Just popping in to say hi I seem to see most of you in other threads (Local Victorians and June Bellies etc) so somehow I don't get in here very often.

As you can see from my posting time I'm not bothering even trying to sleep while it's still hot and muggy... if only a bit more of a breeze would blow through the house to get rid of the hot air. We had a heavy downpour earlier but it's only really just made it humid. We are up on a bit of a hill too... wish we had one of those veranders that go around your house... I'd sleep out there! No air con here... usually this old house with it's high ceilings doesn't need it but the heat lately has defied the usual methods of drawing the thick curtains and pulling down the outside awnings. Bring on Autumn!

DS was like a new puppy piddling all over the house today! (Floorboards, thankfully). I got cross with DH for putting him on the "big toilet" so frequently during the holidays... now DS has kinda forgotten about his potty and relies on us to lift him up to the big one instead of taking himself off to the potty like he used to do. Actually I never (hold on, yes I did, on holidays!) lifted him up to the big one... DH has been doing it but now I'm left with a regressed toddler! I didn't feel good about him using the big one from the start but DH seemed to prefer it for some reason... possibly because he didn't like having to rinse out the potty. Today DH was beside himself with frustration (not infront of DS) about the piddling... but at least he now understands why I wanted DS to stick to using the potty.

Love your storm chasing tales Kathryn I like a good storm myself. With the almost daily (evenings) thunder here DS is also quickly getting used to "wonder" (thunder).

I'm also always fascinated with how people do their grocery shopping... we've actually stopped doing "big weekly shops". I found too much was being wasted (going off) and we'd always have to top up on fresh things anyhow. When I was working/studying we did huge fortnightly shops but that was even worse. These days I work out fairly early in the day what we'll need for dinner and just go get what we need fresh from the local green grocer/butcher (1 block away). With non perishables like cleaning products i'm tending to buy more in bulk (eg 15kg ColdPower for $39.95 at KMart = $2.30 per kilo I think, much cheaper! and lasts us about 6 months). Personally I'm finding that this way there's less "impulse spending" too... but that's just me.... it'd be hard to do this if I was working outside the home.

Geeeze, nearly 2.30am... maybe I'd better at least try to get some sleep? Poor DD just wandered out here to see what was going on. OK... nighty night girls