Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday...It's So Easy.

Happy 50's Housewife Friday Y'all

Hope today finds everyone as happy and relieved as me to have the weekend rolling around again. By the way, can't believe it's November already!!  I know I always go on about time speeding up lately but I can't believe this year is already heading to a close.....

Blasting from the stereo on the school run this morning, Seven's choice:

First track of the day : You could be mine - G n R

With ur bitch slap rapping and ur cocaine tongue u get nothing done....

A great way to start the day.

Speaking of my long time loves - the original line up of GnR - I saw on Facebook this morning that they are making a movie of my first ever fantasy boyfriend Duff McKagan's biography, 'Its so Easy'.
Anyone who has spoken to me this year has had this book shoved down their throats, his story so beautifully written, his journey a complete inspiration. It could definitely have done with a lot more sex, but the drugs and rock n roll were more than enough for me to get to know my beloved better.

So I sent him a Facebook stalk message this morning suggesting that I could be in the movie starring as one of his wives or girlfriends. I reasoned that since I unfairly never had the opportunity to be one in real life I should at least get the chance to play one in his movie. Looking forward to hearing back from him heeheeheehee

Anyway, back to the real world....

My 50's housewife duties today have me on the search for the perfect leopard print ballet flat at stupid renovated retail hell called Indooroopilly Shoppingtown,  then I was on the bake for a very special baby boys Naming Ceremony at which my hunky hubby has the honor of becoming Godfather. Some delicious red velvet and chocolate fudge cake pops are on the menu. A nautical theme for some of our bestest friends day,  I am using red and white and blue and white striped straws and they should be pretty damned adorable.

2nd track of the day:

Joan Jett - Do u wanna Touch Yeah!

Followed closely by

The Killers - Somebody told me

A txt photo comes through on my phone as I write this, of my bud Gutterball Pete, wearing an Ace Frehely mask and a top hat, taken out in the city streets this morning......
What a classic end to a very cool and enjoyable 50's Housewife Friday.

Dan and I are heading out tonight to go and see one of our fav bands eva, the mighty Tumbleweed at the Zoo and hang out with some very fabulous people. If ur in BrisVegas tonight, you should def head to the Valley and come join us. U won't regret it.

So time to put these baby cakes in the oven ,chill some beers and put on my reddest lipstick before Dan arrives home from a hard day of manly work. It's easy to be this sweet when it's only expected once a week.

Send off track of the day, Gutterball, this one goes out to you!

Kiss - Love Gun

You hold the trigger of my......dadadadadadadadadadada

Have a great week guys!

Cathy x

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.

Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday (Saturday)...Halloween Edition

Gene Simmons, oh yeah!

Happy 50s Housewife Friday Saturday - HALLOWEEN EDITION

Hi everyone! Yes, I'm back!

 Have missed you all but my absence has been due to some very unforeseen circumstances that I am getting ready to share with you in the very near future, when I'm emotionally able 

So forgive me, and welcome me back with open arms for my beloved:

50s HOUSEWIFE FRIDAYS - HALLOWEEN EDITION!!! (on a Saturday).

First horrific song of the day:

Dead Souls - Joy Division

Ah yeah!

Followed quickly by:

More Human than Human - White Zombie

To this day White Zombie is one of the best bands I have ever seen live. '96 Festival Hall (R.I.P.). Waited out the side to meet and greet Rob Zombie, who signed my CD and smiled at me while I said something stupid and lame about how great they are.

But back to 2012...

Ghosts of Halloween Past

Am currently in the middle of  an organised chaos tornado preparing for a bunch of crazed children to hit our house for our annual spooky celebration.

Have been cleaning and baking up a storm like a good one-day-a-week 50s housewife, and have an assortment of my Pops ready to go, Frankenstein heads and mummy cake pops, and my new marshmallow pops which I am trialling for the first time...

Everything appears to be running hellishly and worryingly smoothly so I found 5 mins to wish you all a very Happy Halloween, and to ease myself gently back into reality, which I try to keep as much of a fantasy as I can but, that damned reality tends to creep in sometimes right?

Send-off track of the day:

Run Bitch Run (I've got a gun) - Betty Detox

Bwahahahahahaha

I always knew my
husband was the devil

I'm not kidding x

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.

Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday. Getting my rollerskate on.

Yes it's that time of the week again. 50s Housewife Friday!!

Hope everyone is having an awesome day. It's gorgeous weather here in lovely downtown BrisVegas!

