Welcome 2008

Happy new year everyone. Apart from Flo's joyous arrival, 2007 wasn't a great year for us and we were quite glad to see it pass. As ever, about a gazillion people collected on every spare blade of grassy parkland there is around Sydney Harbour to welcome in the new year with fireworks displays that have made new year in Sydney famous. As for us? Rob worked a night shift and I watched the 9pm fireworks on Tv before falling into bed slightly Princess Margaret. We figured we'd been to enough Sydney fireworks parties that missing one year wasn't going to kill us. We made up for it by celebrating with a festive, long, lazy lunch in our garden on January 1st with our friends Bella and Duncan, and their three boys, plus Bella's parents over from the UK.

We have lots on this year. Flo starts at Scarlett's nursery two days a week from mid February (sob), I go back to work a week later (double sob). We are hoping to sell our house in April before we head to Lord Howe Island for my 40th, and then find and buy our dream family home at some point in the year. If all goes well, we'll be in before Christmas and will hopefully be able to head to NZ for new year. Deep breath, here we come 2008.