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By JAMILA RIZVI

I know you’re supposed to complain first thing Monday morning but today I just can’t bring myself to do it.

Because, today is going to be an exciting day for the Mamamia family. In fact, I can’t wait to go to work.

Only a few weeks ago, our radio show Mamamia Today began airing on the Southern Cross Austereo Network – making Australia’s airwaves an infinitely more fabulous place to be.

And I’m going to let you in on a little secret – the show has been rather popular.

I don’t want to brag but MM Today is like the little kid at school whose mum is letting him have a Spiderman birthday party. EVERYONE wants to hang out with MM Today.

So…. we’re MOVING THE SHOW TO 3PM!

This is all around awesome news. Why? 3pm means more listeners (it’s a time slot with a bigger audience) and for a lot of MM readers, it’s a more convenient time of day to have the radio on (and we aim to please).

Here’s everything you need to know:

image001 The weekend watercooler: exciting changes ahead. 

THUMBS UP FOR MAMAMIA TODAY AS IT SHIFTS TO A SAVVY NEW TIME!

The Today Network’s newest hit show, Mamamia Today has gone from strength to strength since exploding on Australia’s airwaves, and to celebrate, it’s shifting to a savvy new time slot!

Southern Cross Austereo is excited to announce that from Monday 10th of September, hosts Em Rusciano and Dave Thornton will be hitting the airwaves around the nation from 3pm-4pm Monday to Thursday as a lead in to The Fifi and Jules Show and remaining at 6pm-7pm on Fridays following Hamish & Andy.

The move reflects Mamamia Today’s tremendous success in its first month on air, with extensive listener research revealing a significant audience spike at 3-4pm.   There are simply more Australians looking for great radio at this time of day, and they are more easily able to access it.

Dave Cameron, Head of Today Network for Southern Cross Austereo said: “We’ve experienced an enormously positive reaction to Mamamia Today in its first few weeks.  Our research – plus on air, online and social media feedback – tells us the show is resonating with both our listeners and Mamamia.com.au readers.  We’re looking forward to reaching an even bigger audience.”

Debuting on August 6th to an incredibly positive response, Em and Dave have brought the Mamamia.com.au brand to life across the airwaves, extending the conversation around popular topics and issues on the site to their show.

Mia Freedman said, “We’re thrilled at the seamless way Em and Dave have helped to translate Mamamia.com.au onto radio with Mamamia Today. They just ‘get’ the brand so instinctively. The engagement Mamamia is known for has meant the switchboard lights up with callers to the show, ready to share, discuss and debate what everyone’s talking about today. And readers have responded really well to the opportunity to interact with the Mamamia brand on another platform. Moving to 3pm is a dream. The audience is bigger and the timing is ideal whether you have kids or not. It’s the exact time of day when people’s mindset changes and the show’s content is perfectly suited to that.”

image005 The weekend watercooler: exciting changes ahead.

Radio has been the perfect new platform for Mamamia. Like being online – radio means that readers/listeners/YOU can engage with a conversation in real time. Unlike newspaper or television where the people behind the media talk AT YOU, radio and online make for a two way chat. Which is how a chat should be. And how we like it.

Just like the comments section on Mamamia can be just as interesting as the original articles, so too can the calls in from listeners to MM Today. Hosts, Em and Dave plus their behind the scenes team deserve a huge congratulations on the show’s great success to date. We’re proud of them and excited about the next big steps in our Indiana Jones style (but with cooler shoes) radio adventure.

Now, speaking of cooler shoes – for a behind the scenes look at what’s been happening while the mics are on (and off) check out these pics that host Em Rusciano has been posting on social media.


The behind the scenes pics from Em Rusciano

You can listen to the show live at 3pm today here and you can podcast previous shows here.

How was your weekend? What did you get up to? Will you be tuning in to Mamamia Today at 3pm this afternoon (is this even a question? Of course you will!)

 

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92 Comments so far

  1. genericdrugi

    In my opinion, it is actual, I will take part in discussion.

    P.S. What do you think about Windows 2012?