Drove the boys to their schools this morning as I was feeling incredibly lazy and had an awesome singalong to the first track of the day:

Motley Crue: Home Sweet Home

Oh Nikki Sixx I love you so!! Kisses to you, if ur reading this! (how awesome would that be, if he read this blog weekly, just to check in with what I'd been up to...Bec, can u find out if he does or not? Thanks - get back to me).

So am currently on the back deck in the sun typing this, sipping an icy diet coke and have just finished flipping through my Who mag. Things I have taken from this week's read are thus:

BETTY DETOX'S TOP 5 FACES I JUST DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE EVER AGAIN:

1. Chris Brown. Just fuck off
2. Rihanna - u too
3. Lara Bingle - WTF and who the hell cares?
4. Kim Kardashian and any related Kardashians - obviously
5. Lindsay Lohan - see no. 3. Although would love to see Lynds on Dr Drewe's Celebrity Rehab - that would be awesome. She'd get on beautifully with Steve Adler from GnR :)

Track 2 in the car this morning:

Suicidal Tendences: Possessed to Skate

Such a great band. Sev hadn't heard them before! Well, I felt like a bad mother when he told me that...made up for it by following up with Trip to the Brain. All good.

On today's 50s Housewife Friday agenda:

Some vanilla and coconut cream cake pops for one of my BFF's birthday. Believe it or not, we're going rollerskating @ Stafford Skate Rink tonight to celebrate and I literally could not be more excited! I used to frequent Stafford Skate Rink when I was but a lass. We had our grade 6 and 7 Aspley East State School Balls there in the 80s (after those Bastards knocked down Cloudland where they were always held before :().

I have to say though that "The Deep" at Albany Creek was really our rollerskating home. Every Friday night for practically all of 83-87 me and my friends would tsunami into The Deep, grab a lemon lime slush puppy and hit the rink. Some of the funnest times ever! My first ever boyfriend, Craig Dyer, gave me a gold plated rollerskate on a gold chain for my 11th birthday and we were the coolest couple to ever hit Couples Skate. I can still remember that I was wearing a white fish tail skirt and a pink paisley top...nawww cute little kids.

Tonight I shall expect to hear "Wired for Sound" by Cliff Richard and "Run to Paradise" by the Choirboys.

Afterwards, a weekend of going nowhere and doing nothin but hanging out in the backyard with everyone's favourite 50s husband and 50s children and finishing off our awesome fort "Fort Skull", which now officially has a big skull attached to the front of it, and finishing up of vege garden which turned out to be soooo massive that I need 84,000 more bags of dirt to complete the MF. Will be lovely when it's done and I can start stuffing home grown organic goodness down everyone's throats. If you come over, bring a bag - believe me, there'll be plenty!

So better get my bake on and dust of my beloved speed skates...let's see what my Ipod wants to play last to send you off...

Ahhh great choice:

Betty Detox: Snatch

Have a great Friday y'all!!!

Cathy xx

PS. Lead guitarist from Betty Detox: call me back ya spanner head!

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.

Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday... I Want Candy

Happy 50s Housewife Friday!

First track of the day: Everything She Wants - Wham! (extended 12" mix)

Aah, whoops, I mean...Sidewalking - Jesus and Mary Chain, yeah, cool man. Um...rock on.

By the way, I haven't been into Wham since 1987, but before George Michael became the creepiest, park lurking, public toilet hopping-est guy in the music industry, he was a young teenage virgin's dreamboat.

And it's not like me to be completely attracted to dodgy sleazebags is it???...hmmm...hang on...

Anyhoo, back to the day at hand...

Sooo busy today and all weekend! Am currently baking strawberry shortcake for pink and white Cake Pops adorned with sugar flowers and chocolate fudge cupcakes.

My friend and I are doing a photoshoot in my backyard tomorrow for our party stylist business 'I Want Candy' ft 'Sweetpea Floral Design'. I do the party stuff and she provides gorgeous floral displays to match and enhance any party table.

We spent the morning at Spotlight sourcing the perfect accessories to glam up our shoot and I think we had a pretty successful spree...the most excited about all this are our children and our friends' children who get to have a party tomorrow for absolutely no reason, while we photograph them stuffing their faces and looking adorable.

While all this creative insanity is taking place in the 50s Housewife domain, our beloved and devoted husbands will be building the Fort that I have been yelling for since we moved into this house. That's right, my constant nagging has once again paid off! (I will expect the swear jar to be filled by tomorrow eve...)

