If you are wondering why I didn't blog yesterday, it is because I have hit the 2022 wall. Nothing dramatic happened. I just ran out of puff. I am beat. I am done. I need a Bex and a lie down. If I owe you a message, a call or catch up, I apologise. I... Continue Reading →

I don't know what it's like in your neck of the woods, but it is bizarrely brisk in Sydney for the week before Christmas. The youngest went out last night with her friends huddled in a hoodie. She doesn't remember that she once had a white Christmas when we briefly lived in New York. Mind... Continue Reading →

While there are things that I intensely dislike about getting older, such as my rapidly diminishing collagen levels, my face requiring (but sadly not receiving) daily threading and the ridiculous amount of time I spend trying to locate my missing keys and phone ... there are other parts that I love. For example, very few... Continue Reading →

I forgot that yesterday was bring-a-plate-to-work day for the office Christmas party. My workmate Tim forgot too, so we ventured out together in search of supplies. Keenly priced party food is in short demand in The Rocks, so we ended up at a dodgy bakery on George Street where we both paid through the nose... Continue Reading →

I feel oddly Grinch-like about Christmas this year. It is on my naughty list. I keep muttering about the transactional nature of gift giving. It feels like a box ticking exercise, as we all frantically prepare to hand each other goods of approximately the same value. I don't like being asked what I want as... Continue Reading →

Seasoned readers of HouseGoesHome will know just how exciting this news is .... I bought a new car yesterday!!!!!! It's still on a ship in the middle of the Pacific Ocean somewhere, but I should take delivery of it before Christmas. I wasn't expecting to buy a new car yesterday. I thought there were nine-month... Continue Reading →

"On behalf of Moët Hennessy, we invite you to the official launch of The Ardbeg Peat Mie ... the only pie in Australia that requires proof-of-age to eat." Moët. Hennessy. Ardbeg. Pie. All in the same sentence. How could I resist those words? So I caught the light rail and a bus from work to... Continue Reading →

I read two things yesterday that blew me away. I will start with the really cool one. Australia's first complete plesiosaur fossil has been discovered in outback Queensland! Yep, I was a dinosaur nerd when I was in primary school. Palaeontologists unearthed the complete fossil of the plesiosaur near the remote western Queensland town of... Continue Reading →

Becoming a dog owner is a slippery slope. You start by naming the first one something traditional, like Charlie. Then you get creative with the second one and name them something non-traditional, like Bilbo. OK, maybe that's just me. Pretty soon you find yourself coming home after work and cooing "Hello my little Princess Poochie... Continue Reading →

Look what I built last night! I am in love with this clever creation from Mimosa. It slots together in a flash, like IKEA should in theory but never does in practice. I bought two pieces - a one seater and a three seater - and connected them. I was keen for a corner lounge,... Continue Reading →