Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone. I hope 2006 is all you wish for.

Thankfully, the weather has cooled down and I can function again. It reached 46 degrees where I live and we lost power for most of the day so there was no respite at all.

I've attached my first LO for the year. This is Bella, the newest addition to our family. We didn't want to replace Lily simply because she was irreplaceable but poor Zak was soooo lonely and when we thought about why we got 2 in the first place we realised we would have to get him a companion. Fortunately, there were still 2 pups left in the litter so Bella is Lily and Zak's sister. She has settled in beautifully and is a welcome member of our family.

I'm pretty excited about a couple of events in 2006. Firstly, there's the Commonwealth Games. I applied to be a volunteer and was accepted on stand-by but have since been given a position. My official title is Arrival and Departure's Assistant. It has something to do with the Games Family hotel but I don't know exactly what it will entail yet. Hopefully, MAS will allow me the time off to participate. I'll be very upset if they don't.

The other thing is a photography short course I'm doing at the Melbourne Camera Club. I really would like to do a 4 year part time course at the Photography Studies College but my shift work makes it impossible - especially night shift. So, this is the next best thing. I'm really aiming to significantly improve my photography this year.

As Marc and Courtney are both adults now and, for the most part, independent, I'm looking forward to much more freedom and a few new experiences I hope.

Hoping you are all as excited about the possibilites 2006 hold as well
Cheers
Pam