With the dark days of teen nasal surgery finally receding, I decided it was time to have a break from booze. Then I remembered I was going to a wake anniversary on Sunday night and a gin launch last night. While it wouldn’t be impossible to attend those events and not drink, I thought it […]
I was reminded over the weekend that getting a holiday glow doesn’t require spending wads of cash or standing naked a fake tan booth. DD and I had the most glorious afternoon on Saturday. When the date ended I told him it felt like we’d been on holidays, even though it was just a few […]
My mouth actually formed an “o” last night when I realised it’s been eight years since I left magazines. Eight years! Housegoeshome was launched on July 28, 2011, a month after my career at ACP Magazines concluded following a 20-year tenure. It was such a different Household back then. Here’s my first ever blog post: […]
I’ve had a soft spot for Simon Baker since we almost went swing dancing together in New York in the ’90s. In case you missed that little vignette from my past life … I was visiting New York on a round- the-world ticket and a friend suggested I meet an Aussie expat she knew over […]
Since the youngest became permanently bedridden from nasal surgery, my lunch breaks have taken a rather hectic turn. I would normally pop to the gym on Mondays and Thursdays for a pump class and spend my other lunch hours at my desk eating leftovers. Not this week. Here’s how yesterday’s lunch break went down: Drive […]
There’s so much stuff I haven’t had a chance to tell you because I’ve been caught up with post-op mothering. Where do I start? The eldest has purple hair now. … which means I have a purple bathroom now … I had to touch the rats yesterday after they knocked out the tunnel between their […]
I’ve been movie marathoning with the youngest while she’s laid up in bed. I grabbed a handful of DVDs at JB Hi-Fi on Saturday to keep us entertained. When my ex called the youngest and she told him about my trek, he was perplexed. “Why doesn’t she just use Netflix?” he asked. “Because mum doesn’t […]
The youngest and I have survived another day of blood and mucus and pain. Well, I didn’t have any pain, other than my usual middle-aged aches. But I did see a lot of blood and mucus, especially during the inaugural saline nasal wash … we’re moving to three daily now, I’m hoping my involvement winds […]
You don’t expect to feel lucky when you’re mopping streams of blood and mucus from your daughter’s nose as she lies woebegone in bed. But I did. The youngest was horrified that I was cleaning her up. She asked how I could stand it. She said she’d be retching if she was doing it to […]
I rued my single mum life on Monday night as I packed away the groceries at 10.30pm. Geez it’s relentless sometimes. Monday was – as previously noted – a bit stressy. It started with me waving DD off in an Uber to the airport, then collecting the sick youngest from the train station, taking them […]
