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My apologies to iTunes. Thanks to being a complete luddite, I didn't realise that the whole iTunes party mix just keeps going on. I star...

I'm working today, reworking a story I thought I'd finished, but that the editorial director thought needed a complete change of dir...

As it's New Year's Eve, we're off to friends' tonight to ring in 09. There are five families going along, so to feed the hoa...

I spent a lot of my life inadvertently rebelling against my mother. If you'd asked me, I would have said "No way!" but it'...

I've never been one for resolutions. I always find that as soon as I make a grand statement that I want to achieve... it tends to set me...

Okay, I've googled, and reckon that this sounds like the perfect Lemon Drop Martini recipe. Enjoy! 1 1/2 ounces of vodka 1/2 ounce tripl...

As an avid reader I place my books in categories. Meh: I'm only reading this to find out what happens. Fine: okay, but not life shatteri...

We've braving the post-Christmas sales at the local shopping centre today. I'm on the hunt for a new set of sheets and some beach/po...

Last night I roasted a rather delish chicken. I washed it, dried it, then stuffed it with this: 2 slices wholegrain bread, grated 6 slices p...

Festivities just aren't complete without bubbles - preferably French ones. Which is why I'm rather chuffed that a case of this littl...

While doing a bit of the odd cleaning and tidying today I got to thinking about the types of chores that I love and loathe. Some I'll do...

Ouch. I'm still very over-satiated from the Christmas Food Festival. The last few days have been a blur of way too much food, swallowed ...

Hope you all have a lovely, lovely Christmas. And I really hope that Santa leaves something like these little beauties under the tree for yo...

Well, my visit to the local indie stores yesterday was a smashing failure. Nothing for teen boy, and zilch for teen girl. I could have bough...

And breathe... Okay, I've designed the invites for my daughter's birthday party - and they rock. I've sent them off to hubby to ...

Oh so not. I haven't really given a great deal of thought to Christmas this year, aside from our fast four hour shop a month ago. But se...

Until today, I never really quite understood the appeal of Penelope Cruz. Probably because of the whole Tom Cruise thing. But today... goodn...

For dinner last night I made a Christmassy meat loaf. It was very delish so I thought I'd best share: Chicken and pistachio meatloaf 750...

My gal had one of her best gals over for a sleepover last night, so we took them out to check out the Christmas lights. First of all we went...

Spring cleaning is a task that really satisfies and one aspect I find immeasurably pleasurable is cleaning out the pantry. Going through the...