This week I am progessing to the no-feeding-at-all-in-the-night policy with Amy ie, once she is in bed for the night (7pm) there is no feed until 7am. Last night, she slept through! Yay – it is beginning to work. This is a major breakthrough for us. I’m hopeful for tonight yeilding the same results!

It rained here all weekend. My bad mood started with the newspaper being totally sogged and it got worse from there. Sometimes, my bucket of tolerance flows over and when I look around at the mess that the house is in, the pile of dishes by the sink that no-one cleans except for me, the piles of clothes needing to be folded, the beds never made, the bedrooms in disarray and kids is competition for my attention, I really feel like I am heading nowhere and my exsitance is purely for the service of others. Oh well, onto another week – surely things will be better now that it is May. 🙂

Dash’s new owner rang me to say that he is settling in very well and her kids just love him. However, he cries at night because they make hime sleep outside and it is raining/cold etc. Have to stop feeling bad about him – he is OK. She said we could come over anytime and visit him. The girls are keen to do that.

We didn’t get the chooks as planned (see above paragraph about annoying things happening over the weekend), but I am thinking that it might be better anyway to wait until it is Spring so that we don’t end up with frostbitten hens and frozen eggs. Yesterday, Justin and I sealed up a lot of the drafty holes in the playroom and it has made a huge difference. Last winter we froze when the doors were opened up and there was a real breeze going through. This morning there was actual warmth when I went in there, but still lots of water from a few holes in the ceiling and a leak from the glass doors near the pool. My dream is to totally renovate that area and put the kitchen out there, but that is only going to happen if we win a million.

Off the brave the mall with 3 munchkins in tow.