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  2. Faybian

    A long time friend rang up from interstate on Saturday night, fairly drunk and while wee had a good heart to heart, I heard her and her husband arguing and learned a few secrets of hers. I’m glad she told me, but a bit upset that all is not terribly well in her world.
    I heard a news report that the rate of completely natural births in the private system is now down to 15% compared to 35% in the public system. Sizable difference. I would love to see the study and see what constitutes natural and the stats on augmented/induced labours or epidurals or instrumental births.

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  3. Faz

    Im glad it’s moved to 3-4 now I can listen while I’m at the office as 6-7 was a very inconvenient time for me.

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  4. sarahinadelaide

    Love mamamia radio! Well done team. Em & Dave have a great chemistry and are easy to listen to. Love Em she is hilarious, her take on life is refreshing, quirky and honest. Her and Fifi Box are my favourite radio announcers. Mia your business savvy is inspiring, well done!

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  5. pennypacker

    I spent Saturday at the beach at Surfers Paradise with my two youngest kids. I was supposed to be dropping my 16 yr old off to meet his girlfriend, but it was just such a beautiful day that I decided to pop into Kmart , and buy some cheap togs , towels and hats and sunscreen and spent the day there too. ( not with my 16 yr old and girlfriend though, he didn’t want me too close. lol)

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  6. lee271

    I spent the weekend with my mother and it went really terribly. We argued, and the whole weekend was just tense and awful.

    I love her dearly but her visits have become a source of anxiety.

    She is very disinterested in any activities I plan, she always refuses to sleep in a bed and and insists on sleeping on the couch.

    When she leaves I feel a mix of regret (that our short time together wasn’t enjoyable) and relief (because the anxiety is over)

    Do others feel this way? How do you cope?

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    • Suki

      Valium.

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    • backagain

      There isn’t enough time in the world to talk about my own Mother/Daughter issues but can I just say that you aren’t alone? And not everyone has the perfect, easy, natural relationship with their Mum…some of us have rocky and rough journeys we go on together. I’m almost 38 and my Mum and I still walk on shaky ground even though I love her and need her approval so much.

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    • chellebelle

      Oh yes, I can relate to this. Up until this year, all of my interactions with my mum were tense, anxiety-inducing, unenjoyable affairs. I coped by trying to limit my time with her and by trying (and failing) to be patient. What eventually changed things for me was some fairly consistent counselling including hypnotherapy, some research (based on things learned in counselling about baby boomer mothers’ characteristics), and, believe it or not, a change to my diet. The diet change was in response to a newly discovered dietary intolerance, and by happy coincidence it massively lowered my hormonal swings. That plus the counseling means that we’re now in a place where I don’t feel anxious or annoyed in her company. She’s still not the first person I’d think of to spend time with, but I now mostly enjoy the time we do spend together.

      I wish you all the love in the world, because dealing with mother issues is terribly exhausting and challenging.
      xxx

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  7. MissV

    Well my weekend was great. Stayed in a one bedroom apartment in the city on Thursday and Friday.
    Saw a friend who I haven’t seen since year 12 Thursday night and we went to see Shihad at the Hi Fi Bar (was amazing). Friday got up early and went to Queen Vic Markets for delicious cheese/deli meats etc for brekky, then headed to the Order for drinks and made some new friends.
    Saturday looked at houses then had my boys mum’s 60th surprise party with delicious food and drinks. and Sunday slept!

    Here’s my input with the pre-moderation: really not liking it and I hope that once the comments settle that you’ll get rid of it!

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  8. alyssakt

    That’s awesome news – congratulations Mamamia!

    May I ask when/if the Mamamia radio tab on the right of our screens will be removed, or is this a permanent thing? It makes commenting on my phone (without hitting it accidentally) and minimising the screen difficult.

    Also, I realise that the mobile site upgrade is only new right now, so of course there will be technical issues in the interim, but please restore the option to view Mamamia’s full site from phones (currently I cannot).
    I much prefer accessing it that way (so much so that I haven’t bothered since it changed – but keep trying to see if I can) – due to the like functions and my viewing preference.

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  9. phoodietweets

    HOORAY for MM2day! SUCH awesome news! Hard work DOES pay off – well done!

    Awesome weekend. Lots of cooking, eating and playing!

    I’m also loving that I can smell Summer in the air!

