Finding out someone wants to be your friend used to be a cause for celebration. Used to be. Thanks to Facebook, now we’re all inundated with requests from people that we love to hate. Don’t believe me? Check out my list below, and for god’s sake, if you recognise yourself in any of these, please […]

In our twenties, when our fat pants got tight we’d just walk around the block a couple of times and not eat bread for a week. Not so nowadays. One of the great indignities of middle age is realizing that you are no longer capable of managing your weight without supervision. It doesn’t matter what […]

High up on the hill of Montmartre, just shy of the spotlights around the Sacre Coeur, is a tiny little fondue restaurant. The fare is cheap but plentiful, the seating consists of two long rows of picnic tables and the wine is served in baby bottles. It is a Parisian hole in the wall, a […]

A while back I told all of you about the awesome OneDay video app for iOS and I shared the super cute video I made with my kids. Awww…. Yesterday I got some great news that the OneDay video app is now also available for Android devices. Woohoo! If you’ve not yet downloaded this simple, […]

This morning I stayed in bed for an extra five minutes and watched a video called “Kiddies vs Kitties”. Not unsurprisingly, I subsequently arrived in the office five minutes late. Now I could have started my workday off apologizing to my team for my tardiness. I could have pulled out a kid-related excuse or blamed […]

(Pretty sure that’s Chinese for “pull your pants up, you’re not 20 anymore”) Like many women of my generation, I have a trampstamp and a coinslot. My trampstamp is a floral design I got tattooed in my 20’s. My coinslot, in case you aren’t familiar with the term, is the top two inches of my […]

I’m a seasoned shopper. I cut my teeth on credit cards and started training in Back to School sales. I’ve learned the hard way that the Black Friday tsunami is filled with highs and lows. It is not for the faint of heart or the casual shopper. There are spoils to be had, but only […]

The other day I asked my husband how I was looking “down there”. He thought about it for a minute and then used the words “homey, charming and slightly rustic” to describe my womanly real estate. Apparently my vagina is a fixer upper. What was once the jewel of the neighborhood has turned into a […]