Living in a land down under

Had a lovely day up in Kineton last week at Jon & Vicky's country pad. Esther is over from Oz with her new pride and joy, Elliott and her old pride and joy, Todd! It was lovely to have a catch up, however brief and they're certainly looking well, Oz must be agreeing with them. Simon's work ensured that we only had an afternoon where we could meet up but it was worth the trip.
Mum is over in Nashville larging it no doubt, linedancing and drinking weak beer. It was lovely to have an extra pair of hands looking after the children especially as Sylvie is now crawling/walking. Thinking of getting eyes put in the back of my head.
Credit crunch means times are hard - people here are just having one latte per day and lunch and dinner out five times a week instead of seven and downgrading the nanny to an au pair! Still waiting for house prices to drop to below a million....