A new year, a new gear...

Happy New Year to everyone! I had a fantastic NYE with sister-in-law Mel - we drove out to the boonies in the rain (only got briefly lost) and spent the night grooving to Adam's band. Ben was with his Grandparents and Mummy got a sleep in! Woo!

I am very excited about the possibilities 2010 holds! Haven't made any resolutions this year, rather just a general aspiration to be better than last year... unfortunately that involves confronting the issue of the lack of exercise I'm doing. Ugh.

I am planning on going back to work part-time, after 18 months of holding the coveted position of 'lady of leisure'.... little bit nervous, but mainly psyched at the prospect of earning some money again. This is quite a dominant factor in my decision to return to work since we began the studio -who knew that such a project would cost so much!! (Well, ok, we did... but it still hurts).

Adam also returns to work next week after a 2 week Christmas break. We kept his holiday clear of commitments (meaning fun stuff) so that he and his Dad would be able to knock over a large chunk of the building... unfortunately, the weather had other plans. It has rained cats and dogs here for the past week. We've had a lake in our backyard and flooding in our street. The grass has grown on average 3 inches everyday, and so we now officially live in the jungle. When the rain did stop, the sun shone. And shone.... And shone. By 9am the guys were dropping like flies, and our attempt at providing shade (in the form of a portable gazebo) ended up at the bottom of the pool after a run in with a freak wind gust. So, Queensland weather has triumphed, and not as much progress was made as hoped. We are, however, keeping the sunscreen and insect repellent companies in business.

Not to worry though, the guys are all geared up to pick up the pace now that the new year has rolled around.

While I'm all about only looking forward and not back and all that, I will have to back track a little bit for the next few posts. As previously mentioned, we embarked on this madness in October and so there is quite a few blanks to fill in to get to where we are now. Luckily, I have lots of progress photos and video to make it easy to remember each stage...

So, stay tuned.