Bucket lists are all the rage right now.  Lots of things to put on a long list of things you do before you kick the bucket.  Which means DIE. But you're putting it on a list and you don't have a clue when you're going to, you know, kick the bucket. DIE.So...

There comes a time in a woman's life when she should have the essentials.  And I say 18 is that time.  If you don't have these things and you are over 18, head to the shops RIGHT NOW.  You're welcome.1. A pair of black cotton briefsNot a thong, not...

 So you know Jodie from Fresh Home Cook?You don't?  Well she and I met last year and became instant friends because we both LOVE cooking and gardening and growing organic produce.  True story.  Except the bit about us both loving cooking, gardening...

The great thing about idle conversations is the things you learn that you didn't even know were things.You with me?  You know when you're like la la la kinesiology, fathers, horses, bowen therapy.  And that's a legit link.  Like a legit legit thing.Well...

As a professional profaner, I am often amused when my friends come around and say the word 'bum' in front of my children and then immediately blush and stammer out an apology.  I am their mother.  They are exposed to my irresponsible vocabulary all the time...

If you want to realise how unreasonable we are collectively I would like to present you with  That's right Bindi Irwin. Who at the age of fifteen had the audacity to say she wishes children dressed their age and covered up their boobs and blah blah save the...

Hey! The world cup is on! And it's Refugee Week.  Wouldn't it be awesome if the truth about our appalling violation of human rights got as much coverage as losing footballers swimming nude?Anyway - don't stop reading.  Yes I did literally cry yesterday when...

I have my two year old home today from childcare with an upset tummy.  This actually means that what is coming out of her backside is decidedly unpretty and no amount of positivity about parenting can make the shit smell any sweeter.What?  It's true....

I just finished the last series of How I met your Mother and I'm SERIOUSLY BUMMED about the outcome. I wanted Ted to find true love and live HAPPILY EVER AFTER with the mystery woman under the yellow umbrella.And when we met her, I liked her.  She was worth the...

So Friday The Thirteenth is here, there's a full moon scheduled for this evening and half the Western English speaking world is avoiding black cats.But I am here to reassure you that only good things happen on Friday the Thirteenth.I was born on a Friday The...

If I have to read ONE MORE FREAKING ARTICLE by white Australians saying that everybody is a little bit racist and that doesn't mean we're racist I am going to see my brain explode.Mark Sawyer, a Fairfax journalist, is the latest with this piece.Yes, good people can...

I'm in one of those Facebook groups called "XXXXXX mums" which I very recently joined because a heap of my friends were in it, and I never like to miss out.It's terrible. It's car crash territory. You don't want to look but you can't help yourself.  People...