The smell of mold was getting stronger and stronger in our bathroom, and finally I complained to Michael, as my asthma was flairing every time I went in there!

Michael discovered that the grout was falling away left right and center, and some of the tiles were easily lifted off, so he has chipped them all away and left it to dry so he can fix it all properly, but it means the children have their wsh in the laundry tub, and Michael and I can only have sponge baths (as we don't fit!!)

Augh!!! I hate not being able to have a shower!!!

And its been sooooo hot!

I am a bit paranoid about mold, though, as my Mum caught pneumonia  because of mold spores, and I really, REALLY don't want to catch pneumonia!!!!!

On the plus side, however, I'm sure we're saving HEAPS on our water bill!

Malachi is writing like a pro, and learning to sound out words, (though he doesn't have a lot of confidence yet, as there are so many different ways of saying each letter!).

Hadassah has no interest in letters or numbers, but she has better dress sense than any child her age I know.

Phebe can count to three, and she is saying all sorts of words now, AND gives the BEST bear hugs ever!!

Here I thought every one was being consistantly quiet, but now I've just discovered that my watch list is not working the way it used to, and I've been missing blog conversations from just about EVERYONE!!! Worse still, I cannot seem to make it work, though I think I have followed the instructions given as best as I can . . .

Can any one help me out? I do not have time to go to each individual and check to see what I've missed, but I do not want to miss anything either!!

We are not big spring cleaners as a rule, I mean, we like our stuff, you know?

But our church is having a garage sale and we wanted to help, and so I started to half heartedly look through this and that, saw some stuff I didn't really love, and so it began!

Three car loads later and we are left considerable lighter and wondering where we kept all the stuff.

But wait - theres more! There are still pockets of stuff to look through, and I just can't seem to stop!

Help me! Somebody! Please! I've caught the spring cleaning bug!!