Archive for July, 2007
A Fresh Start
27 July 2007I’m changing jobs. After 7 years with my current employer it’s time to move on. The decision was difficult for a variety of reasons and not without anguish and guilt. I’m leaving behind some friends that I hold very dear to my heart…friends who have supported me through this process, and who [...]
Dry Spell
12 July 2007I haven’t had a drink since 1998. I’m very proud of that fact. This last year has, at times, greatly tested my resolve to never drink again. I know now that I never will.
WTF?!
12 July 2007Finally after 5 long years a positive pregnancy test! It said so in big letters on the digital: Pregnant. Pretty exciting right? Wrong.
6 subsequent tests were all negative and then physical proof positive that I was not, in fact, pregnant came a day and a half later.
I realize that it [...]
New Photo Software
8 July 2007I’ve updated the photo software we are using for the website. Originally I used JetPhoto, but I was having problems with it crashing on Vista and the Web Manager software would not consistently show the names of my albums. I just changed to JAlbum, which has a cleaner user experience. JAlbum is [...]
Plan B
8 July 2007We’re flying back out to Colorado in two weeks to sign up for another lot. I’m not looking forward to the trip. It’ll cost close to 2k by the time we pay for airfare, car rental, hotel and food. We’ve sunk about 15k into this venture already between the down payment, staging and preperation costs, [...]
Frisbee Anyone?
3 July 2007The dog knows what he likes. And there is nothing he likes more then a good round of frisbee.
Alex taps the back door when he wants to go out. 3 times out of 4 he’ll head out the door, and then turn around and stare back inside, frisbee hanging loosely off his bottom [...]
Fertility Dysfunction
3 July 2007We’ve come to the conclusion that IVF is probably our only chance of having children of our genetic makeup. Unfortunately, that decision comes at a price – or at least the procedure does. We’re talking $25-30k. Not exactly chump change.
For a variety of reasons, IVF is not something we can jump into right now. With [...]
Choices
3 July 2007I’m in a unique position right now. There are two divisions of my company that would like me to work for them and I can’t go wrong either way. One division offers great career growth and opportunities to work on new products in addition to re-joining a great team of people I used [...]
Canceled
3 July 2007We had to cancel the contract on the new house. It’s expected to be ready in about a week, and we’re nowhere near to selling the house. It’s a bit of a mixed blessing. We would love to be moving right now, but we felt like we settled for some things that [...]
Dog Day Afternoon
3 July 2007We took Alex camping for the first time and he did great. The campground was a wonderland of sights, smells, people and activity. We had him on a 30 foot lead that he managed to have tangled around the firepit, the picnic table or both at any given time.
He spent most of the first [...]