MissB - I'm so sorry to hear your news 
. Flylady must seem very trivial in comparison. I hope things work out as well as can be and can I just echo everyone else in saying that we'll be here for you if you need us. Re: housework, it can go either way, can't it? If I am very distressed, sometimes I work flat out, but other times I don't feel as if I can do anything. I imagine you need to take things day by day at the moment.
Namechange - you have had a harrowing time too. I'm so sorry to hear about your MC in June. Sounds to me like you are taking the 'working flat out' route to coping with upset.
MrsD and Name - we have assumed traditional roles for the moment too and I get a lot of flak about it from my SM, who has no children of her own and thinks I sit on my arse all day, doing nothing. If only! But I am equally irritated by my MIL who is delighted that I'm not in full-time work because that is what she did and she thinks that is the right way to behave. The truth is that it suits us whilst the children are small, but things may well change as they grow up.
Linzer - Very sad that you can't tell the school about DD. It was telling the school that transformed everything for the better for my DS. He received extra tuition for two years from that point on, and has since excelled at reading. Some of the teachers don't believe he is dyslexic at all because he is doing so well, but I don't think they are all that well-informed about dyslexia. DS's short-term memory is atrocious and he needs lots of help with concentration and learning new facts. He still reverses some of his letters and he still gets confused about remembering the most ordinary facts (yesterday he asked us when his birthday was - he's 10, FFS!).
I hope your daughter does well at her new school.
MiniM - potty training - argh! DS1 was a dream and got the hang of it really quickly, but I thought I'd never get DS2 out of nappies. Still, it is only a brief phase really and they all get the hang of it in the end. Good luck and hope you don't have too many accidents to clear up.
Positive - would love to know the backstory to not seeing PIL for 10 years. In the meantime, I'm glad to hear that justifying not visiting them spurred you into flying to dizzying heights.
Nick - no trees - not even a park ?
DEM - can't keep up with your list. I am very a bit in awe of your ability to combine flying with various craft projects. You are putting us all to shame! I was probably one of the worst at sewing in our needlework classes at school.
Quick wave to Ellie, who popped in briefly.
Today is my 'getting ready for the holidays' day, so I have a very long list (which is downstairs in the kitchen, so I won't bore you with it). In addition to getting stuff done in town, I have to do the washing and somehow pack all our stuff into one rucksack. For the first time ever, DH is not driving us to my mum's, we are going by public transport. This was impossible before, but as DC are now 4 and 10, I think we should be able to cope. The journey will take about 4 hours and involve two train journeys and three buses. Am a bit apprehensive, to say the least. Luckily, my mum is going to meet us halfway through the journey to help us.
Also want to do a quick tidy and clean in the house to leave it in a good state for DH. He very kindly said I didn't need to worry about that, but I worry about what state the house will get into during my 12 days away otherwise. (Last time I came back from my mum's, I did 5 hours of cleaning and tidying just to get the house back in order again).
I won't be able to go on MN much whilst I'm away, but will probably check in now and again on my mum's computer. We are hiding her computer from my DS1 though, otherwise he will want to spend all his time on it. Annoyingly, that means we can only go on it when he isn't there.
Must get on now. Waves to all and anyone I've missed above - I can't keep up with all the Flybabies anymore.