Yeh for getting your home back Vicky.

Oh Kim, that must have been so scarey to see Chelsea standing up on the back seat - in the middle of traffic when you can't just pull over - without having to deal with other people's tut tutting too! they don't understand all you're dealing with! I can think of the strap that goes ACROSS the bub's chest to narrow the vertical straps, for safety, but dont' know what they're called or where they're sold.

i do a homemade version for our highchair cos bilby squirms out of those 5 point harness vertical straps, i wend the two ends of her bib thru the harness and once i've snapped up the bib, THEN the harness is shortened and pulled up so she can't get out. Doubt you could do that with a car seat harness though.

Taralee - that's wonderful you're moving back into your old place! wow, i'm so curious how you managed to swing it, for ages you came up with plans, they fell thru and then you stopped talking about it, so i thought it was a no deal. You've prolly already explained it elsewhere, wish i knew where! So without knowing any details I"M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!

Kim - are you and Craig committed to moving back to NSW, like sold house/told landlord or is it a "dream" thing to aim for? Moving to where you'll be around supportive family sounds great to me.

SLEEP NEWS - i got FIVE HOURS last night - from 4am to 9am - thank you little ceiling projector thingy!!!! wow!!!

Day 11 of 17 days of heatwave
it will be 38 or 39 everyday until Wednesday next week (when it will be 31)
tomorrow is 40

how do people in far north WA and NT cope? i'm sure they have worse temps but gawd, i am struggling with this. A person died today due to the heat. bushfires are starting too. we're all waiting for power failures.

makes me wonder if we should migrate to another state - somewhere with rain

bilby is also wandering around saying eh wo (Hello).

my flickr page has pics of us at womad if you're interested