Thanksgiving week. A time to think about everything good in your life. A time to reflect upon things that have made your life better or make it better. Lots of people write blogs about this or post their thankful lists to Facebook, and I think its great that people share this stuff. It should happen more often. We shouldn’t wait for a holiday to tell people we’re thankful that they are in our lives… but I guess its good we do have at least one reminder a year to do so.
Anyway, here’s what I’m most thankful for this year:
And of course, a few other things:
My parents
My Sister and her family
My Brother and Reesie
My awesome group of friends
All my extended family of incredible grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.
My In-Law’s
eBay and having a job in this shit economy and for having a wonderful home (even though I hate the location)…
And lots of other stuff that I’m sure I’ll regret not putting on this list
Truly what I’m most thankful for this year is my family. Jo is an amazing woman and friend and mother and wife. Katelynn is incredibly smart and talented and is such a great kid. And Maya. Maya has changed my life. She is just the most incredible little person in the world, and I’m so thankful Jo talked me into this whole baby thing…
Jo had an ultrasound this morning, and we found out we’ll be having a baby girl on (or around) 1/4/11! Everything looked great in the ultrasound, and we could almost see her trying to suck her little thumb!
We’re super excited! Now its time to start deciding on names and room colors and all that good stuff.
I’ll likely be taking my 2nd sabbatical around then. It’ll be great to have some time off to spend with Jo and the baby when she first comes.
Woo!
I know it’s not very easy to see, but this is the baby’s head and her little hand on the right…
Still crazy busy…. This project will never end it seems. However, I am up for a new position at eBay. Hoping to hear something soon on that. It will still be with this same program, but in more of a specialized role, which would be nice. It’d be refreshing to focus on one thing or a few things rather than the entire program as a whole.
Jo and Katelynn and I are doing good. Life is moving along so fast. We’ve got some great things happening in our lives right now, and I’m looking forward to the next few years.
I’ve been at eBay for 10.5 years now. That’s just nuts. It has gone so fast. I’m up for my 2nd sabbatical, which is awesome. I haven’t scheduled anything yet, but looking forward to taking a month off to focus on family and other things. It is much needed.
I started collecting vinyl over the past year or so, and I’ve now got around 110 albums. It’s a fun, expensive, but awesome hobby. There is something truly romantic and enthralling about playing a record from beginning to end, just as the artist meant it to be. Music is so therapeutic… I don’t know where I’d be without it.
Ok, I’m done for now. I’ll keep trying to post updates more often… if only for my own sanity and remembrance. Hope you’re all doing well.
I’ve been working on this huge project at work now for 1.5 years, and the time has gone incredibly fast. But so much has happened in that time.
Jo and I just celebrated our 3rd anniversary. I can truly say that I love her more than yesterday, and I’ll love her more tomorrow. My life has only grown richer and I love every moment we spend together.
Katelynn is growing like crazy! She’ll be taller than me in a couple more years… She is doing awesome at Ice Skating, and is also excellent in school and taking pre comp swimming classes. Busy girl!
I need to start posting updates more often. We are super busy all the time it seems. But life is good.
Stumble it!
