it's only been 11 days but sooo much has happened...

it's amazing how much can happen in just 11 short days...

so firstly, meeting with broker went very well and once they recieve a profile from me (I have to write this), then they will be able to 'introduce me' to their clients and get me some work...

xmas was fantastic, bar a short stint in hospital for Ben the night of the 23rd (he's fine now, thanks) - we spent Xmas Eve with his family - his Mum spoiled us rotten - we had a lovely afternoon with them, even though the Evster (our 15 month old nephew) was a bit overwhelmed - reckon he'll enjoy it more next Xmas...then we drove to Canberra - didn't see one cop on the way and got home safely just after 9pm (had an uneventful drive - reckon we've cracked it now - leave Sydney just after 6.30pm and you virtually have the road all to yourself)...had a great Xmas Day with my M & D and Lynne, Graham and Natalie (our oldest family friends, barring their son Paul)...ate, drank and played trivial pursuit, and generally had a fantastic (if not wet - nearly 50 mls of rain in Canberra on Xmas Day) day...

spent another few days in Canberra watching cricket, eating mince pies, visiting with various family friends and then came home late on 27th...again an easy and uneventful drive and very little traffic :-)

i am still wearing the earrings that Ben's mum bought me - they are just gorgeous - blue and clear crystals set in silver - could they be more perfect? and we've eaten our way thru some of the xmas goodies we got - still some to go!

will be doing quite a bit of 'training' and 'strategising' in Jan and Feb (as well as seeing clients, of course) which will see me head out to Elanora Heights, Curl Curl and Melbourne (4 days in early Feb)...the Melb trip is so that i can attend a 'train the trainer' session for a company who's coaching course i did in Nov this year - i loved it so much i asked them if they wanted a Sydney based facilitator and they said YES - very exciting! The trip to Curl Curl is only a day and is another accreditation - this time for an amazing leadership course - one that I did years ago and am really keen to help facilitate and run :-) and then Elanora Heights is a 4 hour meeting with Mandy and her MD hubbie to talk about my involvement/role in their business going forward - so much to do and soooo little time!

so perhaps this means that i should clean up the study so that i have a 'clean' workspace...it's one of those jobs i hate doing, although i always feel so much better once i've done it! perhaps i just need to bite the bullet...

ok, might do another post now - the year in review.....

au revoir xx