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I am a busy person. And most of the time it is because I choose to be. I don't like being still or bored. I get quite agitated. I spend a lot of time working. I would work day and night if I didn't have a partner to yell at me...

In 1996, I was 20. I moved in to a crumbling art deco apartment on busy Barkly Street, St Kilda. I had minimal possessions, the most important of them being my 3000+ CD collection and my coffee percolator. If that was all I had, I was fine. Nothing much has...

Bagels, Balls and Living Life Your Way 27 October 2014 I know it looks like there hasn’t been much happening in Lunch Lady land lately, but I can assure you, nothing can be further from the truth. Things are happening, for sure, and all will become apparent very soon! BUT,...

Why Are Mums Channelling Derryn Hinch? 6 August 2014 Shame… Shame… Shame… Mum Shame… Mum shaming, it is a thing isn’t it? Mum’s who don’t agree with another mum’s ideas and dragging them over the coals. I really struggle with this. I have actually always struggled with how women turn...

I remember when I thought I was too busy to sit down with my kids. To take time out and give them my full attention. So they could tell me about their world, what was on their mind or just for a cuddle. I always had 'something' to do, or...

I always wanted to set up a lemonade stand when I was a kid. But Frankston in the early 80s wasn't the place for entrepreneurial kids and their cute hand drawn signs. We had a few crazy neighbours, like the woman who took her budgie for a walk in its cage,...

I have a joke with a friend of mine, how we are 'that mum'. The naughty mum, the one who forgets (or in my case is totally in the dark) about special days at school, early finishing times or when school starts (just made the phone call today, it is...

It is so nice to be home. Back to the chilly Central Highlands and out of the heat of Central Australia. It is such a beautiful thing to come home, it is the best thing about a trip away, I think. To feel safe, loved and comfortable. I have thought...

Some of you may or may not know that last Tuesday I left on a bit of a crazy, healing adventure of a lifetime. I packed my 1966 Holden HD station wagon 'Crystal' and headed for Uluru with my two girls and my dear friend Peta Mazey. This is just...