Who puts a lock on the inside of a shoebox-sized laundry door? I am very unhappy with them. My dogs sleep in the laundry and somehow the lock - that I didn’t know existed - was activated, so my day started with the dogs being trapped in there. I eventually got them out after a... Continue Reading →

The Court of Criminal Appeal is delivering its judgment this morning on Kathleen Folbigg's application to have her conviction quashed. Now 56, Kath spent 20 years in prison after being found guilty of killing her four children. Earlier this year a landmark Special Commission of Inquiry found reasonable doubt over her guilt due to the... Continue Reading →

My office held its annual Awards for Excellence yesterday. I was shortlisted for the Agility Award. I lost to someone far more agile than me. She does the ticketing, which is a bitch of a job. Although it did feel like I was performing an inward 4 1/2 somersault in tuck position when I was... Continue Reading →

I have been getting a lot of text messages from people asking if I've seen Strife and whether I am portrayed in it. No and no. As Mamamia explains it, Strife is "Inspired by Mia Freedman’s memoir Work, Strife, Balance the series is set in the early days of publishing and digital media. "The comedic drama series – which is... Continue Reading →

Work got so crazy at the end of last week that there was no time to blog. Here's a not-so-brief update on what you missed. The youngest got back from schoolies in Fiji. Going by the pics I saw on the official Facebook and Instagram pages, a fine time was had by all. I didn't... Continue Reading →

I forgot I was getting an ultrasound on my hip yesterday. Or maybe I blanked it out. I had only booked an x-ray and when I arrived at the medical centre the receptionist was most annoyed that I'd not mentioned the accompanying ultrasound. Luckily there had been a cancellation and they could squeeze me in.... Continue Reading →

It was my office Christmas party last night. The festive season has crept up on me. Every time I blink another year has flown past. I forgot the Christmas party had a theme until 8.30pm on Monday night. It was "Come as an Aussie icon". There had been vague talk at a team Christmas dinner... Continue Reading →

My sister and I had the most awesome time in Newcastle on Sunday. I thought I'd coined a new term for what we did - a micro holiday - but it turns out other people got there before me. According to Body & Soul, short, travel-like "micro holidays" are having a bit of a moment... Continue Reading →

You know you’ve reached a certain age when you visit your GP for a Pap smear and she starts talking about “changes” and “discomfort” ... before she’s even taken the plastic speculum out of its packaging. I hadn't mentioned any issues, she'd simply checked my birthdate and decided to gently inform me there were options... Continue Reading →

Travel is never smooth sailing. My trip to Western Australia went mainly to plan and was filled with things I would do exactly the same way next time. But there was also stuff I would do much differently. I would not book standing tickets to a five-hour concert experience. My body is getting way too... Continue Reading →