Finally to update.

Well the last few months have been very stressful - roll on 2010. Started back in June when Melissa became ill - they finally diagnosed Gall Bladder trouble in July, to cut a very long story short, she was in and out of hospitals (both Atherton and Cairns Base) over the next month or so - very ill with Pancreatitus. They finally did surgery the middle of September in Cairns, am happy to say she has now recovered, back to work and is looking 100%.
During this same period my almost new Washing Machine became ill also and was carted off (under Warranty) by the store I purchased it from for repair - it took me 17 weeks, lots of pointless phone calls and finally a letter of complaint threatening calling upon Department of Fair Trading to get some action - I am pleased to say it is now also home and feeling much better too!!!!! Working a treat!
Also during this period Justine sold Scrap-Pile on-line store - we hardly surfaced for about a week packing orders night and day - until it was finally almost all gone - yeehah!!!!!!! It is so nice to have some down time to just DO NOTHING. Josh is loving having his Mum to himself.
Then in mid-November Justine had to have Day Surgery to remove all her Wisdom teeth,
she was pretty sore for about a week, and so sick of custard and icecream, but happy to say she is now feeling much better too.
ME - well I had quite a bad fall, slipped in water and came down on my ****.
Twisted my ankle and knee and was pretty low for about three weeks - also feeling much better now, although the back is still sore when I have to sit for long periods.
The boys have finished school for this year - they say yeehah!!!!!
Christmas is fast approaching - the boys looking forward to the man in the Red suit coming. All for now.