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2010

Another year, another theme to try out. Simple, but complete, with little dicking around needed to make it look decent.

For 2010, I started to create a list of things I want to do with the family this year. Now that Glenn is getting old enough to remember things and actually enjoy things more, here are some fun things to try and do:

Go to Indiana Beach. Both Tiffany and Glenn have never been there. It is not a imposing (or expensive) as Great America. He has not been to an amusement park yet.
Go back to the Heston Steam Museum. He still loves trains.
Apple picking in Indiana in the fall, with better clothing this time.
Miniature golf (I know Tiffany will just love this suggestion.)
More Picnics
Possible picnic birthday for Glenn.
More library visits. It’s a great resource that none of us use enough.

Posted by admin on January 11, 2010 in General Comments

More layoffs

May 08

More layoffs at work last week. They let go of I would say about another 20% of the people. Total for the year, 26% is my best guess. Orders are down about that much so far, but leveling off at 25% less than lass year. European automotive market is in the toilet, domestic manufacturing and construction, ditto. For now, I am still hanging on. I must say, this is about the worst I have ever seen the economy, first hand. Stores are still somewhat busy, but, remember, many stores went out of business. Linens n’ Things, Circuit City, Tweeter, and countless local businesses are out.

On a personal note, Glenn is being very challenging, but, he is two going on three. He is talking more. I think he can talk a lot better than he lets on. He loves watching people play driving games like Burnout and Mario Kart. I am looking forward to the weekend. After a week o computers, technology, and electronics at work, it is nice to touch things that don’t use electricity, like the Glenn Monster, Wifey, and a good book (on paper).

Posted by admin on May 8, 2009 in Family, General Comments

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Rough year so far

January 24

Haven’t been in much of a blogging mood. The company I work for laid off about 10 to 15% of its workforce Thursday, so that was not a happy day. I still am employed, but we lost one person from our department. It was across the board, salaried and hourly people. At least they offered a decent severance package, from what I heard. Still, sucks to be out of work in this economic climate. The sign of a good company is they cut costs before they start losing money, instead of after. We shall see what the year holds ahead.
In tech news, I have only been using Opera at home for my web browsing and e-mail. I really like the news feed reader as well. Been very stable under Linux. Windows, meh, but I blame the piss poor memory management of Windows for that one.
Glenn is doing OK. Learning a lot and being hyper at times, but very cute at other times. No more crib for him, he looks very cute in his real bed.
Still looking forward to vacation. At least at work I am not the only one still taking a vacation. My cube mate is going down to Florida next month for a week of golf and relaxation. Life goes on. I miss seeing mountains and trees not planted by man. I also love the arts and craft community as well, it is nice seeing locally made things.

Posted by admin on January 24, 2009 in Family, General Comments

End of 2008.

December 28

What year it has been. Glenn has grown so much, it is hard to believe he was just an 18 month old last Christmas. His walking is perfect now, he can jump and skip (his version of skipping, anyways) and his fine motor skills are impressive. He is still not a huge talker, but it getting better. He can count up to 10 on his own and knows the entire alphabet. Overall, a lot of development.

On Christmas eve we went out to my inlaw’s house. 2 helpful hints, never discuss where you would like to get buried at the Christmas dinner table and clothes are boring gifts. Boring as a child, boring as an adult. Unless you really need clothes, I think Christmas is a time for fun gifts, and, you know, things you actually asked for. Slacks are not fun.

Christmas day was good. The meal was very very good. The roast was excellent along with the cheese ball. The gifts were good as well, got what I wanted and are actually fun gifts. Glenn got a great haul, including a Big Wheel and a camera. I remember riding a big wheel when I was the little guy. It was a lot of fun, and Glenn already enjoys it. I am sure he will enjoy it more when he can reach the pedals better. By summer I am sure he will be hauling ass around the neighborhood. By the way, the latest Depeche Mode album is very good, back to more syth sound than some more recent albums.

The day after Christmas is our anniversary, in this case, our 6th. It went well, we went and visited some of our old haunts when we were dating, including Harlem Irving Plaza and Capt’n Nemo’s. It was worth the drive and crappy traffic. That night though, we got a big thunderstorm, so bad it scared Glenn. He slept in bed with us a while, which he has never done before. It was so sad,when I picked him up, he was so scared he was shaking. He calmed down with us and even gave mommy a little back massage.

So today we have just been getting stuff done around the house before it blows away. We had a brown out for about 2 hours today. It was about the longest power interruption I have seen here.

Tomorrow the tree comes down. It is pretty and all, but I would like a chunk of the room back.

Posted by admin on December 28, 2008 in Family, General Comments, Glenn