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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. 

When I hear that question, or that same question in regards to any other animal, bug, sea creature, or extinct animal – including all dinosaurs

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:

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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,