Thanks Joe, i misunderstood the shaky head at the end of your first response to my first post on this thread. yes, by getting Jane's aunt here, just that one stone would kill so many birds. We just got back from hols, and with the long dark days to look forward to the wife is feeling a little down along with backache from being 2 days short of 16 weeks pregnant, not that we are complaining about that ! At least by getting her aunty here she will feel less home sick or rather, family sick. She dont miss the heat pollution flys etc etc just her family. We dont get the chance to go back until next October so its a long time to wait. She will be able to perfect her cooking, go into town, she can and does now but wld feel better not alone and or course, return to work on a part time basis.