It's a bit odd that the first thing people do when someone turns 18 is buy them a drink. Not exactly the best message to send ... but I found myself doing it last night. A Cosmopolitan, no less. Cheers to my newly legal offspring. Aside from being allowed to have a cocktail, the eldest... Continue Reading →

I saw a post on Facebook yesterday from someone who was celebrating their youngest child finishing the HSC. I felt a brief stab of envy. Part of me wants the high school years to be over, so I can start planning the next phase of my life. But I gave myself a good, metaphorical slap.... Continue Reading →

You know that Jim Carrey movie "Yes Man" about the guy who decides to say yes to everything for a whole year and it changes his life? Well, there's a female version starring Jennifer Garner called "Yes Day". It's about a mum who loses her sense of fun and agrees to say yes to everything... Continue Reading →

I’m already having serious doubts about the sanity of what I’m about to tell you, but it’s too late to write another blog post. So here goes … Ever since I wrote about granfluencers yesterday, ideas have been bouncing around in my head like a pinball machine. Among the mad schemes currently jostling for funding... Continue Reading →

A friend suggested to me last week that I become an influencer as my next career move .... bwhahahaha ... But I stopped laughing yesterday when I read that "granfluencers" are the hot new trend in brand promotion. A marketing mob called HypeAuditor have given their predictions for 2022 and noted that there’s been a... Continue Reading →

I'm helping DD with a project at the moment and we attended two Zoom meetings together yesterday. I found it so difficult to concentrate. I kept staring at him like a five year old stares at chocolate cake … or whatever Veruca Salt was gazing at while licking that lollipop. He looked delicious. It was... Continue Reading →

My Aunty Barb (aka my mum's best friend since she was a little tacker) loves that I'm the Queen of Obscure Details. Brace yourself Barb, I'm about to bombard you with a few more ... I had insomnia in the middle of last night, caused by worrying that my arm was going to fall off... Continue Reading →

DD and I decided to party like it was 1999 over the weekend rather than COVID-ridden 2021. We had the best time gallivanting around Sydney. Bulk fun and all that. We were a bit worried about the weather in the lead up, as it was predicted to be freaking torrential, but the gods smiled on... Continue Reading →

I did something scary yesterday ... I went to the gym. Going to the gym wouldn't normally be scary, but the last time I attended a Pump class, NSW was aiming to be COVID zero. Now we're learning to live with the virus in our midst. I've been a bit lairy about huffing and puffing... Continue Reading →

My house looks like it's been rocked by a series of explosions. The youngest needs a new passport and I couldn't find her birth certificate ANYWHERE. I spent Tuesday opening every storage box in the house ... about 20 of them ... and strewing their contents EVERYWHERE. The birth certificate ended up being in a... Continue Reading →