Welcome to 2008!

I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year. Mine was pretty full on, with Christmas Eve day spent on the Gold Coast with my Dad & Step-Mum, then back to Brisbane that night for Christmas Eve with family (our European celebrations) until the early hours of the morning.

Then Christmas Day we were up early to have some time together before my son went to his Dad’s for the day while I stayed home baking Pavlova and Rum Balls.At 3.00pm I set off to collect my son and head to my sister’s home for Christmas dinner and more Christmas festivities - another late night.

No chance of a sleep in on Boxing Day - we were off into SouthBank Parklands to meet with my Aunt and Uncle, visiting from Cairns, along with a cousin and her family, Mum and one of my sisters. We thought it would be crowded over there but thankfully the Christmas sales and torrential rain kept most people away. Not us though… we managed to find semi-shelter under some trees and enjoyed soggy, fresh garlic prawns and scallop mornay (my cousin caught them up in Cairns and sent them down here with his Dad, my Uncle). We were grateful when SouthBank’s famous Plough Inn pub opened at noon so we could go and take over… I mean, sit quietly in a corner, out of the rain 

Then on the 27th, we rested! Who would have thought partying and celebrating Christmas could be so exhausting?! Oh, and food… I don’t think I need to eat anything for another couple of weeks yet!

Here’s to 2008 - I wish you a year full of health, wealth, love and happiness