Tanya - hope you had a lovely day today. Was the movie any good? I don't know if I'll ever get to go to the movies again, LOL. Dinner was good... this time the rice was cooked just nicely (last time I made porcupine meatballs the rice was still a little hard... but still edible).

Trish - SCORE! Well done on winning a new TV! Always an asset! LOL @ there being a TV in every room except for Tehya's.

Jess - you're probably right there. Mum said that my youngest sister, Erin, wasn't a huge talker. She said she could say the words just fine but didn't really need to talk a great deal because it would mean having to compete against her 3 older sisters, LOL. The same went for housework when she was older. Somehow she got out of a lot of stuff because she was just too darn slow so we'd end up doing it for her. Slow?? I think not. Cunning?? Yep!

Fi - LOL @ Jenna playing with the car for so long. She loved them, hey?? Gab was like that at first too but I think the novelty wore off when she got one for her birthday. What did Shane think of the play centre? The one time Neil has been with us, I think he had more fun than Gabby did, LOL. Still... it's nice to sit back and watch Daddy's play with their kiddies. They're just so darn good at it! Glad you found the culprit to Jenna's tummy ache. Damn those berries!

Neil has gone again for yet another week. I'm starting to feel it now. Nearly cried when he drove off (I know... sooky la-la). We spent the weekend cleaning the house up some more (my GOD it is filthy, LOL). I was scrubbing the walls while Neil was pulling things apart in the bathroom to clean it all out. It's amazing how nice it all comes up! I've told him it's something we will have to do at least once a year in our next house.
Gab is doing well. She has been delightful lately... just really happy and hardly sooky which is great. Probably lulling me into a false sense of security