Jac, use 4.25 weeks / month, eg 26weeks = 6 months, not 24 !! coz its 52 weeks in a year not 48 !! Thats where your numbers are going out

Jaime, its good to hear from you too. We have the bits and pieces for the kitchen cupboards and drawers ready to go - tis my job to do all these little bits and pieces... Oh, the gate at the bottom of the stairs is a real problem here, coz the stairs turn right at the bottom, and the bottom "step" is very large and open on 2 sides, almost like a platform in the corner. No way can I get a gate on that and the next step is the start of the curve up - the gate wont secure properly - me gotta think of how to do that one

You're building right ?? Make sure the design of the stairs can be gated. Have a proper think of how it will look and the size and is the "sides" of the stairs got things that will make putting a gate in difficult

Due to the vertical bit for the handrail support being all fancy schmancy, a) it buckles when anything is pushed against it - the strength of pushing against it to secure the gate into place is gotta be pretty decent, and b) its round so the gate plate simply slips on it and thus falls over if you even look at it, let alone touch the gate. I need to put my woodworking head on again to think of how to fix this one... already had to do something to secure the top of the stairs gate into place - grrr

And we dont have parents group tomorrow - its today at a lakeside cafe at the Homebush Olympic area, so we'll shortly be off to that. Apparently its also the last one for one of the girls who goes back to work next week