So, I'm officially on leave now (and have been for a couple of days). Have had grand plans of blogging every day on I'm leave... not off to a great start however :) heh. Most of the Xmas shopping is done (still need to get Steph something), the tree is up (and Aurora is pretty happy with that), celebrated Wilma's birthday yesterday and other than that, am lookign forwards to some time in a state of semi-non-work (it's hard for me to completely turn off...). Aim for this break is to; a.) celebrate Aurora's birthday in style, b.) spend some quality one-on-one time with Aurora, c.) same as b, except with Steph, d.) combination of b and c to result in quality family time, e.) play some guitar, f.) clean the back shed / garage, g.) get finances in order (been a bit "loose" over the past couple of months while I've been away). And if we could get away for a bit, that would be nice as well. Seems a fair list I think.