the end was just the beginning
I was offered a job overseas last week. If the opportunity had come a year ago, it could have changed everything. There's an episode of Doctor Who called "Turn Left". The Doctor's companion, Donna, goes back in time to the moment she made the choice that led to meeting him: turning left at an intersection.... Continue Reading →
Revelling in the car crash that is the Kardashians has never been my thing. Watching the way they've dominated the tabloids with their D grade antics has made my eyeballs rattle over the years. But I find myself oddly fascinated by Kim Kardashian's wedding to Kanye West ... I just couldn't look away. Come on, admit... Continue Reading →
I was planning on blogging something deep and meaningful today - well, as deep and meaningful as you can get with Doctor Who references - but yesterday was kinda full on and I just don't have it in me. Tomorrow, I promise. Anyways ... yesterday I went to IKEA for the 500th time while Husband... Continue Reading →
We can carry it, she said. It's not that heavy, she said. It's only 1.3km, she said ... OK, she didn't say the last bit, I Googled it afterwards. I'm down to the last days of the schmick-a-thon for the house sale. I needed an outdoor setting for the deck because mine had rotted and... Continue Reading →
I am befuddled and muddled this week, hence forgetting to blog HouseGoesHollywood yesterday. It must be all the paint fumes ... But I'm not the only one in the wars - look who's had a worse time of it that me ... >> Michel Buble knocked a tooth out with his microphone while on stage... Continue Reading →
I've almost finished reading The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy to the kids. They've discovered that the answer to life, the universe and everything is ... 42. And since everyone in the book was justifiably upset at waiting more than 7 million years for such an unsatisfactory answer, they built a computer that took 10 million... Continue Reading →
Working in the media has given me the chance to meet the most amazingly talented people over the years. Their words have made me laugh, made me cry, made me think. Their artistic endeavours have done the same. A few years ago, when I was editorial director of Woman's Day magazine, one of my designers... Continue Reading →
When I was a young lass, my nickname was Cinderella because I was never up past midnight. Now that I'm an old bird, I'm rarely up past 10pm. But I took temporary leave of my senses on Monday, seduced by drinks with my dear former workmates, and didn't get home until the ungodly hour of... Continue Reading →
The separated-but-together situation with Husband continues apace. On the weekend we drove to Newcastle for our niece's birthday, tomorrow we'll spend the day painting the back deck (well, Husband will paint while I follow behind with a leaf blower ... bloody autumn leaves), next Sunday we'll go to see Strictly Ballroom the musical as a family.... Continue Reading →
Ever read Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy? I'm currently reciting a chapter of it each night to the kids. The eldest thinks it's hilarious, the youngest does headstands the whole time and cheerfully admits she has no idea what's going on. I'm particularly enamoured with the Babel fish. Here's what the Hitchhikers Guide has to... Continue Reading →
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