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Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years break.

So we’re already  a few days into the new year and I’m just finalising my new years resolutions. I’m doing them a bit differently this year in that I’ll be documenting them and setting target dates with achievable milestones and measurables. In other words, I’ll be able to track and report on my progress through the year. I’ll be posting those soon…

I’ve got a good feeling about 2008. Last year was a bit of a transition year for me career-wise. I took the plunge and quit my permanent job with the aim of going contracting, while building my own consultancy business on the sidelines. I achieved that goal and now have several customers that depend on me for their I.T. needs, all while I have juggled three, different, full-time contracts. So in 2008, I plan to grow the consultancy side of the business to the point where I don’t need to rely on full-time contract roles to supplement my income. (I’ll also be buying a house, raising a daughter, and losing weight/getting fit…)

But I’ll be blogging more on that shortly, and getting back to the title of this post – I’ve brought back my old hairstyle to see in the new year. No more needing to use product, or worrying about hat-hair, or needing to find a good barber/hairdresser. Just a touch-up shave every few weeks and I’m good to go.

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new haircut to see in the new year: http://tinyurl.com/24u8z5

Link: Out with the new, in with the old

Hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years break.

So we’re already  a few days into the new year and I’m just finalising my new years resolutions. I’m doing them a bit differently this year in that I’ll be documenting them and setting target dates with achievable milestones and measurables. In other words, I’ll be able to track and report on my progress through the year. I’ll be posting those soon…

I’ve got a good feeling about 2008. Last year was a bit of a transition year for me…

jan2008

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It’s been a really good Christmas break so far with just New Years Eve celebrations to go. Christmas started with the traditional braai on Christmas Eve with friends and family joining us for a feast of steak and boerewors.

We then spent Christmas morning at home and of course it was Elliot’s first Christmas so she got to open presents first.

Meanwhile Dad was cooking up a storm in the kitchen – unfortunately the weather was a bit crappy so couldn’t get out the Skottel, so we had to skip that tradition.

Elliot didn’t mind though, she was loving her new presents: a wooden xylophone and a trolley filled with wooden blocks with the letters of the alphabet and numbers on them.

Link: Christmas Day in Pictures

It’s been a really good Christmas break so far with just New Years Eve celebrations to go. Christmas started with the traditional braai on Christmas Eve with friends and family joining us for a feast of steak and boerewors.

We then spent Christmas morning at home and of course it was Elliot’s first Christmas so she got to open presents first.

Meanwhile Dad was cooking up a storm in the kitchen – unfortunately the weather was a bit crappy so couldn’t get out the Skottel, so…

Elliot and Mum’s Dishy Hats (5)