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donnyc - you are a great uncle! It's lovely to hear someone so involved with their nieces and nephews, but I'm sorry

Geez - I thought my laptop without the number 5 was bad - thank goodness they didn't go that far! I have had a flat screen monitor blown up by water sprayed on it by a 3 year old boy, and just recently another 3 year old boy put 5 (count them! 5!) discs in the Wii - thanks to ebay and a special screwdriver, they were all recovered but 1!

Looks great, but as the wife of an electrical contractor in Australia, the following kind of sticks in my throat:
- I would recommend that you spray the cardboard with a fireproof spray so that it doesn't go up in flames after a few hours with the light on.
- in Australia we have strict regulations that electrical installations only be conducted by someone qualified to do so.

The lampshade does look great, and it is a great idea Charles. There are so many different ways to safely customise your existing lights - sorry to be a party pooper, but everybody need to be reminded that messing with electricity is dangerous.

mistymoo09- unfortunately that "average" middle range wage is quite low - we don't qualify for any payments, but we do get 50% back every quarter for child-care costs (which is not means tested). We currently pay $65.00 per day for childcare, of which we get back 50% - that is pretty cool, but unfortunately childcare centres just happen to raise their fees whenever a new refund measure is announced. Our costs have risen from $40.00 per day in 2005 to $65.00 now in 2010!

Still, better to be in Australia than the US by the sounds of it! I had no idea that infant mortality rates and maternity leave conditions were as bad as they are there.