Oh hugs Noni, not long now! You have my full sympathy, I remember those last tired weeks well. Maybe since it's Sunday you can do a little ring around and organise your mum and another friend to pop in during the week to give you a hand with a few things?

Arte - you will love your bubba no matter what flavour they come out! Have you worked out a deal with DH so that you get some mumma-time for all those tramping excursions he takes?

PP - good luck with the ceremony today...looking fwd to hearing what gorgeous name you have chosen for your gorgeous boy!

Clare that's funny I was just thinking about L and where's she must be at with her talking this morning (before I read your post)...I guessed she would be onto sentences...hmmm must've heard you bragging on the psychic telephone LOL. Does she have sentences in both langs?

Ange - Clever L counting! Missy E has a go but she totally doesn't understand there's an order and just (enthusiastically) shouts out random numbers LOL. Yes I did write a non-fiction book (128 pages & glossy photos), and revised it and added a chapter last year. They wanted me to do another one in the series but I'm glad I didn't, it turned into a circus during the revision because they outsourced their editing to india, and made a mash of my correct english with incorrect and wordy text changes. I should get my A into G and write another (have zillions of ideas).

Katie I love Eloise, there are lots of pretty "El" names around, it has such a lovely soft feminineness to it, like Luella. Sorry I'm not much help with suggestions, my faves are all things like Enid, Edith and Elspeth, they have quite a different sound to the ones you like, plus a bit more old fashiondy. My other huge faves were Tabitha & Bethany...told a friend and she ran with Tabitha but then was wildly disappointed when she had a boy instead.

Trill how does your hair look now you've slept on it? BTW I meant to ask, how are things looking on the farm front this year? There's been rain over here and all the farmers are daring to feel hopeful right now.

MM - great tip for laybying for the Target sale, I'm mostly laybying for Christmas so I might go in early and save myself from crowd-germ-paranoia. Well done on getting a slide on ebay! I *love* having big outdoor things for E to play on - we didn't have much for H when she was little and it's a whole world of entertainment out there now. I want to put in a children's garden near the cubby, with lots of interesting tactile plants and stepping stones and some mosaics of some sort, some whirly gigs, chimes and I would love to have some big moss rocks of a bit of tree trunk to climb/sit on. I'm going to be busy come spring!

AFM - Been busy with family time. Feeling tired-er and toxic-er than in previous cycles. I have acne from ear to ear, my skin is falling off again, I keep finding my hair stuck to random things around the house (tube of toothpaste, front of microwave oven), and my mouth tastes and feels like a poubelle. So, yeah, real glamorous, NOT. But I look ****ter than I feel, I walked for a hour at the beach yesterday & was still able to function afterwards, didn't think I had it in me. Saw my darling naturopath on Fri and came away with an excellent book (right in my area of current investigation - cancer treatment and the chakras) and a whole new load of powders and potions and best of all she's given me a payment plan LOL. It was our wedding anniversary on friday (17 years) and most definitely the non-eventest one we've had in that entire time. I think my mojo is off wintering in the bahamas.