Once it's been constructed I will be officially opening my Family Daycare once again and then the insanity will really begin.

And just when I begin questioning my juggling ability of all this mayhem, 'I Want Candy' ft 'Sweatpea' has just scored the much coveted honour of styling a Byron Bay Wedding for a beautiful young couple next year. My cup is definitely running over (and this time I'm not just talking about my D cup...).

Third track of the day: Kylie - Confide in Me

Stinkin gorgeous mid 90s Kylie!!! Damn her and her little perky boobs!!

Have an awesome Friday y'all, I hope u all have a great week!

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.

(Bris) Vegas...part 3. The aftermath.

Pretty sure none of these beverages are recommended
in Skinny Bitch (see left)

How is it that eight girls can make such an unholy mess? I love awesome nights but the aftermath can be brutal so I'm bloody glad I got a good night's sleep and awoke sans hangover (small mercies).


Sadly for me, E woke up coughing up a lung and with bright pink spots on his cheeks so I knew my time in Vegas was numbered. F*#king Ekka flu. This meant I had to forego our planned shopping trip AND visit to a mate of his and his mum which was really unfortunate but what do you do?

We'd offered to give Cathy's teenager a lift to his mate's place for band practice (oh now doesn't that phrase bring back memories?) but somehow he'd managed to go AWOL so time was to be a-wasted.

After a patented half-assed cleanup patrol (ie. bring everything in from the deck and dump in kitchen to 'think about tomorrow'), Cathy and I armed ourselves with an industrial sized icy Diet Coke (or 6) apiece to continue our marathon gossip whilst waiting vainly for # 1 teenage son to materialise.

I was then fortunate to witness one of the most humorous telephone conversations I've ever heard between said missing teenager and mum which included the iconic phrase 'look in the mirror and tell me what a moron looks like'.

Priceless.

Which brings me to the question: what do you do when you realise that you're raising a male version of yourself? Cathy was enraged at Sev pretty much doing the EXACT same thing we used to do and trying to lie his way out of it in the self-same fashion that I remember Miss Housewife herself doing back in the day. Hilarious.

Hey at least he ain't trying to pull the 'dinner and a movie' crap like we used to. Small mercies.

I am anxiously awaiting a blog post from Cathy on this self-same topic.

So, after being 'sugared up' for the road we said our goodbyes, loaded the car with guitars, amps and kids (again...oh the memories) and headed towards The Gap.

Now I have to say, there is definitely one way that Cathy's son does NOT take after her...and that's when it comes to directions. He very thoughtfully and practically gave me plenty of notice to turn including instructions such as 'there's a Brumby's and a Shell coming up and you will need to turn left at the lights after that'.

I say this referring to the day that is forever known in history as 'the day you tried to kill me' (patent pending). As 19 year olds hooning driving sedately in my enormous gold Kingswood, due to my inexperience and Cathy suddenly yelling 'turn right, turn right, turn right', I panicked and cut across three lanes only to be wiped out by a huge Landrover which then led to ME wiping out a fence, median strip and a set of lights.

Impressive.

Fortunately for us, we walked away unhurt. Unfortunately my beautiful gold beast was a casualty, with the boot literally ending up in the backseat which led to the wrecker telling me that if we'd been driving any less than my beloved beast, we probably would've been lucky to walk away.

I lost my beast, which was a dark day in history. But at least I got to keep my friend!

I related this story to a very amused E and Sev as we were driving along, of course.

Anyhoo we dropped Sev off at his mate's to jam and we headed homeward. Driving past the bushfire site (now thankfully put out) was horrifying. It had spread for kilometres in either direction and it was so sad to see the burnt and black landscape where previously it had looked like a dairy commercial. Sad.

Arriving back too late to see the doctor, E spent the rest of the day resting but sadly woke this morning with a raging fever which has only improved marginally as the day has progressed. Here's hoping for an overnight recovery for the poor guy, his cheeks are so pink he looks sunburnt and his eyes are all glassy and unfocused, it's just awful. I'm glad he got a chance to have some fun with X and Sev before this all happened.

So there's my eventful Bris Vegas weekend! Chilling today recuperating and looking at my messy house (and unpacked boxes) but you know what?

I'll think about it tomorrow.

xx

The scene of the crime.

(Bris) Vegas baby (part 2)...I love my girls and hell yeah to DC cupcakes.

