantries about how the kids and respective partners were faring, she got down to business. Her bloke popped over for some jiggery pokery recently. They toddled off to the kitchen afterwards for a... Continue Reading →