It's been a year since we've had anything to say on Islandtime. Or at least had the time to write anything down.

We've settled in to the mundanity of owning an old, broken down house (and realizing we don't really have the money or energy to fix it up), making a large lawn into a moderately sized vegetable garden, keeping up with a 4 year old, not to mention our regular "day" jobs.

While the house continues to win the battles, we have had a respectable harvest from our garden this year. We grew this year's garlic from some of the garlic we had grown the year before. We planted some fruit trees, asparagus, rhubarb and berries for subsequent years.

And the kid has excelled in his "4 year old-ness," particularly in the areas of not listening, temper tantrums, general flailing about and pushing buttons (both real and metaphorical). Oh, and he knows everything, just ask him. His appetite and willingness to eat almost anything have remained steadfast, as has his interest in talking to everyone (we believe he gets the appetite from his Tongan family and the friendliness from his Aussie family).

Anyway, it's been a year. Perhaps it's time to retire Islandtime? or refocus? Something to ponder...