Well - it's been over a year since I last posted in this blog - how very slack of me!
I guess we've been busy building our lives here in Ft Laudy, and writing about everyday life gets a little dull. So - here's a quick re-cap on the year that was:

Lots of Visitors!
Luckily we had a two bedroom condo and an airbed so we were able to host our lovely guests:
Steve and Thomas from Wellie
Paula from London
Mum and Dad from Akld
Ej from LA
Colin from Wellie

A New Condo
Florida is one of the worst-hit states in the housing market bust and subsequent recession. Unfortunately our landlord was a victim to the sub prime loans and lost the apartment to the bank. We didn't have far to move - just right across the river in fact! Our new apartment has great water views and is larger than our last one - and we have a spare room for all those visitors... (check out the view from our balcony - our old apartment building!)



A New Direction
After a couple of years at Da Vinci, Dean decided to part ways and start up his own company - 'Splinter Studios' Focusing on Education, Content, Technology and Services, Splinter Studios will be based out of 'G-Star School of the Arts for Motion Pictures and Broadcasting' in West Palm Beach. We're currently in funding rounds so watch this space for updates! The job market is still very depressed here so I'm spending a lot of time helping Dean with the marketing and sales aspect of Splinter Studios. I'm also involved in some contracting work for small businesses which helps get some $'s in the door.

Sight-seeing in Florida
This year we stayed closer to home and had a 'staycation' as they call it here. We went up north to Sarasota for our 5th Wedding Anniversary, visited St Augustine, Tampa, Mt Dora (note: there is no 'mountain!) and oh yeah, I went to the Bahamas with Paula for a couple of nites.



Things coming up that we're looking forward to:
The Winterfest Boat Parade 12th Dec,
Visitors in Dec: EJ, Sue Doris, Colin, Emerson (hopefully!)
Thanksgiving
Christmas

Well - that's pretty much the year summed up! Hope my lovely readers are all keeping well and continuing to smile. Miss you all and hope that we'll see more of you in 2010. (The only fee to stay is a jar of vegemite and a packet of gingernuts!)

Cheers
Leigh