For those that don't blog - I'm going to a conference the week after next called ProBlogger.  It's a training event for people that blog both professionally and for fun and it's an excellent opportunity to 'do the social medias better'. Which since I 'do the...

Today my Tully had to go to the doctor because she's got a skin tag on her tongue growing faster than her, and is about due for her 4 year old 'pokes'.  So Cass went to childcare and Tully and I went off to look at toy shelves and have a doughnut to help get her...

I'm going to say something very controversial here.  Ready?You don't have to have kids. You don't have to want them. You don't have to have them.  You don't owe your parents grandchildren. You don't owe your partner children.  You are not selfish if you...

It is said that friends come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. Hoarders like myself try not to let any of them go because if I liked them for a reason, surely I can keep them for a season or even a lifetime?But it doesn't always work like that....

In my humble opinion, life consists of two main groups of people. People that understand what 'opinion' means and those that don't.For instance, some people are of the opinion that Sydney has the worst traffic in the world.  That's their opinion.  It's not...

SourceTo my beautiful daughtersWhen you grow up, you're probably going to fall in love.  Hopefully with somebody that makes you incredibly happy and you live a blessed life dancing around fields full of sunflowers and with a personal chef back home. To be honest,...

Source: BanksySo I was trying to work out exactly what I felt about MH17 and Gaza and stuff and I wrote this piece but then later that day Waheed Aly wrote something and it was SO MUCH BETTER.So read his here The value of human life. That's pretty much what I...

So here's my problem.  The World Health Organisation defines elderly in Western civilisations as 65 plus. My parents are plus. I'm not quite 40 and still struggle with the label 'adult'.  I don't know if my brain is going to be able to process 'elderly' in...

When we metTEN YEARS ago today, in a little back garden behind a big house in London, Nick and I kissed for the first time.  And then he ran away.  Literally hurdled a brick wall in his haste.Though his version is a little (completely) different.Either way,...

I was asked recently why I blog.  I asked why they asked and they said to me "You're a great writer, I love what you write, I just don't know why you don't do real writing?"I decided to ignore blogging not being real writing and just say "Thank you"....

Sometimes working out how to do real life can be complicated.  And everybody has so much advice.  There are pages and pages and pages of books in every language telling you how to get better at life. I'm breaking it down for you into a one pager.  That...

I know childcare places are limited.  I know that once you get your child into childcare you'll do anything you can to keep them there despite the fact that renting Buckingham Palace for a week would be cheaper than the daily fees. This happens at childcare....