My wife had her 30th birthday (and corresponding party) on Friday. There was a pretty awesome turnout, too. It was around (and maybe more than) 20 people. We had it at a restaurant nearby called "Ripe." It was a pretty good time. We were there just chatting and eating from 7:00 to about 11:00 ( Read more... )

I guess it's a new year. Our new year was... frankly, completely uneventful. Though, this year, we made it to midnight. Sure, we were already in bed and trying to fall asleep, but I did at some point look up in a daze to see that it was midnight ( Read more... )

We had a really nice Christmas here in Texas. The boy loved it. I have to say though, he didn't get the whole Christmas experience in my opinion. I mean, I have that memory from my childhood where I went down stairs to see the tree suddenly full of presents. But, he didn't have that. I mean, first of all, he sleeps on the first floor. So, there you ( Read more... )

I've returned to my Java roots. I stopped making excuses and downloaded a bunch of Java stuff. There's a world of free tutorials online and I even ordered a book as well. The book is mostly because going back and forth from tutorial to program is a little obnoxious. Alt+Tab: read some, Alt+Tab: type some, Alt+Tab, Alt+Tab, Alt+Tab. Ugh. So, I'm ( Read more... )

I have, at this point, passed both my A+ and Network+ certifications. Now I'm stuck on "what's next?" I think what I want to do is (re)learn Java. I'd like to try to do some development work and build an Android App, or I don't know, just do programming. I've been making tons of excuses about getting started though. I mean, one of my excuses is ( Read more... )

I worked late today. Quite late. They're giving me overtime to build another website. I don't mind. I mean, I like programming and I like money, so I don't think I can complain too much. Still, I just resent it a little bit that I'm the only one who can do these things. I mean, part of it is flattering, right, I'm the man and I have to do this ( Read more... )

We had a good Thanksgiving. There were six adults and six children. It was a bit of a mad house, but it was still a lot of fun. The wife made a turkey-rollup that was exceptionally good. We didn't have family over, it was just friends from in town. It was fun though. The kids were all roughly the same edge, except for the two that weren't. And they ( Read more... )

My son doesn't sleep in. He just won't do it. So, here I am, at 6:00am, blogging, while my son watches Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. I'm too tired to play, so I'm letting TV babysit him. I have no idea how to get him to sleep longer. Mostly, I just don't have the energy to try to get him back to sleep. I gotta feed him, get him something to ( Read more... )

My son did not sleep well last night. He went to bed okay, I think he was out by 8:30pm. The trouble is that he woke up at 4:00am. Then he would not go back to sleep. He didn't cry, he seemed perfectly willing to try to go back to sleep. I'd tuck him in, then sing to him for about 15 minutes, and he seemed completely asleep, but then after I ( Read more... )

Change is hard. Change is slow. Change is needed ( Read more... )