Peanutter - I hope you get better soon! I know the last fortnight has been hard with both Alyssa & I sick, but now we are better and full steam ahead.

HB - good luck moving! Are you getting a removalist or just doing it yourselves? Our last house was 3 stories so we just paid the cash for the removalist - so much easier!!

Ellie - how did DD2 sleep? Better I hope. Good luck in selling your house, its a tough market at the moment (as you probably know), but there is always someone out there looking. I think its great that you want to stay home with the girls and that you're able to facilitate it with a few changes. It's true, you do anything for your kids hey?

Thanks girls for the advice on home vs work! I know deep down "retiring" is something I need to decide, it's just so hard. And I think alyssa plays me with daycare (ie, mucks around on the mornings then screams when I leave, only to be ok 10mins later & happy playing all day). Work already has a million massive jobs planned for me later this year so in a way its nice to be so needed there (there are only 2 of us left who have been there for 12years, the rest are all less than 10, so no one really knows as much as us about clients & the way things work [or should work]). The car still may get sold to reduce the budget regardless of whether I work. Seriously I should have thought through costs better as i only bought it in November 09! Who knew having a baby cost so much?! Not that I am complaining one bit.

Have a great Thursday - nearly time for another weekend!