Yeah I love AJAX and Jquery. I'd like to learn PHP and JS.Excellent to hear mate. It's good work but can get overwhelming very quickly as I am sure you know.
C++ is a good language C# now being the boy along with php, jQuery and Ajax etc, again I am sure you know this too
@mr&mrs sparks being a stay at home mum is perfectly normal and hard work!
As for your brother, yeah it's a hell of a thing.. Hope he's alright.