    :) Phoodie

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  10. I spent the weekend being a real grump and I can’t explain why. Well, I can, I think it’s because I am just so frustrated and don’t know what I am going to do with my life (career wise).

    I’ve been wondering and searching on and off for 3 years, I JUST WANT A MAGIC ANSWER ALREADY. Like a lightening bolt moment, please!

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    • phoodietweets

      Been there whippersnapper…. and it sucks…. it’s really hard because each “option” has pros and cons and sometimes its hard to work out what outweighs what…

      Does that make sense!?

      My only advice is, (please don’t slap me!) give it time…… things do work themselves out and happen when they’re meant to…. I believe that. I don’t mean sit back ignore the issue and “it will resolve itself” but rather take a “time expectation” out of the equation e.g. “In the next 6 months I will have worked this out”…. It might be 8 months….. it might be 2!

      Good luck!

      :) P

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      • Thanks Phoodie! I have decided that I would like to win the lottery so that I could be paid to do several other university degrees, do lots of research, read a lot and play around on the internet. WHY ARE THERE NO JOBS LIKE THIS?!

        The only thing marginally close I could find would be to be a law librarian, but the market in Brisbane is so small, I’m scared I wouldn’t get a job after graduating! Sigh.

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    • Anonymous

      Boo, I wrote a long reply to your post and the stupid page stopped responding!!! In summary, I know how you feel (or at least a slight variation of how you feel!

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  11. mybloggableday

    Congrats on the new time slot! Very exciting.

    I had an interesting weekend. A nasty incident on Friday night has left me shaking my head at the prevalence of violence in our society. People don’t realise the damage they can do in a split second… Very scary.

    Thankfully the rest of my weekend was really nice. Yesterday my bf and I headed to the park for a pinic :) I blogged about it here http://mybloggableday.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/picnicking/
    Fun times!

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  12. carlie

    I’m excited for the new timeslot. I never get to a radio at any time, but I’ve been getting the podcast every day!

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  13. Dee of Adelaide

    Guys a bit of feedback. Premoderation isn’t working. The whole conversation is gone. I tried to get into it on the weekend but sitting there on a saturday night I used to be posting and responding and a part of an intelligent conversation. Now its like I’ve submitted a letter to the editor. Surely you are noticing that the vibe is dead?

    I’m not normally one to complain about policy/editorial stuff (tech stuff yes) but I really think this change is the wrong one. Want to be a news site, that is fine but watercoolers don’t have wait times if that is what you are going for.

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    • maggie

      I feel it is slowing down too.

      MM, I wonder how you will cope when one of your articles collects over 500 comments in a day, as some of your really great articles tend to do?

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    • Urban Fringe

      Yes, I noticed that too. A couple of my (very innocuous) replies to posts over the week-end seemed to go into a black hole. Not anyone’s fault, of course, just the nature of the beast. Part of me feels really sad that pre-moderating is necessary (who are these people/’trolls’ who jeopardise it for everyone else? Very strange – makes you feel a bit depressed about the human race!) I completely respect the decision of a website to decide the content they want to publish but I found myself not having the same drive/interest in replying – know that there is the lag and that some comments may not even emerge on screen. Perhaps that will change when the glitches are overcome.

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    • Bunny

      I actually didn’t post over the weekend, wondering how long it would take for my comment to be checked and posted (I’m sure the MM staff have got plenty to do on the weekend!).

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      • Bradley

        If there is a problem achieving timely pre-moderation on the weekend, then perhaps management should consider only posting new articles and responses from Monday to Friday. Just a suggestion.

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        • beansbeansthemagicalfruit

          Yeah I agree. This weekend was an absolute dud. Disappointing as I love the conversations that normally take place on here later in the night on Fridays and Saturdays when people can really reflect on articles from the past few days. When an article by Mia only has 53 comments a day and a half later and even Julia Gillard only got 173 you know something is off.

          I’ll still support Mamamia with my clicks as I want everyone involved to kick butt but hoping that someone approves your comment – when many got lost this weekend from those who even bothered to try to post – is kind of like writing on the news.com wall. Nothing wrong with that at all but it’s just not my thing and from the dismal number of comments the past couple of days it seems many others feel the same way. Maybe your suggestion of a read only site on the weekend is one they should consider. Either way I wish them all the best.

