Hello ho ho! Happy Christmas everyone out there. What a great holiday! Thanks to all you family and friends for being so generous! We have been doing pretty well down here in NZ despite all the economic turmoil. Darrel and I have had some big changes lately on the jobs front, I just starteda new one and Darrel is exploring some entreprenurial ideas, including mushroom farming! We have been blessed with some amazing folks for flatmates over the last few months, Jen is off cruisng the north island for her summer holidays and her German friends, Connie and Christian, are staying here in her place. The last few days we have been cooking for each other, it's a great way to experience and share cultures. Better get packing we are heading to do some tramping and camping down south!