the end was just the beginning
Yesterday was a bit of a blur of Codral and humidity. In the words of Lauren Child's precocious Lola: "I'm really, really ever so not well." Like my dear fellow blogger Pinky Poinker noted in my comments: "Nothing worse than a summer cold." But I soldiered on hazily with my plans for the day, including... Continue Reading →
I am worn out. Emotionally, physically, mentally. And I've come down with a cold. Ahhhh-choo. There are no words left ... they've been all funneled into texts and blogs and emails. So I bring you ... celebrities and their children posing in pumpkin patches in preparation for Halloween 2014. My kids can't wait to go... Continue Reading →
You know how much I love throwing a party? Well my friends, the "Two Pink Ladies", totally shade me. Each year, they throw the most dazzling Girls' Night In. It's a fundraising concept that encourages women to enjoy a girly catch-up and donate what they would normally spend on a night out to the Cancer... Continue Reading →
Guess where I'm going on Sunday? On my first RSVP date. I'm a bit terrified, to be honest. I think I understand the RSVP rules reasonably well – the date will be in a highly public place, I've ensured I have a pre-planned escape route (a movie date with my sister afterwards), I'll wear a... Continue Reading →
As I tried to take a selfie yesterday morning - don't ask - between making Vegemite sandwiches and quartering oranges for the kids' lunch boxes, I was reminded of a quote by Martin Amis ... As the 50th birthday approaches, you get the sense that your life is thinning out, and will continue to thin... Continue Reading →
I'm completely hopeless with technology. It's a little worrying, considering I work as a digital journalist. Mobile phones confound me. I was the last person in the world to get one and I've only recently learned how not to yell into them. I do not get the whole wifi/data/mobile roaming thing AT ALL. But I... Continue Reading →
I've been a little ... vague ... recently. Example: the kids and I arrived home on Saturday to discover I'd left the front door wide open all afternoon. They were so horrified that they regaled my ex with a "we can't believe mum did this" anecdote the next day (he tells me). I am not... Continue Reading →
Ever heard of movie "easter eggs"? They're secret jokes or references that directors hide in movies. A recent Huffington Post article suggests the term "Easter Egg" may have originated from actual eggs on the set of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast apparently had an Easter egg hunt and forgot to find at least... Continue Reading →
Regular readers of HouseGoesHome are familiar with how much I love throwing a party. And they won't be surprised to hear that I've been planning the eldest's upcoming 11th birthday for months. We're going with a Hawaiian theme. To be exact, it's supposed to be a Hawaiian pool party at my sister's flash, newly renovated... Continue Reading →
I was TERRIFIED when I woke up yesterday morning. The anxious wait for the dreaded Mirena insertion totally messed with my head. I'd been told so many horror stories: it was the worst pain one friend had ever experienced, another told me she needed morphine, even the gyno warned it could be so difficult -... Continue Reading →
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