It's so (relatively) hot!!

(Haha. The blog title is just for Aunty Elaine's sake ;)

Family: Well, a flying visit by Nance's sister Elaine was the highlight of our week. Ezra loved being with her - and really warmed up when he got a Little People Airplane as a pressie! The weather was great too - I lost count of how many ice-creams we had over the course of 4 days! We hope she had a good relaxing time. Being with family is what the holiday season is all about for me :)

Work: The five weeks leave that I have taken this year is not enough according to TelstraClear - so I have been forced to take another 14 days before January 9th. So, with our 16th wedding anniversary coming up, I have taken a five-day weekend starting tomorrow. Then the three days before Christmas, the three days before New Years and the whole week after. It will be a good break and I'm sure work will survive without me ;) I was planning to take three weeks in February so I could do some work on our house (painting, repairing hinges on windows, destroying lawns...) but that would leave me with zero leave. Although, I do get two weeks paternity leave in May for free... Nice! The challenge is to get stuff done over the Christmas break - and to keep the weight under the max for any ladders I may have to climb!

Toy: Our other new child arrived two weeks ago (Samsung Series 5 32" LCD TV) and was working great. But I guess it figured out it would be a distant 4th behind Ezra, Baby and Nance so it went Hulk on me. I have packed it up again and am awaiting a swapout. A cruel blow as I had it all set up and was enjoying it immensely... now if I can only convince Nance to get a 1080p capable piece of equipment to really show it off!! Wish me luck!