Shambolic Living

NO MORE SCHOOL

Janine — Sat, 29 Sep 2018 06:24:07 +0000

As of about a week ago I am no longer a school mum. There will be no more creative writing of sick notes when the child was not really that crook. No more having to come up for an educational aspect to attending a Taylor Swift concert during exam period – look I didn’t check...

Weekend Notes

Janine — Sun, 23 Sep 2018 10:10:29 +0000

WATCHING I went to see Fiona O’Loughlin last night. She’s the comedian who survived alcoholism, a two week coma from not realising, in her drunken state, that the heater in the dive she was living in was leaking carbon monoxide. Then went on to spend five weeks in an African jungle with a variety of...

Weekend Notes

Janine — Sun, 16 Sep 2018 08:54:47 +0000

Watching We headed to the movies this weekend and saw the latest Spike Lee film, BlacKkKlansman. It’s the story of the first black cop in the Colorado Springs police force, Ron Stallworth, who in the late 70’s managed to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. It’s loosely based on Ron’s book Black Klansman. In the film Ron makes...

Sleepless

Janine — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 20:28:15 +0000

So I’ve been awake since 3.00am. In that time I’ve signed the family up for an organizing app which can run a joint calendar, shared shopping and to-do lists and has downloaded a series of recipes that are supposed to make my “what’s for dinner” drama easier. Although they are very American-sounding recipes – Deep...

The Widow Goes On A Date

Janine — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:23:43 +0000

The last time I went on a first date Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, Liam Hemsworth was being born, Madonna was singing Vogue on the radio, Macaulay Culkin was being left Home Alone and Kevin Costner was Dancing with Wolves. It was a long time ago people. To be honest I’ve never been great at the dating...

Another Father’s Day

Janine — Sun, 02 Sep 2018 22:26:39 +0000

Hi Simon, How’s things going up there? Did you have a beer with your Dad for Father’s Dad? We blatantly ignored the day here. Just pretended it wasn’t happening. We still think about you every day. I didn’t post anything on Facebook because it seems a bit of a killjoy to be mentioning Dads who...

Hellooo Again

Janine — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 07:37:56 +0000

Hi, I’m just here unwrapping the dust covers, brushing down the spiderwebs and sweeping up the left-over dreams of my tiny little space on the internet. I know I’ve been gone almost 12-months. I’m not even sure how that happened. A full-time, stressful job. Two daughters morphing into adults where they need you less,...

Milestone Moments

Janine — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 20:50:02 +0000

Hey Simon, Despite my best intentions to ignore the milestones they keep on happening, with or without you. We celebrated your Mum’s 80th birthday back in August. A rushed trip of some 1,850 kilometres all up with just four days to do the 9 hour plus journey, see your Mum, enjoy a night out together...

Weekend Notes

Janine — Sun, 22 Oct 2017 05:12:01 +0000

What have you been up to this weekend? Watching We caught Home Again in the cinema. It’s the latest Reese Witherspoon film. It’s a fun little comedy. Reese plays Alice a just-turned 40 divorcing mum of two. At her birthday drinks she hooks up a 27 year-old, and acquires his brother and mate as well who...

Weekend Notes

Janine — Sun, 08 Oct 2017 07:09:29 +0000

As the weekend draws to a close here’s a little of what caught my eye in the last 48 hours. Watching Saw Battle of the Sexes the new Emma Stone movie about the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs. Oh what a time it was. Female tennis players paid $1,000 for...