Hi girls!

Noni: for the interview today!

Jaz: ROFL at H letting the priest know that the bread was also part of the bargain! ahhh, kids!

MM: This must be a relief for you babe to have M seen to so quickly and also to know that what she has been going through is beyond the norm ITMS. did he mention that the hearing loss will be rectified once the grommets go in??

Cally: that workshop sounds good! wish i was able to go to something like that here. hopefully the 'mothers grapevine' will kick into gear and there will be more ppl at the next one.

MP: oh dear! Hope the kidlets have a speedy recovery xx

Sherie: hmmm missed the cubby thread...but one time our parents organised a 'search for santa' trip on xmas eve, so packed the kids in the car and my Opa drove us around looking for santa...star gazing basically! and a stop off for an ice-cream. we visited the train station too, so see if he needed a lift LOl! when we got back the parents were standing on the lawn waving at the sky and said that santa had just flown past (and they had put all the pressies under the tree and performed some assembly of bikes etc)! we loved it!!

Arte: that is a tough break with the housing permit stuff. our neighbours had similar issues and it can drag on...hopefully the hearing will go in your favour and they will give up!

MD: ooohh i forgot to check out the BB secret santa thread. it was on my to-do list, but then the move got in the way. am i too late??

AFM: we are in the NEW HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! love it love it love it!! so full of warmth and light! leila's room is DIVINE. it has a massive silky oak and iron fireplace, with the most gorgeous mantle top. so all her precious toys are having pride of place. we also have the most gorgeous BIRs. for the first time ever i am able to hang her nice clothes up! and she has drawers for all her smalls and lovely big spacious shelving for her normal clothes....not to mention the shoe compartment
she is loving the floorboards and the way her wheely bug slides across...so beats the carpet LOL! we also found that the dining room is massive and have now made it so that it is dining and a study area. which works perfectly for our needs. the loungeroom is also really romantic with a massive fireplace adorned with gorgeous tiles! not to mention the ducted heating and COOLING!!! and the yard is a dream. nice and big for the dog, with well place trees for the alfresco dining area and loads of space for leila to play. not to mention the 'man's shed' at the back LOL! DH is excited. the kitchen situation for an italian is dire however. it is REALLY tiny. and obviously designed by a man with no comprehension of bench space or small people (both vertically challenged and age challenged LOL!). leila can get into cupboards a little too easily and other cupboards are soo high that i need a chair. and really no more than one person can fit. so it will push us to save harder to get the extension organised i guess. but it is all new and clean, so already beats the old place hands down LOL! nothing worse than moving into a long term rental kitchen i must say...