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    • Anonymous

      Yes, the conversation flow has definitely disappeared. : (

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    • Jackson

      I agree Dee, there is something gone from the site now.

      I am wondering why the change was needed. Mia used to always say that they only deleted a handful of comments a week, so to now say that pre moderation is needed seems strange.

      It is a bit like everyone is bad and will be treated as such. No one can be trusted with doing the right thing so we will have to look after everything for you.

      I like to believe that most people are good and they mean well. It does not sit well with me that this site has gone from the assumption that most who comment here are good people to the assumption that most are bad so we have to search for and approve the good comments.

      It is also a shame that MM asked for everyones opinion on pre moderation and the overwhelming response to it was no, and yet you still went ahead and did it. not sure why you bothered to ask if you were always going to do it.

      Anyway, enough from me. I probably wont be around as much. The comments were what made the site interesting and the immediate feedback and replies was great. There is really nothing else keeping me here now. I may pop in from time to time but I most probably wont be commenting any more.
      Take care everyone.

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    • Bradley

      I will agree with this point of view…at the risk of not seeing my comment posted.

      Over the weekend, I was not permitted to reply to responses to the one or two of my comments that actually made it to print. Hence, I was not given the opportunity to elaborate on what I’d expressed or refute outright incorrect responses.

      Yes, the conversation is suffering as real conversation happens in real time. By all means, delete something if the same person says exactly the same thing thirty times. But please….bring back the conversation.

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    • jamilarizvi

      Hi Dee (and others)

      Thanks for your comments, we do always appreciate the feedback. Pre-moderation is something we’ve moved to in order to cope with the fast growth of MM, particularly in recent months.

      Of course it’s wonderful to have more readers than ever (more than wonderful – we love it!) but it does bring with it new challenges and pre-moderation will help us to deal with that.

      We are working towards having full time moderators on the site, which should mean we’re pretty close to real-time moderation of comments. This means conversation will continue to flow – we certainly don’t want to lose that fantastic aspect of MM.

      Thanks again.

      Jamila

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      • Lucinda

        Jamila I think everyone appreciates that you and the team are trying to do what is best for the site. But I still think the site is going to suffer and lose readership before the system catches up. The mm team need to watch the number of clicks carefully because I’m certain tyou are losing numbers already. just honest feedback.

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        • londoneye

          I agree. I am in UK and so time difference means that the conversation is closed for more than half of my waking hours and therefore not worth me visiting or commenting. One of the great things about the internet is the dynamic, fast pace which seems to have been lost here this week. But that said, you never know unless you try so the MM guys had to try pre-moderating to see if it worked for them. I’m sure they will find something that works in time.

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          • Dee of Adelaide

            I think the thing is, our hours are unreasonable for a mm team. Its why I never bother going onto the drum or the punch any more.

            When I’m able to properly engage in a conversation its 10pm, I don’t expect MM to moderate at all hours but I’m sure I’m not alone in wanting a real time, intelligent conversation at different hours to 9 – 5.

            I understand there is increased traffic and comments and this may be the inevitable direction but the articles were never what did it for me here, it was the intelligent, articulate women who I could discuss the merits of an issue with.

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            • tara

              Dee I wrote a reply to you a little after 6pm. It still hasn’t appeared. It definitely followed dinner party rules but for some reason it’s been moderated out of existence.

              Which just proves your (our) point. This is hardly “having a conversation”, four hours after the fact.

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  14. zepgirl

    Feeling really guilty. I took my Dad to see ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ on Friday night, and in the car on the way home he asked how I was in a really pointed fashion. Apparently he and my mum have been worrying about me because I haven’t been communicating with them. This is all news to me, as far as I know I tell them pretty much everything that’s been going on in my life. Dad said that they have no idea if I’m happy or not happy, or what. It’s not like I avoid any of their questions or anything, if they ask me something, I always answer, and I try to volunteer information about what I’ve been doing at work, or at home, or at the gym. Any ideas, people? I felt awful all weekend thinking about it. Maybe I need to ask my parents to ask me more specific questions if they want to know something. I don’t know what else to tell them!

