Dr Chris Brown and I had lunch together once ... just the two of us ... at the Museum of Contemporary Art cafe. #notasexdreamihadlastnight I arrived early and was sitting at our table as he strode across the room looking like Roger Ramjet brought to life. Many heads turned and a few women shot me... Continue Reading →

I checked my HouseGoesHome stats last night and guess what? I've passed the milestone of 1 million views! HouseGoesHome and I have been through a lot together over the years. It kicked off a month after I left ACP Magazines, where I’d spent 20 years as a print journalist and editor. It initially chronicled my... Continue Reading →

DD loves a good red, so he was miffed to miss out on "Discover Altero". Altero is a new wine range from South Australia's Fleurieu Peninsula. Its winemaker, Mike Farmilo, previously created red wines at Penfolds. "Discover Altero" was a Cellarmasters' event featuring an artisan Italian dinner at Pasta Emilia in Surry Hills, with the... Continue Reading →

Kind souls worry when I don't publish a blog post, so I put a pic on Facebook yesterday morning that said: "No blog. Gone swimmin'." It didn't stop a few people touching base to check "gone swimmin'" wasn't code for "clinging to the precipice". But I was fine. Well, I've been feeling a bit frazzled... Continue Reading →

The eldest looked at me like I was totally loopy when I arrived home from the chemist on Saturday arvo raving "Oh my gawd, look what I found!" What I'd found was a 96-pill bottle of Nurofen while I was waiting for the youngest's EpiPen and cortisone scalp lotion prescriptions to be filled. I had... Continue Reading →

Yesterday wasn’t my favourite. I had a major run-in with the eldest and forgot to a) give them their school lunch and b) check I'd shut the side gate properly after an early morning walk. I was pretty addled as I drove to work, but I threw myself into a big day of writing, which... Continue Reading →

Jesus, Joseph and Mary ... who knew sitting in an examination room for 90 minutes having an allergist talk non-stop about your kid would be so exhausting? Not to mention stressful. My teeth ached like nobody’s business afterwards from all the clenching. I was a shell of a mother when we finally staggered out with... Continue Reading →

I have been a fairly absent parent over the school holidays. All work, very little play. Fortunately my ex came through with an Australia Day long weekend for the kids at Berowra Waters. So at least they ended the hols with a hurrah. I feel bad about them having such a mundane school break ...... Continue Reading →

Forget bouquets of flowers ... I was touched on Sunday night when DD delivered a packet of Gaviscon to my bedside table. A bunch of roses ain't gonna ease my middle-aged reflux. (Although I’ve since been told by fellow middle aged lovers that Nexium is the ultimate romantic reflux gesture.) Yesterday morning, I drove to... Continue Reading →

All the hairs on my arms stood on end yesterday as I discussed the Kathleen Folbigg case with my old school mates. They’d just been to the jail for a morning visit with Kathy. We met for brunch by the river, before heading back to the jail for an afternoon visit. I was floored by... Continue Reading →