One mum, one son, four guinea pigs: Celebrating budget interiors, the joy of the ordinary, and cake.
Don't you love those Sunday drives where you never know where you're going to end up or what's going to happen? On a recent Sunday, Spider Boy, my sister Senorita Margarita (The Senorita), Mum (Batgran - has hero-like qualities. Like Batman, except she's Granny) and I decided to venture out on such a drive. We wanted to get…
Continue reading ➞ Sunday drive: savage seagulls, snakes and service with a snarl
Photo: Rex/Fremantle Media "There's Eye Candy" said Mum, the way you'd say, "There's the postman", or "That'll be the phone", late on Friday afternoon when I was pottering about the sink area in front of the kitchen window. I looked up and there he was - one of the guys who lives on the second floor of the…
The past couple of weeks I have been listening to a lot of INXS. The recent telemovie, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, has reinvigorated my love for them. INXS was the soundtrack to my youth. The music was consistently in the background of my life for the better part of a decade, from their new-wave/ska/pop through to rock,…
I've just returned from a beach holiday in the land that time forgot. And I mean that in a good way. My friends Lulu and Mr M had invited 5-year-old Spider boy and me to spend a few days with them and their 6-year-old son, the Magician, at a rented beach house at Bawley Point on the NSW…
Staying up late is a luxury I can little afford as the mother of a young child. My Spider Boy springs, jumps, leaps out of bed with all eight of his little yet super-fast legs every morning between 6 and 7am. Sundays, public holidays, New Year's Day - it doesn't matter - he just wants…
Continue reading ➞ Ghost of New Years past (or “Go to bed, Mummy!”)
I am sitting in front of the ABC's Rage listening to my much loved 70s retro hits. 2014 is only 32 minutes old and so far every song's been a winner, from Kool and the Gang's Celebration to Earth Wind and Fire's September. All I need now is the Jackson 5. Oh hang on - now it's…
I've done it again. Every year I tell myself I'm going to send out cards by December 1, and shop early for thoughtful, carefully selected gifts where I have time to enjoy the ambience of Westfield (charity collectors selling foam reindeer antlers, santa, freebies, happy people, carols, time to sit and try some kind of…
A recent issue of gossip magazine Famous published pictures of model Lara Bingle on a beach in a bikini. Lara's cellulite was clearly visible on the back of her thighs. When I saw the pictures my first thought was "Oh wow, even Lara Bingle has cellulite!" I have to admit it made me feel better…
Continue reading ➞ Lara Bingle’s Thighs – Using Their Power For Good
Last Monday the title of one of the WordPress Daily Post challenges caught my eye. It was about haiku, a poetry form I just love. The challenge issued was to write five haikus - one for each of the five days leading up to today. We were given the choice of writing one a day,…
