Honey wasn't paying much attention to the fact that I was in Singapore last week. I've found her DS to be very tolerant of that too, and in my case it's even better since he also babysits both kids for several hours so I can hear myself think for a change. I wish you guys lived closer - I'd employ him a lot at the moment!

my house is the pits - it needs a serious vacuuming, and a good tidy up, but with the various bits of chaos continuing here I've noticed that nobody really cares much. We've got our first employee who started yesterday (Tuesday); we had the plumber in briefly because the pilot light on the boiler refused to relight for me (he got it going, but suspects a wearing down problem with the gas valve - couldn't agree with your last sentence more Lenora!); one small hamster managed to turn the whole house into a zoo when a half dozen kids traipsed in and out to have a look. Some commented that the front door was open, but I had given up by then! The hamster arrived about half hour before the kids finished their first day back at school. I've decided I love school starting and September, and cooler weather... I actually snuggled under my duvet in Singapore thinking about that when the air-con was a bit cool! Sad case.

We're moving office tomorrow officially, but since the first batch of furniture doesn't arrive till next Monday, and we haven't ordered computers I'm not exactly sure what we're moving in - stationery I suppose since I brought tons back with me from Singapore. Need to check whether the phone lines are getting fixed up tomorrow since they were due to be done this week.

I can only expect a rocky road ahead with some of this work stuff, at least through Christmas, though hopefully with an office and one extra employee things should be improving, but we still have mess clearing with customers from the previous franchisee, creation of new systems which have all just had to be ignored for the time being because there hasn't been time, then the shops will be set up, a new design webshop will be starting, and then we have the retail nightmare of Christmas. Still, it's not bad stuff, just chaotic really, periods of adjustment for all of us. And LOTS of work. Isn't it funny how this has been such a year of change for all of us almost.

it's after 10:30pm and there are a number of other new threads I want to look at, so I'd better keep it shorter or I'll never sleep tonight!

Kerri.