Where has the year gone? Since moving to our new home in January 2008 we have a year of head down Monday through Friday and then Saturdays and Sundays spent mowing, unpacking, settling in, furniture shopping (we had a few months of newspaper stuck together in the measurements of potential furniture purchases – Team Kealey never rushes anything), building Shed v1.0, getting to know every nook & cranny of our new home including some time spent in the ceiling by Brian and his Dad over Easter when the Easter Bunny graced us with "the little black box of joy" – the projector for the media room.

Of course we have tried to ensure we spend plenty of “play” time with family and friends – work hard, play hard. We ended 2008 with a successful New Years Eve games extravaganza with some great friends. Pictionary girls vs boys is always the main event with much bending of the rules and it wouldn’t be complete without someone (you know who you are) drawing phallic symbols of some kind.

Brian’s new toy for Christmas is a chain saw, a much needed item with a reasonably wooded 2 acres. Of course he was not allowed to use it on the Christmas tree. 

We’re both currently completing a couple of months of PT to “re-kickstart” an exercise regime. Our new slogan for PT is “PT – the place where they make YOU earn their money”. We don’t have any trekking adventures coming up at this stage but for Peta it’s mainly to get a head start on the BRW Corporate Triathlon training. The event is in April again this year with Peta completing the event in 2008 as her maiden triathlon (400m swim, 10km bike, 4 km run). Brian even managed to snap a picture of Peta transitioning from the bike to run leg with Emma Snowsill – side by side running, well one of them was running – Peta is thumbs up, all smiles for the camera (what race? Am I meant to be competitive or something?) and Emma was already “leaning” into the turn of the corner. Only their mother could tell them apart .

For those that have not seen it yet, here is a link to our Christmas video for 2008 from Brian, Peta, Jerry, Jacky and The Ref.

Wishing everyone a successful 2009 and hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Team Kealey out …. and off to float in the pool and enjoy the remainder of the New Years Day public holiday.