Well, we are enjoying our stay here in sunny California. Codi is thriving and we are thriving being in the thick of all we love... we launched refurber.com recently in addition to the vibEngine family and am so happy minti members are continuing to get value out of minti and sharing and supporting each other through the stages of parenting. I havent been on Minti blogging or replying to minti mail much since we arrived as there was so much to do.

But I was search and reading a lot on Minti. I am now setting up my minti watch list to follow search terms on the minti site, as well as external news feeds from Australia to try and keep in touch. I heard that Wesfarmers bought Coles, like the biggest acquisition in Aussie history...I wonder how's the footy going and that you are all putting jumpers on. We have really found a lovely pocket to live in over here and it really reminds me of home, so it makes it very easy to get into family life here at the same time, working in technology here. Codi is doing fantastic, a lot of aussies are here for their tech start ups. Ning the do-it-yourself social network just raised $44m with an initial injection of $9m, with a CEO, 27 staff, they are going to develop big.

Were I am in my stage of life, Vibe has only 3 semi-retired co-founders with $2.8m in funding. We are having fun and enjoying where we are at with Minti, Refurber, our partner site BuildingInLondon and new development sites already in the pipeline. If I had $44m I would be able to attract so many eyeballs it would be amazing, but not at the cost of us being in family mode! and I am only 30...

I do feel such a sense of contentment, even flow, my brain is being worked and I am thinking more innovatively than I have ever before. I do feel more relaxed, yet working lots, but I have been able to sort out a really good balance, for shareholders, being a wife, entrepreneur and every other title i have. I think it's called being in the zone and in my element. Added to doing what I am passionate about - success will only be the byproduct.