Ok... gonna attempt a reply but I betcha I lose it!! Grrr!

Trish - ya poor chook! You sound terrible HUGE hugs, matey. I can't check out the pics of Brandon and Joel atm but will hopefully be able to tomorrow (on dial-up atm... will explain later... urrgh!).

Bec - arrgh @ no bathroom! That's gotta suck! I can kinda sympathise cos we had no kitchen for a while but no bathroom would be worse. I hope it's finished soon. As for the noisey tenant next door... grrr to him!

Zola - good to hear from you mate. Sorry you have had such a bad run of luck with your health and that Ollie is coliky... that's no good. I imagine you're flat-out with the boys.

Sarah - ick @ having to get a poo sample. Will be good to get some definitive answers tho, hey? Good to hear that the brauer's stuff is doing the trick.

Tanya - wow! Clever Violet! Sounds like she be toilet trained in no time. We're nowhere near it, I don't think. Gab won't even sit on her potty unless she's fully clothed. Ah well.... I'm not stressed.... yet!

Fi - grr @ Shane calling you tubby!! Men just have no idea sometimes! It's like when Neil told me I'd be really hot if I lost weight. Umm... is that a compliment?? I know they don't mean it but it's still uncalled for!!

I'm still reluctant to type much because of this stupid computer but, hey... may aswell give it a go!

Things are ok so far. We got booked for towing an unregistered trailer on the way home (grrr!). Neil was peeved. Got heaps of shopping done whilst in Geelong (of course I got a heap of stuff for Gab too ). We got back on Monday arvo after yet another long drive. My car is totally stuffed - we think the alternator has busted. Anyway, it meant we had to jump start the car every time we wanted to go anywhere (so I couldn't turn the engine off). Half way I lost my display, speedo (couldn't listen to the radio the whole drive). Verrrry boring!! LOL Neil was following in the Laser that he bought and it also wasn't running too well. It started to lose power so he couldn't go any faster than 80kms. OMG... slowest drive ever! Thank goodness Gab was in Neil's car because he had a radio (it seems to keep her entertained on long drives). We finally got back to Dunkeld (it was interesting pulling off the highway with no indicators!). I pulled up the driveway and put the car in reverse and it died, LOL. So it was parked on a weird angle for a couple of days. I don't think it'll drive out of here again in a while. So I'm without a car until we find a new one. Grrreat!

Gabby had her chicken pox injection yesterday and seemed to cope with it ok - until she fell asleep on Neil at 5:30pm. She slept in the loungeroom for a while and woke when my Dad and step Mum got here on their way home from Adelaide. She was all lethargic and not interested in food so I got her in her PJ's, she had a bottle and off to bed. She was still really sooky and lethargic this morning. She has a runny bum and is off her food. Bloody injections

My house is still a pig-sty. I was sorting out Gabby's room until a massive huntsman jumped out at me from her cupboard. I nearly threw up I got such a fright. God I hate spiders!! I think we may have to invest in those electronic thingys that keep bugs away. I just can't cope with big-arse huntsmen... I know they are harmless but urrrrrrrrrgh!!

We're on dial up atm because bloody telstra didn't connect our broadband (despite me letting them know about the move 2 weeks before it happened!).They've given us dial-up until broadband kicks in tomorrow. They may aswell have not bothered because of how darn sllllow it is! I'll be very surprised if this post makes it.