It took me by surprise when I started to cry as James Reyne was singing Hoochie Gucci Fiorucci Mama at the Toronto Hotel on Friday night. The happy tears mixed with the rain that was pouring down my face. The song barely registered on my radar when it was released in the early Eighties, but... Continue Reading →

As I write this blog post, the rain is pelting down. Forget cats and dogs, I’m talking elephants and giraffes. Torrential. I am supposed to be at an outdoor concert tonight. That will be interesting … But let me rewind to drizzly Wednesday; when I got my hair professionally coloured at vast expense. I may... Continue Reading →

I was scrolling through my LinkedIn feed earlier this week when I saw a devastating post by a former Virgin Airlines employee. He had shared an article from The Australian about his former boss resigning. She quit her job after less than a year, following an internal review of her workplace behaviour. He bravely wrote:... Continue Reading →

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 →