sorry I've not posted anything for a few weeks but nothing much has happened the kids are still doing my head in i know they are still settling in but they are such hard work more so callum i think he has become the bratty teenager abit early he is going through the everybody hates me phase he had a bad day today because its Caitlin's birthday tomorrow he wanted games for his DS because everybody gets toys and he does not but little did he know we went out a got him a PlayStation 3 and a 17" tv to help him settle in because he had to leave his xbox 360 and wii back in the UK until we can get it shipped over i know you are probably thinking that we are stupid and Christmas is only a few weeks away but its a good think because it keeps him and Greg form under my feet because Greg is just like the kids for doing my head in .

about three weeks ago Greg got me a car as i told you in my last post anyway i had to go and change my licence over to a south Australian learners permit all the info on the transport website says you can change your licence over if you are from certain country's and the UK was one of them on the list but nothing in Australia is simple i spoke to someone on the phone at the licensing centre and i was told that could get my full licence in 6 months because in the UK i had my provisional since 1997 and i got up to doing my test before i got pregnant with callum so with that i took my paper work in to the office thinking that it would be simple they would change it over and that would be that but that was not the case i had to wait for 30 Min's then i was seen by a woman that had never seen a UK provisional before so she had to show 3 other people before telling me that it was none transferable and i had to start from the beginning again but ever that is not as easy as sighing a form like to UK she wanted me to sit a test so i had to buy the highway code book from her and a week later i went back and another 30 Min's and 4 people later i got to sit my test i went to do it without telling anyone not even Greg just in case i failed it so i got took in to a room and sat in front of a computer Connor was with me he had just woke up so he spent the whole time screaming and throwing thing i dread to think what thought of me but even with that i still pasted my test so now i have to do 50 hours of driving and another test just to get my provisional 1 then i have to do another test to get my provisional 2 and in two-three years time i will get my full licence so if anyone is thinking of coming to oz pass your test before you come or bring proof of how many hours driving you have done from you driving instructor .

greg took me out for my first lesson last week on a car park he wont take me on a road he had me driving up and down up and down stop start i ended up giving up after 25 mins he was starting to shout at me it didnt help having connor and caitlin in the car and every time i stoped they took there belts off and wanted to get out the car and go the park and since then he has not offered to take me out again and to top it off he has offered to pay for my 50 hours driving do you thik he trying to tell me something .

i forgot to tell you connor has started to sleep in his own bed this week for the first time in 3 years he has done it for a full week and we are now trying to get him out of nappies but its like pulling teeth trying to get the nappies off him because he wont wear underpants he hates them and screams the place down if there is a potty of some underpants in the room because the first week we moved into this house Connor found a white tip spider in his potty so he wont go near it now so i had to go out and buy him a wiggles toilet seat up to now he has used it 5 times and that was only because i ran out of nappies so i keep my fingers crossed that he will be out of them by Christmas anyway got to go now if i don't write anymore before Christmas MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

hi Philip and Marie sorry Ive not got round to replying to your email how did your weekend go
hi Pauline how r you how is rach and baby
hi Gerry got your email this year Ive made a DVD for you all so that will be sent out this week
i will be sending you all some Christmas cards and DVD that i made myself of the Golden's in oz I'm hoping you will get it before Christmas anyway bye for now