It is way too time consuming, even worse than this website. I'm lucky my dd being in the States brings me out fabulous stuff at a fraction of the price here. I am actually expected to keep up and I send her photos of what I have done - the ones she really likes she copies to save her heaps of time. Try to keep the written memories and milestones, they are the things you forget the fastest, just a notebook does and when you get time down the track you can put it all together. DD made me laugh, she was so confident once the eldest started school she would have sooooooo much time and there would be far less activities to photo......... ha!! she is busier than ever she helps out at school, there is some family activity every week and Miss 6 has become involved in so many after school activities - piano, art, Girl Scouts, soccer, baseball, basketball, swimming plus play dates and parties, DD's feet hardly touch the ground. As well there are always family and friends travelling and visiting.

I like the sound of a mini-reunion. Especially if it involves desert!. Hello everyone : ) nwduck, you are just beginning your season, while here today is the grand final of Aussie Rules Football. Though I'm not a fan, it seems the whole country has come to a grinding halt today. haha The big excitement of today's game, is that an 'underdog' team is playing. They haven't got into the finals in about eighteen years or something. :)

I think I'd go that route. Plus, if you are renting, the landlord (and their insurance company) may have requirements regarding what you can do. I've been renting the same apartment for the last 12 years. Just a few years ago, the new owners (third since I've been here) informed us that grills could no longer be kept on upper balconies and had to be moved to ground level. They couldn't even be stored on the upper levels. Their insurance company insisted this be done. I would certainly check with the owners to see if there are any limitations before you even put a grill on your balcony. I was surprised after so many years without that issue but I think there had been a fire on a ground floor patio and then it affected everyone. C'est la vie.

Sorry, nothing to do with brick colour. Could someone please tell me why the bricks have the break in their construction with half bricks then start again with another half brick. I live in WA and 95% of our homes are double brick construction not brick veneer. I have never seen this line in a building wall before. Could anyone enlighten myself as to why this is done. Is it due to shifting ground, and if one wall cracks it will stop at the break in the wall. It looks like two independent walls.