Snow?! Nooooooo! I am really hoping it doesn't snow too much this year. The car def will not cope with it. And I don't fancy training in the snow. Glad your mum is settling down though. x
Soks, I miss those days when they could all be in bed that early! Don't miss the felt tip days or the potty training though! 
Rant alert!
So annoyed with dd. Day before yesterday she announced she had to stay after school yesterday to resit a test. School is 4 miles away, car is a rusty unreliable heap of poo, and the late bus is expensive. Another child had taken it home, she said. But her teacher had got angry and told her she should walk home if there were no alternatives.
I was not pleased, sent a slightly arsey email saying that after school wasn't an option atm til we get the car sorted next month, complaining about no notice etc, and that my 14 year old dd was not walking 4 miles in the dark alone.
Email back from the teacher, this was actually the third attempt at getting her into a detention! First two she simply did not attend, so it was understandable that he was getting peed off. It was supposed to be in her record book, so she had lied about that too. 
She is getting so deceitful! Sat she was grounded, but allowed out to the library to do some work. Went out with a full face of makeup so i sent ds and dt1 off to check a while later. She wasn't there. She was grounded because it took a full day to clean up her room last week to get it ready for property viewings because it was coated in dust, mould and litter. Plus she had drawn on walls, etched into wood, etc.
She has broken three computers, her tablet, an iPod, and a decent phone. Hence having to go to the library for school work. She is sooo lazy and careless! I have nothing left to sanction her with any more. She is now grounded and I have confiscated her phone.