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The girls were saying they didn't have enough room in their wardrobes, they are a bit small for all the clothes they have, so we racked our brains to see if we could come up with a solution, the only thing we could think of was to build another wardrobe for them to share, but where?. The only place that had a bit of space was the family room, we moved the TV and media unit to make the wardrobe.

Scott made a trip to bunnings for the supplies he would need to build one.

And set about constructing the wardrobe. The things we have to do to fit five adults, one dog and their belongings into one house!!!, we always seem to be robbing Peter to pay Paul as far as space goes.

We didn't have enough room to fit doors onto the wardrobe so we bought a pair of sheer curtains from spotlight on clearance from $80-$30 and hung them across the opening.

We also put the media unit back in where it came from to give them extra storage space.

Thursday 2nd May, Cerys realised she had lost her driving license so until she gets a new one, she has to refrain from continuing with her driving lessons. Friday, I took Jodie out for a 70 minute night drive. Saturday, I took Jodie out for a 65 minute night drive.

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