Waiting game

THESE kids of our are growing huge! I'm not sure whether it's the sunshine or the sport that's making them sprout up but sprouting up they are.

We have a couple of visitors scheduled to land on our doorstep over the next few months and I'm sure they won't believe their eyes as to how much they've grown. My 11-year-old now measures in at a whopping 5ft 7in - whopping for an 11-year-old!

He obviously has his mother's genes - who continues to have trouble getting trousers long enough. Although I did discover last week that my much missed and beloved Next store now delivers Down Under for $7.95. A small price to pay for something I miss so badly. It was MY store. A store where I knew I'd get sorted with whatever I needed. And it's sorely missed.

But to be honest, I don't have any time to shop. My days and nights are filled with work, social times with friends and the continual refubishment of this gaff. Every day we get a little closer to the conversion of an ugly duckling into a beautiful swan.

There's not enough time in the days though to get this operation underway and converted the way I'd like it. Poor long suffering husband gets up each morning at 5am for his work and has to re-start when he gets home doing the DIY he has become so good at. And I have gotten used to.

I want this and this and this and that... and I don't want it tomorrow. I want it NOW. I want an extra bedroom and I want it NOW. I want a big kitchen and I want it NOW. I want a massive fridge with an ice machine and filtered chilled water dispenser and I want it NOW!

I just have to remain a little patient and keep chipping away at the project we have on our hands. We have a fibreglas swimming pool sitting on the back garden like a randomly landed UFO just waiting to be installed and it's solar powered heating sits in the back of my car until such time as the 12x4m hole gets dug.

But we have plenty of time on our hands I suppose to get these things done. Good things come to those who wait, eh??