    I know I’m not someone who wears their heart on their sleeve (I never have been and don’t plan on starting now), perhaps my emotions just aren’t obvious to them. For example, in November of last year I got my hair blow dried for the very first time to see what it would look like, and when my parents asked me why I got it done, I shed a few tears when I reiterated how much the loss of some of the curliness of my hair was bothering me and I wanted to see what I would look like if my hair was completely straight. Both of them we shocked, SHOCKED that I was upset about this, despite the fact that I’d spoken about it at least twice with both of them and had asked all and sundry about what I should do in a post on Facebook. That is, they don’t know if I’m upset or worried about something unless I actually cry about it. I talk to them about lots of things, ask for advice and appreciate their help. Aaarrggghhh, don’t know what to do!

    Any advice appreciated!

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    • vivacious

      Maybe you need to use some more pointed words, things like “I’m feeling …” or “I’d like your advice on …” and make it known when you appreciate their advice by specifically saying so. Sounds like they are giving you great support, they just don’t realise it. I find putting things like that into birthday and fathers/mothers day cards always reiterates the point.

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    • megs

      Hey zepgirl, Just wondering how old you are and how old your parents are? With your example of your hair, for instance, if a friend or sibling mentioned that to me, I wouldn’t think it’s a big deal (and would probably be shocked too if they cried!) – but all my friends and siblings are in their 30s, so experimenting with their hair is something they’ve been doing for years. If my 17 year old cousin was upset, that would be a little different (I remember crying when I was 18 when I cut my hair to my shoulders – I thought it was “too short”!). Maybe they can’t quite relate to things you’re going through at the moment because it’s just an age-gap thing??

      It sounds like you have a good relationship and communicate a long in any event so I think you are on the right track :) x

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      • zepgirl

        Hey. Megs. I’m 32 (yikes!) and my parents are in their early 60s. maybe an age gap thing, who knows? I’ve worn my hair in exactly the same way since I was 19, it’s very blonde and curly and is about jaw length, so quite short. So when my hair changed in a matter of six months, I hated it! I spoke to my Mum about the changes in my hair and she didn’t have the faintest idea of what I was talking about and was consequently somewhat dismissive of my concerns. So when I then shed a tear over the changes, my parents were both stunned and said they had no idea that I felt that way. Frustrating! But thanks for replying.

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    • Jennafer

      Hi Zepgirl,
      I suggest that maybe you sit down with your parents and just tell them that u love keeping in touch with them with what is happening in ur life and then suggest that maybe u all catch up once a month for dinner where u all talk about what has been going on in ur lives??

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      • zepgirl

        Hi, Jennafer, I would absolutely agree with that, but I’m over there all the time! I had dinner with my parents on Father’s Day, and then also on Friday night. I saw them the day before Father’s Day when we all helped my younger sister move house. I don’t know how much more contact they want! Seriously, in a one month period I would probably have dinner / see my parents about four or five times. Maybe it’s just the language that I use, I need to use more ‘I feel’ type sentences, rather than just a run down of what’s happening in my life. I guess I’m just flummoxed by it because, by and large, I tell them everything that’s happening in my life.

        Thanks for replying :)

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  15. another fab single woman

    For those of you who didn’t read my comment about my uber hot colleague last Thursday, he gave me his Bedroom Eyes. On Friday afternoon we passed on the street and “BAM” he did it again. Well, I was a goner for about 24 hours after that – made me go off in the gym Saturday morning. I did a one hour and fifteen minute workout, and then was back for more punishment for 45 minutes this morning. I have also been paying more attention to makeup. Whoosh am I having fun.
    Well, he just called me for what I think is a pretty made up excuse. Shall I do what he did last week and answer in person?!? Or stick to emails just to confuse him? First I’d have to wipe the grin off my face that says “Get. Your. Pants. Off. Right. Now.” Pah! Office flirting hasn’t been this much fun in years. Most guys here are chumpy, bald and middle aged. :D

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    • Anonymoose

      Answer in person so you get another look at the steamy bedroom eyes!

