OK, the fitness kick didn't last long - the eldest and I went to a restaurant last night that specialises in fried chicken, champagne and sneakers (to wear, not eat). The youngest was at a sleepover, so we decided to try a new place called Butter. There are three Butters - one in Surry Hills,... Continue Reading →

The youngest sent me this scary photo yesterday morning with NO explanation. I texted back: "Where the hell is that?" She replied: "Outside the house near the side gate." I texted: "Is it dead????" She replied: "Yes." I texted: "How big is it?" And almost retched as I zoomed in and saw all the exposed... Continue Reading →

One of the fun things about the contracting work I'm currently doing - other than all the brainstorming - is that the audience I'm targeting is ME: women around the age of 40-60. I sit there each day thinking: what do I want to read about? It's a big change from wondering: what do bottle... Continue Reading →

I only have one speed - full on - and my batteries went flat on Saturday. I didn't sleep much last week between fretting about my mammogram, stressing over work and wrangling the logistics of having no kitchen or lounge room due to the floors being sanded. I should have said no when the youngest... Continue Reading →

It's the third night that we've been without a kitchen or living room and I'm getting a bit jack of having to circumnavigate the house every time I need something. It's also a bit of a bore having the fridge in the hallway with a toaster on the floor beside it as my only source... Continue Reading →

Excuse the state of today's blog post, it's a bit of a half-arsed shambles. Life has been too hectic. I sweatily rushed around yesterday morning trying to erect barricades to keep the dogs off the floorboards while the new polish is drying. Then I hooned off to do a solid eight hours of contracting work,... Continue Reading →

I had a mammogram yesterday. I've been fretting about my right boob for the past 10 days, ever since I bent down to shave my legs in the shower and felt a sore spot near my armpit as it rested on my knee. The soreness has been migrating its way around my boob ever since.... Continue Reading →

I walk with my friend Mel on Monday nights and we decided make Dan Murphy's our destination last night. #badmoms I've been bending Mel's ear about my fondness for low-cal alcoholic seltzer and she wanted me to show her around the seltzer section so she could pick up a few good ones to take on... Continue Reading →

Three weeks after going into lockdown with his mum on December 21, DD was finally free to leave the Northern Beaches at midnight on Saturday. It was a bugger that both of us weren't working for most of his seclusion and it's felt like an eternity since I was allowed to cross the Narrabeen Bridge.... Continue Reading →

The ordinary life I mentioned in yesterday's blog post doesn’t seem too bad in light of the events that transpired after I pressed “publish”. I didn’t realize as I blithely blathered about my dull life that Trump supporters were attempting to overthrow democracy in the US. And I immediately wished I could press "unpublish" when... Continue Reading →