As is tradition at this time of year, I always take a look back at what went on in our lives - good and bad, happy and sad, fun and... what's the opposite of fun that also rhymes with bad...? Mad? Hmm the theme this year was maybe about being busy, about working more on the lives we want to create, about trying to find balance. And about Porter, it's always about Porter. So let's round it up! We started the year waking up from a night of camping beside the beach. Not too bad. Except that Porter found the electric fence. And he was so tiny. Poor guy. I was winding up the temping role I had taken on and dove into a ukulele class, a meditation class and weekly Zumba. In February we made the trip up to Kawhia with friends for the kai festival to kick off the month. I was doing two days a week temping and starting to approach getting my business going and ended up with a contract to map the processes of the local tertiary institute and to make recommendations for increas...