trish - good advice on contacting bonds -i'm gonna do it! i often log on to the company site and complain if i buy something that's not ok, like stale crisps or lumpy soymilk- the big brands usually respond with a thankyou letter and a refund check. i wonder what bonds will do?

haroula, clayton is indeed my stomping ground when in smellbourne - there's MIX indonesian grocery store where i can buy good quality tempeh (try doing that in brisvegas) and an Indo cafe where DH and i go for meals and often meet people we know (or we know them by the time we leave lol). I'd love to meet up: chaddy or anywhere is easy when i'm down. I might be on my own as DH is scheduled to be there just the weekend whereas i'm there a week! a bit of time to show off my new baby hehehe...

olly has yellow crusty stuff comng out of his ear, and is being needy. poor boy, he is going for negative attention lately, but not too naughty. i'm watching supernanny trying to remember her rules for kind and effective disciplining - not that i want to "discipline" him everytime he throws sox out the window or something, it's enough to acknowledge that he needs some one on one mummy time and a change of scenery, but providing those things is SO CHALLLENGING.