sticks head round door. Hello girls, I'm drowning in coursework, but thought I'd drop by. Hello to the newbies and the oldies alike.
Chops I'm glad things are in the open, your dd must feel so relieved that she can talk to you. I've nabbed the idea of a notebook and have passed the idea on to someone else.
Trips your posts of teenage shenanigans fills me with dread, I suppose I can only keep on dying my greys and be thankful if I have any hair left by the time mine reach that stage.
Things are good in the pixi house, after 4.5 years of living here, dh finally has a local job (not in his preferred field but he can live with that for now). Means another period of adjustment for us, just as we'd gotten used to him being home full time, but so far, so good. 
DS3 is gearing up for school in Sept. He cannot wait to join the others. I'm convinced the family is complete, but feeling slightly bereft at the thought of them all growing up and not being needed quite as much. Doesn't help that people around me keep having gorgeous babies 
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Dts are going though a strange stage, they are not as close as before 
, at school dt1 is mainly interested in her female friends so dt2 has had to find solace elsewhere (mainly in the computers). Their teacher assures me that they seek each other out when they encounter something new but I miss the days when they were very obviously best friends. At home dt2 has teamed up with ds3 (to the extent that people assume they are twins) and if there is mischief to be had they'll be behind it. But on the whole they're growing and life is getting (dare I say it) easier. I'm contemplating the possibilities of work from Sept 
if anyone would have me 
, for now I'm doing some voluntary work, to dip my toes in.
I really must try harder to keep up with the thread, only for some reason it doesn't work well on my android phone.