TV-tastic

My mother prefers Oprah's hair curly, but I kind of like it when she channels Jackie circa 1961 and makes her hairdresser Andre action a sort of hair flip. Anyway, I am hardcore suffering from Loss of Oprah Syndrome. I've grown up with that show and taped her every day for years. Back in the day on a VCR and these days with foxtel IQ. Without her I wouldn't know that my House should Rise Up to Greet Me (Peter the Declutterer), that I should be Getting Real (Dr Phil), that blueberries were key (Dr Oz), that I should Remember my Spirit (Marianne W), that I needed to exercise (Bob Greene), what Southern Cooking was (Art the chef) and that I should never ever in any circumstances let myself be taken to the second location if abducted (that episode is burned into my mind forever).
Can we just talk about the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills? I watched the 1st episode the other night. Dear God in Heaven. It was interesting seeing Camille and Kelsey Grammer knowing that the whole thing'd end in Tears. I think I'll become addicted to their spoilt shenanigans.

Did you watch the Kennedys? I enjoyed it, but I think this was (to quote my friend R) because I had what could only be decribed as Low Expectations.

Kate's skinny isn't she? That Reiss dress sold out after this photo was published

Meanwhile, everyone's embracing leopard, look at our Editor in this month's Australian Vogue

and here's our Leader on the same page wheeling out her coat from the Emperor of Ethiopia

No one likes my gardening posts but I don't care, it's my blog.

It's freezing here so I chucked some onion and ginger and garlic and a lime and some coriander into a food processor and made myself a soothing chicken curry.

why anyone cooks this type'o'thing with chicken breast is beyond me. Chicken thighs are what you want.

This weather demands that you clock lots of Couch Time

I got a very snarky anonymous message from an irate reader who accused me of being over focused on cushions (who Me?) and ruining my "children's" arteries with an excess of butter. For the record, I don't have children, I have a child. And I don't know what planet you're on but on my plant (That would be Earth) newborn infants subsist on a diet of milk and don't consume solids. But thanks for caring.

I've taken a bunch of old cushions to the Salvation Army and set them free into the universe to bring joy and comfort to someone who needs some Decent Cushioning.

are you running your heaters 24/7? Me too. Blighty was shocked that I didn't have central heating. No one I know round these here parts does.

are you whipping out your crocheted rugs for extra warmth?

I love handmade stuff. Look at what my friend-from-school made for my baby:

I know. So cute. Before I had a child a lot of people said to me "FF, You'll realise how meaningless your life was before you had a child". Speak for yourself. My life had tonnes of meaning prior to motherhood thank you very much. But there are lots of really good things about having a baby. You get to look at things like this, which make you very very very Happy indeed:

So lucky.

I'm off to say Vale to Oprah now.

xxxx