      Please keep us updated I’m living vicariously through you in my boring women only office :)

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      • another fab single woman

        I took your advice and just got back to my desk *tummy tumbles* ! He is damned fine to look at – I wish I could show you all LOL. His eyes are sexy wolf-brown, and he wears a suit like nobody’s business.

        I wish I’d been ten per cent more confident. Practice makes perfect I guess. I need to acclimatise to this guy. His smile undoes me… I need to work on smiling back at him in a similar fashion. I am too worried I’ll say ‘OK, enough already – take me right here right now’ !

        I did slick on more lip-gloss to ‘sexy it up’ a bit. I also tried to find a red folder to translate my ‘Get. Your. Pants. Off. Right. Now.’ grin across – alas I couldn’t find one. I followed up with an email in which I used the word ‘available’ twice.

        Also, I checked with an immediate colleague of mine about the item he was asking after (as it needed updating and isn’t meant to be shared out this week) and she found it odd his team would want that item at this time. Hmmmm ..! I hope he is making excuses to talk to me….. :D C’mon who asks for more work?

        PS – I am actually getting work done today! Luckily, he is the very tasty side dish that comes with the order.

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        • Shaezy

          Go to Officeworks NOW. Buy MANY red folders. MANY!!!!!

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    • maggie

      I agree with Anon, in person! Just so you can perve more and for him to melt you insides away with THAT look :P

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    • InKL

      In person and then write about it. I think your descriptions of your feelings in the lead up to your bedroom romp are much more tantalising than the entries in the 50 shades competition.

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      • Jenny

        Yeah do him in the stationery cupboard and get back to us!!! (sorry I’m ovulating :-) )

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        • another fab single woman

          Just called him and had a quick discussion, and I ended it by purring – Get This! ‘let me know if there’s anything else I can do for you’ (I was thinking: like arrive in your office naked, book us a serviced apartment for some afternoon delight etc)

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          • Jenny

            You did not!! :-o . I love it!!!! I wish I was you lol.

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            • another fab single woman

              I totally did say that – but not the bit in brackets – that was in my head. Now I am going to give it a rest and see if he comes to me for next point of contact in coming days. Today’s interactions make me want to go buy brand spanking new high heels so I can move like Jagger ! ;)

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      • becauseimthemum

        Like!

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    • Natalia

      Keep us updated, please and thank you!!

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      • Carisma

        I think this needs to be it’s own story – “An update on another fab single woman and the guy with the sexy wolf brown eys who wears a suit like nobody’s business”, it clearly already has a following (including me!)

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  16. vivacious

    I had a lovely weekend. Paid back a favour by handing out how to vote cards for a friend’s Mum in the council elections, went to a very romantic wedding (they are dancers and danced down the aisle – I cried), caught up with friends and ate carrot cake. Lots of cake, I blogged about it. http://blithemoments.blogspot.com.au/2012/09/carrot-cake-day.html

    I’m also LOVING “Call the Midwife”. I can’t wait for next week’s episode. I’m just thrilled to have a new TV show that has me hanging out for next week. It is just the perfect way to wrap up the weekend.

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    • phoodietweets

      Gorgeous blog post!

      I also LOVE carrot cake – LOVE LOVE LOVE! The icing in the one you bought looks beyond delicious!

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      • vivacious

        It was very yum, but unfortunately was not lemon cream cheese which is my preferred carrot cake icing. I’m feeling inspired to make carrot cake now, just so I can make lemon cream cheese icing!

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        • Elise 3

          I made carrot cake cupcakes with lemon cream cheese icing last week for a birthday, happy to share my recipe if you want a very simple but delicious recipe? :)

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          • vivacious

            Thanks but I do have a great one which also makes delicious cupcakes. I’m just trying to resist for the benefit of my waistline!

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    • Bradley

      “Call The Midwife” is brilliant !

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      • Faybian

        That’s cos it’s about midwives. :)

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        • Bradley

          Faybian….by chance are you a midwife ?

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  17. lia

    I love this site now.. no trolls, no silly banter, no crude comments, just a nice warm place to be.

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    • beansbeansthemagicalfruit

      And sadly much fewer comments.

