It is no secret now that New Zealand is officially in a recession.

And now the signs are becoming blatantly obvious as I look around Auckland - businesses are shutting down or having massive

It's time to do stage two of my website .... exciting but what a task!!

When I started My Canvas earlier in the year I needed a website quickly and with limited (very limited :-) budget I had the current site built which was fab but now it's ready for a re vamp.

I have been looking at other sites to get ideas and by doing things like this blog have realised that blogging is

Hi Everyone

Well this week is a new experience as I'm working away from home for a few days in Christchurch which is VERY cold ..... bbrrrrrrrr.

In my previous life working in corporate I would just set an out of office to say I was working 'off site' and advise an alternate contact or that I would be checking emails intermitently blah blah but not so easy

Well 2008 has started with a hiss and roar - we're in April already and I've not done anything I planned to do.  I realise things change and you can't plan for everything -but I found myself heading back to Paid employment part time. 

Partyfind has picked up business -but I have found myself lacking the enthusiasm to continue.   I feel I've somewhat lost

Preservation and storage of your family history all those old photos that are stored in boxes in cupboards fading away and old video (do you even have a video machine to play them on!) are they safe from fire, floods and theft!  All your digital photo's - how would you feel if you lost the lot because of a hard drive crash or if the CD you copied them to had a scratch and is damaged. 

What a year!  I don't think i've stopped for a breath.  I've read back over the blurb i've written this past year and can't believe how time has flown and I have so much more still to do.! 

We are still not over the shock and enjoyment of having adopted Daniel last Nov 06 and has just turned 1!!!! so the first half of 07 was focused on adjusting to the