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I have a terrible confession to make

Friends have a five-year-old son with waaaaay too much energy. He makes Sprog 2 look listless. I had dinner at their place the other night and chuckled at their utensils drawer: tongs, mixing spoons,...

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Cheers and jeers

You know you’re in trouble when you’re slooshing down your Panamax with a glass of champagne at 4pm … I am sooooooo not good at drinking alcohol during daylight hours. Oh, it’s a blast at the time, but...

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Guilt trip

Catholics are burdened with guilt. I’m burdened with regrets. And guilt. All the stuff I wish I’d done differently. I wish I’d been nicer to my great-grandmother. I wish I’d seen Alex before he died....

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Drunk and disorderly

The Not So Neighbourly Neighbours have been at it again for the past two Saturday nights. Blasting doof-doof music, lots of loud “woos” and “drink it down, down, downs”. Heaps of laughter and general...

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Naked in public

Husband was up late on Monday night trying to rescue our hard-drive. (It’s dead Jim. Choking sob.) So he forgot about driving Sprog 1 to band practice yesterday morning – his job – and slept in. No...

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What’s happening to me???

I think I’m becoming a “woman of a certain age”. I’ve been admiring “woman of a certain age” boutiques. There’s one in every middle-class shopping strip. They’re filled with scented candles, chunky...

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Ginger beer “sorry” muffins

We had dinner at a neighbour’s house last night. Sprog 1 stayed for a sleepover. I’m going to pick her up now. I’ve baked ginger beer muffins to take as a peace offering, because I shamed myself at...

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Regret

“What’s done is done.”  William Shakespeare “Every second that you live you are never going to get back. You are never going to get to change what you said, didn’t say, did, or didn’t do. Live how you...

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How could I forget?

They say time heals all wounds. So how come it hurts that I forgot my grandmother’s birthday yesterday. My mum had to text and remind me. My Nan passed away in 2010. Whenever something big or exciting...

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My week: A bedazzled potty, bogan blow-ups and putting my foot in it (yet again)

I started the week on my soapbox, all agitated because a woman called Renee wrote a letter to Fairfax condemning pleas for more after-school care: “Funny that it is the north shore than has the biggest...

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