Strawberry and white choc cakepops...
heaven on a stick

So back to Brisbane...all in the name of friendship.

It was so exciting to see Cathy and her new, awesome pad, much less the anticipation of the girly gossip, cake pops and diet coke cupcakes to come! Oh yeah!

With the boys happily installed in front of some random video game which inexplicably included beating up Justin Bieber with a chair (?) we were free to indulge ourselves happily in wine, catching up with the usual suspects, some we hadn't seen in awhile and even a fellow Bec who we literally haven't seen since school ended. She is still the exact same, impossibly cute chick we remember and it's just as well she's so bloody awesomely nice or else we'd have to hate her just for that.

It was also awesome to see Tanya, 7 months pregnant, if only because it will be the only time in living history that any of us can boast that our tummies are smaller than hers, even if she is still barely into maternity gear (biatch).

And Julie and Kathy of course...looking ridiculously fabulous as always.

God I have some good looking friends.

And Larissa, straight from the airport and a delayed flight (via the bottleshop...but of course)...tired and sick, but there she was. Now THAT'S friendship.

What followed was several hours of giggles, reminiscing, catching up and generally just revelling in the warmth that great friendship and shared experiences bring. The conversation flowed like wine, and I can tell you that plenty of wine also flowed! So much so that it wasn't until the next day that I realised we didn't even take a single picture.  Ooops.

And the verdict on the cupcakes handmade by Miss 50s Housewife herself?????

I'm in heaven. Better than peanut butter and chocolate ice cream. Yes really.

DC cupcakes may sound odd but I'm here to tell you, they are now my new favourite thing in the whole world. Amazing doesn't begin to describe. Plus we can fool ourselves into thinking they're healthy, as you replace the butter/oil/milk etc with the DC. Perfect.

I won't steal Cathy's thunder for her next blog post but let me just tell you if you ever get the chance to invite yourself around to the housewife hub, you'd be crazy to pass it up.

I know I harp on about friendship all the time, but it can't be overstated how much these girls mean to me. They fill my heart and I come away feeling uplifted and happy and all those wonderful warm fuzzy feelings. I know girls who insist they are 'guys girls' and don't really maintain their female friendships and I can't help but think they're missing out on something amazing. Friendships without agenda and judgement (sadly we've all experienced those) are just so special that words can't begin to describe them. Knowing there's a handful of people in my life who'd be there for me to share my good fortune, help kick the ass of the bad and cheer alongside me in our jail cells (kidding...mostly) no matter what is a pretty damned awesome feeling.

So to my wonderful 'girls' thank you for just being you. And Tanya, I hope you got the quiche out of your shoe, despite the fact that you couldn't bend down.

xx

DC Cupcakes...hell yeah!

Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday.

Happy 50s Housewife Friday kids!!!

Have sooo much to do today!!

Am hosting 7 (possibly 8...) of my Grammar Girls at my new place tonight and am baking and cleaning up a storm.

I love these girls!! We have all known each other since we were 13 and have been getting together regularly since school ended. We stepped it up a notch and added a few new faces after our 10 year reunion in 2000, when old friendships and new alliances were ignited, and we make it a rule to hang out at least every couple of months. Usually with me hogging hosting duties.

Our nights together are full of good food, good wine, icy diet cokes (of course), great conversation, sneaky cigarettes, hysterical laughter, insane reminiscing, endearing heart to hearts and deep and meaningfuls and sometimes tissue wielding sob stories when shoulders are always there for crying on.

These guys have seen me through from freckled face blonde class clown to the raven haired domestic goddess that I aspire to be today and they haven't tired of me yet...

So to celebrate their obvious 'A' grade taste in friendship...A Reward!

How, I hear you say, is she going to reward them? What could possibly be the coolest and most awesome Cathy themed reward????

Huh? Huh?

DIET COKE CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!!

No you didn't just imagine this...it's real and its happening in my kitchen - TODAY!!

Got my inspiration from Pinterest. Does everyone know about Pinterest?? If you don't then stay away!!! It'll take every little bit of spare time that you're not already wasting on Facebook and steal it forever!

The array of amazingness that awaits you in Pinterest land has literally changed my life...I wade through a sea of inspirational 'pins' everytime I go there and find treasure around every corner:

Drool worthy recipes, sexy smoking Johnny Depp, the downtown streets of New York (see u next April), Cake Pops, Cupcakes, Candy, my 1988 dream boyfriend Duff McKagan, fashion, photography, fantasy!

