
Emotional Outbursts and Agony Post Op, All Just Weird
Friday night (early Saturday morning) excruciating agony kicks in. The same thing happened five days before, and six months before that, but nowhere near as

Our Combined Apathy is the World’s Greatest Enemy
In 2013, when the haze went well over 700 PSI in Singapore, the region was in uproar and we moaned a lot. It was awful.

When Love Over Whats App Starts Becoming a Chore
When Steve first leaves on one of his extended business trips, there’s a lot of love going back and forth on Whats App. We’ve always

The Things You Wished You Learned When You Were Young
I was having a rather hilarious discussion with a couple of great birds at a networking night recently. All around the same age bracket, one

Is it Bad My Child Snores?
Lex snored since he was born. It wasn’t until he was nearly four that an ear, nose and throat specialist (ENT) asked me the question

A Memory of Fragrant Sanitary Napkins
One for the ladies today (and maybe a few curious fellas) but do you remember the moment when fragranced sanitary napkins entered our lives? Early

My View for the Next Six Weeks
I woke up yesterday morning to a view of the back of Steve’s head, watching the first game of the Rugby World Cup – Fiji

I Am Such a Proud Mumma
We had Lex’s parent teacher interview today. These sessions used to fill Steve and me with dread. Not because we didn’t believe in our little

Why Mums (aka Moms) Don’t Want Sex
I’m going out on a limb here and speaking on behalf of the mummy sisterhood, but it’s time for it to be said. I need

Oh Haze How I Despise Thee
It’s been more than a week of haze and last night the pollution index passed 200 in Singapore – that’s really really unhealthy and it’s

Apparently We’re Moving to the US
Yep. Why you ask? So we can meet the Hobby Kids of course! Like duh! Don’t know who they are? Well let me enlighten you.

Mum, What Do You Know About Ducks?
When I hear that question, or that same question in regards to any other animal, bug, sea creature, or extinct animal – including all dinosaurs

Who Knew There Was an International #Lefthandersday?
I didn’t know it was International #Lefthandersday yesterday until an article on Mashableshowed up on Facebook. Cool, good read. Then I checked out the hashtag

Mum, What Are My Balls For?
It has begun. The sex talks. Crikey, how does one prepare themselves for this? So I’m bathing the boys last night and Lex asks me:

Who’s Got a Tampon? I Just Got My Period
I’m reading Amanda Palmer’s book “The Art of Asking” (love her, loving the book, will write more when I finish it) and this is how

Your Children are a Credit to You
For the first time EVER, our friend Felicia (who met our treasures for the first time on the weekend) said: “your children are a credit

Did You Know You Could Inherit Another’s Nightmare?
About a month ago, Steve had a nightmare that Jax fell off something very high and then he woke up. After sharing that little horror

You so Handsome. You so Lucky
Alas, another great adventure comes to a conclusion and the crazy life we’re living in Singapore returns to normal, quickly, oh so quickly. But that’s

Guts in my Mouth Stuff
It’s been a pretty intense couple of weeks – well couple of months really, no, no, no, let’s be honest now – couple of years.

My Public Poo Conversations are Over
I had an epiphany the other day. While the family was out shopping, number two put in a request for a number two. This request

The Genetics of Impatience
When I went to Australia a few weeks back, I spent some long overdue time with my brothers (Paul & Mark), sister (Phillipa), as well

It’s a Privilege Being a Mum, a Scary One
Chatting it up with Oprah In case you didn’t notice, it’s Mother’s Day and I think that’s fairly universal, except maybe in Europe? As I’ve

Random Acts of Humaness
I was in Australia last weekend for my big brother’s wedding – first time marrying at 47 – hoorah! Congrats Paul and Jennifer. You’re perfect

My Love Ain’t Been Great
Since I launched this blog five years ago, there’s one thing you could be assured of – I’d be blogging at least twice a week

Broken Toe, Rambunctious Children, Shit Combination
I broke my toe over Chinese New Year. It was the weirdest thing. Steve and I were sitting on the couch and we noticed a

Girls can Only be Princesses
I was talking about my Army days with the boys the other day. It’s not the first time I’ve talked about it, but it obviously

20 Years a Nomad
My mate Michelle, we met in India – 1995 This week marks 20 years since the eventful day I departed Melbourne’s International Airport with a

It’s Glamour Week. Let’s Talk Lipstick
You will rarely hear me talking about products designed to make me prettier, mainly because it’s a boring topic. However, maybe I can make it

The Chaos is Over Now – Right?
On this day last year I posted a blog – One More Year – in honour of my little man’s 6th b’day. So yes, you

Lessons and Learnings from Friends in Asia
When I published ‘What a Great Start to the Year, Not’ it opened up some really interesting discussions with friends in Asia, as well as

Celebrating Great Memories
We’re in Thailand celebrating the fact we’ve been married 10 years. Yep 10 years, a decade! While most couples tend to celebrate their marriage– and

What a Great Start to the Year, Not
I love this time of year. Everyone spends time looking back, reflecting on the year that was and getting ready to embrace the year ahead.

It’s been 20 Years Emma
Emma, today on Facebook, your family has been posting photos of you in honour of the fact it’s been 20 years since you left us.

The Wisdom of a Centenarian
So my Grandma died peacefully in her sleep last night. She was going to be 105 in March. A phenomenal length of time to live

Steve, Getting Pissed Now
Steve has been away since the beginning of November. Not completely. He does a week, comes back for a few days, another week, and so

My Kids are Crazier than Your Kids
I recently wrote a blog – Boys Wearing us Out – discussing some rather horrifying activities our lads were getting up to in the early hours of

Facing up to the Fear of my MC Debut
I’m not one of those people who fear public speaking, which is probably due to the fact I was on stage from the youngest age

I Stopped and then I STOPPED
This week has been my first week off after nearly two years at Microsoft in Asia. The two years was definitely an amazing journey –

Kids do Sleep in Eventually Right?
We are bamboozled parents. Nearly eight years into this parenting malarkey and do you think we ever get a morning off? I’ve written about this

Annie Lebowitz Exhibition, Singapore
I went back to the Annie Lebowitz Exhibition last night, which has been on in Singapore since April. I went a couple of months ago,
