Hey all!!

Ok ... been a while! I admit to being uncontactable and more than 100% immersed in work for the past few weeks, but this weekend sees the end of the most recent project at work, which means that the 3am mornings are done for a little while and I can spend some more time doing stuff I like to do, like keeping all of you up to date!

Anyhow, first things first ... HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD AND LEANNE (for the 2nd) and SEAN AND GRANDAD (for the 5th)!!!

So, with that off my chest ... what's happened since the last update ... well first of all the little fujitsu laptop decided to die on us this week ... which means it has locked in it's little memory all of the photos we've taken since we got here as well as Kristi's uni assignments. She's pretty happy about that, as I'm sure you can imagine! *ouch* (she's reading over my shoulder!) A trip to the "geek squad" yesterday suggests that its the hard drive that's having issues, so I'm going to try and get the guys at work to have a look at it.

Apart from that, and apart from work, we have had Llew and Mel come and stay with us. They were on their way through NY as the first leg of their honeymoon and we managed to get around to a few good restaurants and bars, including Stanton Social, Employees Only and the Back Room ... pics will follow once we get the fujitsu back (I hope!!) Oh, and Mel ... click the link on the Back Room article ... looks like we have areason to go back again ... we missed a whole bar!?

We are also going to try a new experience this weekend by hiring a car and trying to brave the NY traffic, the wrong side of the road, and quite possibly the snow to drive up to Vermont for the weekend. We're staying at Topnotch Resort in Stowe.

We'll take some pics and upload when (if!?) we get back!!

Anyhow ... gotta go to dinner (we're heading to Otto's tonight with some guys from Macquarie).

Will post again soon ... promise!!