Wow Jo - I'm stunned. I can't imagine there's enough hours in the day for all of that, and if you feel you're keeping on top of it okay, then you must be doing a great job. What an inspiration to the rest of us.

I'm ploughing through my lists, trying to keep up with less than half of what Jo's doing, and still finding it totally chaotic! I guess I've been a lazy housewife for a bit long, used to doing only the bare minimum, having plenty of time to read mostly and arrange my time to suit myself. This week has definitely not been like that but I think it has been quite good. I shocked myself by understanding most of what the tax partner at our accountancy firm was saying. With my weak grasp of financial issues that was a pleasant surprise.

no time for morning pages again at the moment, though I should be back on the case for a while from Sunday or Monday. I have some food to prepare for Saturday's party - nothing too strenuous, just boiling a ham and making a pasta salad - as well as leftover paperwork from our meetings this week. I've got DH working on the dining table downstairs since we have a wireless router and he has a notebook computer.

Kerri.