Jeez, where did that nine months go?

I've been remiss in posting here, and now I feel bad about it. Plenty of stuff has been going on so let me summarise it quickly and maybe get back on track again.

I got another job. I'm a Consultant for TimeFrame, and we specialise in IT Billing systems for Law and Accounting firms...the big ones. I managed (mismanage?) the Melbourne office

Casey graduated from high school. Her VCE scores weren't stellar, but still ok to get access to many many univerisities. We are waiting to see what happens there. Casey went to Bali for her schoolies break (3 weeks)

Kirby is still chilling with her friends. she got her BMX. She decided to change school rather that drop out, and this year she will school locally and is getting ready fo a Deb ball in August.

Dee is happy in her job, but she was diagnosed with MS late last year and had an incident before Chirstmas when her legs stopped working properly and she ended up in Hospital on a drip.

Our Christmas new year was very quite, and we drove to Wendy's for the Christmas lunch/dinner. It was very nice to be with family.

We are looking at building a new (nicer) house. sorting out the finances now.

We will continue to be busy this year, but I'll try to write a bit more in here as well

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