Hi there Well we seem to be up and running again! Life is chaos just now. As various bits of furniture disappear, piles appear. Slowly they too disappear and we now have big gaps around the house. The piano went today. Andre was sad... it will be a long year for him without his beloved. Today we got the car serviced and need a new gearbox. We replaced the bus one a couple of months ago. Thank goodness this didn't happen in the middle of nowhere! We had a successful stall at the weekend and got rid of a lot of stuff. Andre did fantastically well selling the majority of his plumbing leftovers. For me it was an emotional time seeing all the old baby clothes and our belongings moving on to new homes. The bus is looking great! Penny (Andre's mum) has been very industrious making us curtains which really bring it all together. Andre is packing like a mad thing and I just seem to sort and sort and sort. How much stuff can one accumulate????? Tomorrow or the next day, the beds dissappear and we sleep on our mattresses on the floor. The children are more excited about that than going on the bus at the moment, which puts things all back into perspective. One day at a time. Hope to get Tal back on here again soon. Ciao Helen