I run my own businesses (LITTLEmonsters Private Childcare and I Want Candy, a childrens events and party styling business, just to obnoxiously name drop myself) and the inspiration I get from Pinterest is priceless!!

If ur not addicted already, be warned!

Anyway back to my DC cupcakes...

Am gonna try them out and if they're any good I'll post the recipe next week with photos. Am also making strawberry and cream cake pops and black magic choc cake pops.

Also did I mention that some of the gals are bringing their kids?? Will be providing them with enough sugar from my candy filled apothecary jars to put them in a diabetic coma for the rest of the weekend, while Xavier gets to show off his new trampoline....better get off my ass and get busy, yo.

First track of the day?

Pop Will Eat Itself - Everythings Cool

I would have to say that I agree 

Dos dedos mis Amigos!

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.

Happy 50s Housewife Friday the 13th edition!

Happy 50s Housewife Friday the 13th y'all!

Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!

First gruesome, violent and horrifying album slamming out into my kitchen today???

Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family

followed closely by:

Betty Detox - Victim

Ooooh Ms Detox, ur a spunky young woman!

Look, I don't care what you say about Marilyn Manson. In 1995 they released what was to become one of my most enjoyed and requested albums in cool nightclubs for at least a year! It's a fucking great album with many edgy confronting themes, killer guitar riffs and spooky samples from many of my fav movies. Also, believe it or not kids, before he started taking the whole thing much too seriously, Marilyn himself was a babe.

Anyway, I digress:

It was quite the discussion with the boys today to decide on 'Friday the 13th' appropriate baking ideas.

The suggestions were: bloody knife cookies, hockey mask cake pops (!!??), split head cake pops (!!!!!), black cat cookies etc etc.

All of these would be fine, but not as a last minute type thing, so I have now decided to surprise them instead with red velvet cupcakes with vanilla buttercream skull icing...

mmmmmm....

Vanilla buttercream skull icing. 'NOW MADE WITH 20% MORE SKULLS'.

Will post photos later to show you how I went!

Track No. 2 for my Freaky Friday Black Magic Baking Bonanza:

Alien Sex Fiend - I Walk the Line

Track No. 3:

Bauhaus: Bela Lugosi's Dead....'alone in a darkened room, The Count...undead, undead, undead'.

Have a frighteningly awesome Friday the 13th everybody! And remember, if you come across a monster today OR ever, face them, and kick their ass!

Don't forget, as Betty Detox always says:

'I'd rather be a killer than a victim'.

Bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Cathy xx

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is 

Cathy's 50s Housewife Friday. And hell yeah to cake pops!

Happy 50s Housewife Friday!!!

Hope everyone has had an awesome week!

Don't have much time to write as I've been baking like a psycho today, have many birthday pop requests and some 'thank you' pops for a special gal for me to deliver tomorrow.

Choc coconut with choc ganache pops vs red velvet with cream cheese frosting pops...can I get a 'Hell Yeah!'.

I was also going to tell y'all a fascinating tale about hitting the KFC Drive-thru last night with the fam only to be told that they had no chicken but then I decided against it...

First track of the day: David Bowie 'Modern Love'.

Possibly my favourite Bowie tune, if I'm force to name a favourite.

'Gets me to the church on time...'

Not me, I was an hour late :)

Am heading out tonight with one of my fav gals to see Snow White and the Huntsmen purely so I can perve on Chris Hemsworth so shall finish getting my bake on and get myself ready to hit the Barracks.

Have a great Friday everyone!

Till next week...

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is 

50s Housewife Friday

‎50's Housewife Friday's playlist began with Skid Row - Skid Row. Rad album!

Scared Xavier in the car on our way to school with my sing-along excellence of I Remember You......he seemed eager to get out of the car...

Next, listen to 2 Madonna records while baking nutella chocolate cake for cake pops and some choc chip cupcookies for tomorrow's hangout with some of our fav peeps, all the while carrying on a 3 1/2hr phone convo with my brother in Ireland.

And I rang him....if I had a 50's husband, he'd kill me!

See you next Friday!

Cathy xx

Cathy wears many hats. Wife, mother of two sons, CEO of Little Monsters Pty Ltd and Cake Pop Queen just to name a few. She subscribes to the theory that Cathiness is next to Godliness. And on Fridays she behaves like a 50s housewife by sedating herself and cooking, baking and ironing, and being nice to her husband. Any other day is a crapshoot.