      Either that or every article posted this weekend since the pre-moderation took place was a complete dud… which obviously they weren’t. Waiting hours for comments to appear and having people say at night time that their comment from the morning still hasn’t shown up at all despite it definitely not being offensive is a sure way to kill conversation here. At least we can still read the articles and discuss them elsewhere as many of us have been.

      Have a good week everyone and be kind to yourselves :)

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      • Kris2040

        Yes, I tried to comment over the weekend, but didn’t have a lot of time, so any attempts at joining in are gone. I think a lot of commenters here do the same thing – log on in the morning before the kids are up/work/uni/whatever, do stuff, log in here and there, and it’s incredibly frustrating going from a conversation in real time to maybe seeing responses to what you have written, because it may or may not be up.
        Dee explained the vibe really well ^^ too.

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        • jamilarizvi

          Hey Kris,

          I’ve posted above around our new approach to comments, which should help address some of your concerns.

          Thanks.

          Jamila x

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    • Anonymous

      I liked the silly banter, for me it was what made the site special. It’s all a bit stilted now.

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    • Jenny

      mm are just trying out a new strategy. If it doesn’t work I’m sure they will go back to the old way.

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  18. SJ

    Now you’re in competition with Chrissy Swan and Jan Hall and I love those girls on Mix!…don’t know if I can choose?

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    • Tala

      I know – I love listening to Chrissie, and I never have to worry about inappropriate content when picking up kids. May have to flick between the two.

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  19. Caz Gibson

    I love that you’re having such success with radio…….my only concern is actually the new time slot – isn’t 3pm-4pm the time for school pick-ups ?

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  20. Nicky

    I remember when you first announced MM radio. I questioned the time slot.
    This is great news. A much better fit for your audience
    Congrats team

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  21. Marijana

    Now that’s great news. Because that’s excatly the time that suits me perfectlty for listening to mamamiatoday as oposed to from 6pmto7pm!
    Well done guys!

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  22. bernadettemorley

    Excellent news! I have been enjoying listening to you guys on my way home from work. Funny, relevant and not forced. You guys have amazing radio chemistry. x

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  23. Barb Fisher

    Congrats to MM and the MM radio team! Love Em and Dave – and seeing those behind the scenes pics makes me want to be there too :)

    I wasn’t even aware of the radio show, but will be tuning in when I can for sure. Congrats again on the success! x

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  24. Chantelle

    Congratulations!! Now i wont miss it as I have the radio on at work everyday :)

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    • jamilarizvi

      3pm is that perfect afternoon hump time hey? That’s when I always feel like flicking the radio on, as you move from the ‘at work’ headspace to ‘home’!

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  25. lia

    Super Duper excited about this….

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    • Anonymous

      Me too , I love the beige site. Weare all stepford wives..

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  26. nicks02

    CONGRATS xxx

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  27. Alexa

    Congrats, great news.

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  28. Mamamia I think something is wrong with your email notifications on comments….I made a few comments last week and over the weekend, and checked the: “Notify me of follow up comments by email” and there have been follow up comments, but there was no email. Does that make sense?!

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    • Sweets

      Yes the same thing is happening to me.

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    • Marijana

      Did you put in your email address? I’m sure you’re not silly, just saying because it happened to me. I click the ‘notify-me’ but forget to put in my email address thinking that I’m logged in, only realising later that I’m not logged in.

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      • Yes. I have my email address on drop down on Chrome and always insert it.

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    • sarahinsydney

      I’m having the same problem!

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    • maggie

      Yep getting the same issue too.

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    • Zepgirl

      Yep, same.

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  29. chelle

    I’m at work during that time, would love to have a listen – are there podcasts?

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  30. Petal

    Whoo hoo! Much better time and yes, I will be scooting around in the car at that time so will be able to tune in. Haven’t been able to listen at that feral time of 6pm so this will be much better. Well done! x

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  31. donnam

    Wow, well done guys. I have been listening and agree that Em and Dave have done agreat job and seem to have a really great working relationship.
    But I do have one question, where did Em get that pink skull top and cool tetris style leggings????? I love!!!!

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  32. Loulee

    Great news. Fits in with the school pick up! Look forward to listening.

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  33. Anonymous

    Love Em & Dave! Brilliant!

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