I can see clearly now...

God, December already, where did the time go? We've decided to cancel Christmas for everyone except Joe this year, we're too knackered and skint! Sylvie is too young to even know what day it is and Simon and I just can't be arsed to buy into the Christmas madness this year. We have all had nasty bugs etc over the last couple of weeks, Joe and I are on antibiotics, hopefully Sylvie will escape and Simon's flu jab seems to be keeping everything at bay for the time being.

Joe starts at his new nursery tomorrow. He had two very successful settling in days last week so seems like the best time to start. He is still going to the Christmas party at Holly House on the 20th which will be the last day for everyone there, so we'll get a chance to say goodbye. Joe made a new friend the other weekend, Neil was visiting us en route to Scotland from Singapore. Not sure he expected the story book reading marathon he ended up with but Joe was very taken with him and was upset when he left. Shame, Singapore's a bit too far away for babysitting duties!

Our floor is being finished tomorrow so the eight week job will only have taken seven months but hey ho! It's looking very sharp but I won't be able to relax until the floor is done, we've had so many false starts on this job. The new doors and windows have gone in, as have the portholes on the door - looking good. (Must get a window cleaner!) Then just the garden to sort out, hopefully that won't take seven months!