CARE TO SHARE YOUR NEUROSES AND QUIRKS WITH ME?
I have a friend who used to spend hours googling her medical conditions, convincing herself that she had life threatening diseases and only weeks to live. Another friend once spent the last of her money on a pair of shoes before boarding a 2 day train trip across the Nullabor, thinking she’d just eat fruit until she got home. What she didn’t bargain on was …
AUSTRALIA DAY – WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
You could say I am pretty Australian. Not because I wear thongs (I still haven’t recovered from the fact that Haviana somehow made thongs trendy) or say “gday” (which I don’t by the way), but because my family came out on the ships. Not because my great, great, great, great, great (you get the picture) [...]
2010: LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION!
Well, hello my darlings. It’s been a while since I have graced the pages of my blog. It seems like such a long time since my last post, but yet, time seems to have flown by, and I feel like I’ve hardly had a holiday. However, I shan’t complain, since I’ve had some fabulous times, [...]
IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
can’t deny it – I am going through something. Something that makes me want to run straight to the shop for a bottle of sauvignon blanc and a packet of Vogue super slim menthols. A sorrow so deep that it’s bringing me to my knees.
FORTUNE FAVOURS THE BRAVE
It always amazes me that whenever I have the courage to let go of something in life, that something more amazing inevitably takes its place. It’s as though every time I clean out my cupboards, have a good cry or let go of things that aren’t working; something shiny, new and fabulous comes along.
WHEN I GROW I UP I WANT TO BE A ….
As we come to the end of the year, I find myself reflecting on the year that was – okay, okay, I’m getting a bit ahead of myself, but if Myers can put out their Christmas decorations in August, well then I can go all introspective on you before the New Year. So where was [...]
WHEN IN DOUBT GO WITHOUT
Every now and then we have an OMG consumer experience. Yesterday I sent a courtesy email politely declining the services of a design agency to redesign my blog. There were a number of ways the director could have chosen to communicate her discrepancy with my reasons not to spend my money with her company. Branding [...]
QUEEN OF THE CASTLE
As my hormones continue to hammer me, I am riddled with self doubt and dancing on the precipice of sliding down the slippery slopes of depression. Even though my golden rule of navigating the roller coaster of hormones, is to disregard everything that my brain is telling me as complete crap, I can’t help but [...]
GUEST LIST ONLY
Two weeks of working into the early hours and spreading myself too thin, and I am mentally, emotionally and physically shattered. How have I ended up exhausted and lost in the middle of other people’s problems and needs? I’ve always had a strict guest list only door policy, but it seems the bouncer has let [...]
PERMISSION TO BE ME
There are many things about me that many would consider unorthodox. Not that I’ve ever been intentionally rebellious, I’ve more just done my own thing, despite what others may think. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always trusted that voice inside that told me what was right for me, instead of what other people were [...]
ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY
Picture this. A friend has received their “divorce settlement” and asks you to go overseas with them. Having only known them for a few months and not having the money, you decline. After she begs you over and over, telling you she’ll pay for the ticket and accommodation, because she just really enjoys your company [...]
ALL OR NOTHING
I am happy to report that I am still a non smoker (cue claps, cheers and general all round pats on back). Whilst I am now free of nicotine, my addictive personality has found a new friend to play with. Enter cabernet merlot – the perfect anecdote for cigarette withdrawals. One not needlessly suffer, or [...]
PROCRASTINATING KNEE DEEP IN A PAPERWORK PALAVA
Am currently meant to be relaxed floating about holiday maker, but instead find myself procrastinating knee deep in a paperwork palava of to do lists and phone calls that need following up – I love chasing people on the phone about as much as I love having root canal. My to do list is usually [...]
OUT WITH THE OLD AND IN WITH THE NEW
“Either that wallpaper goes, or I do” – Oscar Wilde With the new financial year fostering the perfect excuse for a spring clean, I cleaned out my cupboards and organised paperwork ready for my tax return. Despite my disdain for the drudgery of domesticity, I have rather a penchant for spring cleaning. I’m not a [...]
