Good morning lovely and misty out there Rory, makes the world so quiet. Wade is beside me on the other 'pute playing French language games... so funny how French animals make different sounds "meu meu" etc. DH took another annual leave day off yesterday... he pottered around the house doing all my housework LOL I didn't do much... what a slacker! Although I did a bit of baking. I'll make up for it today...

Rory: have you still got that appointment at the Mercy tomorrow? Drop in afterwards if you want

Ness: We should do a weekend away at some stage up in the Daylesford/Macedon region... there seems to be a new Day Spa in Macedon... I checked out the site yesterday... not sure how child friendly it is but we're going to check out holiday homes in Woodend for our next weekend away and DH said that he'd take the boys out and that Verity and I could spend an afternoon there. I can't believe you took the ebay buyer his purchase!!! You're such a softie! tsk tsk Also I know a bit about what it's like with morbid mothers and their influence on children... one big mistake we made with Verity however was to debrief about my mother's atrocious behaviour within her earshot... very bad move... you don't want volatile pre-teens armed with that kind of information believe me! It will be hard, but try to always be respectful of your parents with your kids... just my experience... don't mean to give a lecture!

Mel: when I pulled the curtains across this morning and saw the thick mist one of the first things I thought of was you! Hope it didn't hold you up and that your run was smooth and fast! Also hope Marley enjoys her day at Nana's Love hearing about life working outside the home... share!

Dee78: I read your vent in the relationships thread. *hugs* there was some good advice there. It's sooo hard to know what to do. Would he attend counselling? I know what you mean about not wanting to harm your Ds's childhood... trust your heart. My DH and had a terrible first year after Verity was born... the adjustments to parenthood were tough, more so for him because he'd had more freedoms in his life (financially, socially etc). One of the things that helped was making friends with couples with other children. If your DH can spend more time talking to happy and content dads then he might gain a healthier perspective... spending time with single men and selfish dads will only make the problem worse.

Niall grissley now... BBL