What’s a girl to do? The career demands long hours and work into the night. The husband just wants a cooked meal on the table. Daily reporter Amy Remeikis takes a light-hearted look at finding the right balance between work and family as a young wife. Recent entries
The age gap between us
It's Wham and 90210 versus The Cure and Nirvana. >>
Sick boys make me sick
7 CommentsWhy do grown men turn into sooks with a sniffle? >>
My mum's been usurped
Someone else is now in charge of my wellbeing decisions. >>
Let's talk about sex
7 CommentsWhat is love if not an intimate friendship? >>
Guess what's coming for dinner?
3 CommentsThe evening meal wasn't meant to be fraught with danger! >>
How do we know he's 'the one'?
1 CommentsIt could be those Mel Gibson eyes. >>
Driven to distraction? Who? Me?
6 CommentsOther than a few minor mishaps, my record is clear. >>
You're my everything - forever
1 CommentsAnd so are you, and you, and maybe you. >>
Love's rights and wrongs
1 CommentsWe interrupt our regular Newlywedding for a positive announcement. >>
What price happiness?
8 CommentsMoney can make or break a relationship - especially mine. >>
Me and Mr Jones: Why I didn't take his name
10 CommentsI have been Amy Louisa Remeikis since day dot. >>
Is honesty the best policy?
2 CommentsIt's not really lying if you're protecting loved ones. >>
Men, wise up to the rules
7 CommentsPity the fool who calls me thunder thighs. >>
So what if my clock is ticking?
5 CommentsIs everyone in the world baby-crazy and pregnant except me? >>
The upside of passing your ship mate in the night
1 CommentsLove's first bloom blossoms like we're dating again. >>
What? TomKat on the rocks?
2 CommentsAnd they seemed like such a perfect couple... >>
You can never have too many shiny, pretty things
3 CommentsBut I'm really not addicted to shopping - honest! >>
Everyone was expecting Bridezilla
Can you believe some people actually think I'm high maintenance? >>
Led astray by sweet temptation
4 CommentsSometimes our wants and our needs are a world apart. >>
He likes stainless steel, I like shabby chic ...
1 CommentsBut when it come to love you have to compromise. >>
V Day is not a day for lovers
2 CommentsIt’s for showing everyone else just how loved you are. >>
Flirting with the enemy
1 CommentsI came home to find Alex sitting with my nemesis. >>
How can you tell if he loves you?
3 CommentsIt's all in the way he holds that bucket ... >>
Death of masculinity by verbal firing squad
6 CommentsC'mon guys, equality doesn't mean getting treated like a doormat. >>
Why should they change?
1 CommentsYou can't make your mate drop their bad habits. >>
Who believes in happy every after?
2 CommentsIt's a shame that reality intrudes on fairytales. >>
Tis the season to go crazy
5 CommentsI’m pretty sure that everyone has lost their mind. >>
Mum's the word ... but not for me
5 CommentsI’m at what I call the “baby gap stage”. >>
Turn left for the road trip to hell
8 CommentsHere's why I'd be lost without my husband ... >>
Yes, dear, of course you're the first
3 CommentsI was just like Snow White … until I drifted >>
Beware the Amy week of horrors
7 CommentsIf everyone keeps to the rules, no one will get hurt. >>
It's okay to window shop
5 CommentsJust because I've been taken off the shelf doesn’t mean I can't browse the merchandise. >>
Not much changes when you get married
3 Comments... well, except for the rock on your finger. >>
A little bit naughty is nice
4 CommentsThere is nothing as delicious as the bad boy turned good. >>
Only one man can keep the evil clowns at bay
6 CommentsFinding that perfect person is something very special. >>
A mere wrinkle in a nice life
4 CommentsFacing up to the great make-up con. >>
There's nothing like a first kiss
2 CommentsHere's the scariest thing about getting married ... >>
Miserable in marriage or sadly single?
5 CommentsWhether you're married or single, it seems the grass is always greener elsewhere. >>
Embrace your inner-shrew
4 CommentsWomen who keep things to themselves are four times more likely to die early of a heart-related problem. >>
Men are from Mars and women just want a Tim Tam
3 CommentsWe women have the weight of the world on our shoulders. >>
Tunes that strike a chord
6 CommentsEvery girl needs a theme song to call her own. >>
Men should clean up their act
7 CommentsWhy do we praise blokes just because they vacuum? >>
There's a bit of Ethel in all of us
5 CommentsA part of me loves wearing frilly aprons and pretending I’m a 1950s housewife. >>
Does a broken heart ever truly heal?
6 CommentsI’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. This love stuff is a tricky business. It messes with your head and turns perfectly rational, intelligent people into dithering emotional ... >>
It's a girl thing
9 CommentsSoppy movies, daggy dancing, tearful phone calls ... there are some things that just have to be shared with your girlfriends. >>
How do you stay in love?
4 CommentsIt’s hard to stay in love. I don’t mean it’s hard to hold onto your feelings of love for that special someone. >>
I never wanted to get married
9 CommentsI never wanted to get married. Not in the militant feminist, ‘death to all men way’, but in the ‘I just never seriously considered it way’. >>
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