I finally got to the point that I can let Ellie make the coffee now, without correcting anything

Wow now I bet she's happy about that! When you live together there WILL be a period of adjustment - god knows Jamie and I used to fight in that stage of our union! - but you settle into a rhythm after a while. Sometimes you just need to let shit go and realise even though they do things differently, it doesn't matter and isn't worth niggling over.

I do have a heap of natural remedies on hand, and when that fails, I turn to other things. Had to laugh, I went to doc just to confirm I was doing what I knew I should be, and he asked what I was doing. I said I was using comfrey cream. 'What's that? Com - free?' he said. I do wish they'd give these doctors at least a crash course on common and useful herbal remedies.