Whisked away - A look back at This Life as columnist prepares to be . . .

Posted: 18 Apr 09 | THIS is my penultimate column. Yes, folks, I’m off, hitting the road, finishing up, calling it quits . . . I’m out of here in two weeks in pursuit of that elusive brass ring, euphemistically referred to in this decade as work-life-balance. |

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Emotional baggageis better left behind

Posted: 04 Apr 09 | MOST of us have some kind of baggage, be they kids, ex-wives or ex-husbands, ex-boyfriends, ex-girlfriends, stalkers, or family members who are dependent upon us. The fact is almost anyone who has lived has some kind of baggage. |

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Welcome to a new age of trolley rage

Posted: 21 Mar 09 | COLUMNS such as this are a dime a dozen these days. Most are written by female journalists over 40 who have more regard for their fragile egos than their readers. |

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Time out is positively in

Posted: 07 Mar 09 | Why not reward points for mums? |

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Hurried makeover

Posted: 21 Feb 09 | THE “dog ate my homework” excuse isn’t exactly what I was expecting to offer you today. But the truth of matter is that MM3 (remember, the littlest one) effectively swallowed my column whole when she belted the living daylights out of my laptop. |

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Opposites don't always attract

Posted: 07 Feb 09 | NORMALLY, I’m not a big wrap for chick flicks, but this Valentine’s Day do yourself a favour and check out He’s Just Not That Into You. |

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All at sea over fishing for men

Posted: 24 Jan 09 | WE’RE engaged! the text message read, and I was all at once elated and deflated when it arrived two days ago. My friend (blonde, toned, tanned, smart and six years my junior) had caught another fish in the sea. |

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Lack of sleep takes its toll

Posted: 10 Jan 09 | I NEED sleep. I’ve been surviving, but only just, on about four hours a night for more than a week now and it’s beginning to take its toll. |

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Next year I will . . . keep my resolution

Posted: 27 Dec 08 | IT’S January 1, you’re hung over and two kilos heavier after the Christmas splurge, but you’re still full of determination to make a fresh start in 2009. |

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The Christmas Elf says go and spend

Posted: 13 Dec 08 | CHRISTMAS is a strange time of year. You either love it or hate it. I just work through it . . . literally. |

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Downsizing made simple

Posted: 29 Nov 08 | MUST apologise to my neighbours for the noise on Thursday night. |

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Friends in deed

Posted: 22 Nov 08 | ALL my best friends, past and present, are blonde. Some are ash blonde, others honey blonde and one or two are blonde by their own design. |

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Big C a chink in knight's armour

Posted: 08 Nov 08 | OKAY ladies you asked for it! This week’s column is about the big C. COMMITMENT. Looks impressive in caps, doesn’t it? |

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When life is like a Seinfeld episode

Posted: 25 Oct 08 | IT’S nearing midnight on Thursday. Just 12 hours until this column is due and I’ve come up short. Not short of ideas, mind you, just short of enthusiasm to pontificate on my chosen topic this week: sins of the father and sins of the mother. |

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How we laughed in the old school yard

Posted: 11 Oct 08 | DO you remember the days of the old school yard? Cat Stevens certainly had it right when he wrote the lyrics to this classic 70s song; we used to laugh a lot . . . Well, we used to laugh a lot at Golden Square High. But when the last lessons are taught and the doors close on November 28, no one will be laughing, least of all me, a former student between 1977 and 1980. |

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Price of keeping up appearances

Posted: 04 Oct 08 | I’VE been told, on more than one occasion, that I’m high maintenance. |

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Fat? Don’t makea meal of it . . .

Posted: 27 Sep 08 | IT’S my house that’s overweight. Not me. Chips and chocolate aren’t my problem. It’s that pile of newspapers on the coffee table, my scattergun shoe cupboard, and pantry packed with “aspirational’’ out-of-date jars of quince paste, baby capers, and wattleseed. |

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