January 2009
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Sara Paige Garland
Born: Wednesday, January 28th, 2009 Time: 1:57pm Weight: 7 pounds, 11 ounces Length: 20.5 inches I’ve been waiting for this post (since it’s my 200th post) to introduce you all to a new addition to our family. Please welcome Sara Paige Garland. We would like to thank everybody for their thoughts, prayers, and gifts. Mom and baby are now resting and are doing very well. We’re all a...
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Today is a momentous day.
Regardless of your politics, agendas, or viewpoints. Today is a momentous day. Today is a day that Americans can be proud of our democracy, proud of our progress of equality, and excited for what the future will bring. I am excited that my daughters will never remember a world before today. I’m so proud of our country and Obama’s leadership has already inspired me to do our part to...
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Kate Jessup's Princess Party 2009
Our Kate’s friend, Kate Jessup, had her 3rd birthday party today and it was a princess party. I had decided to play some with our new camcorder and ended up going all out and produced this fun little video for the Jessups. Still working out the kinks with the video encoding process through iMovie 08 (no clue what I’m doing there). Girls are fun. Video below. ...
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What do you want?
I’ve been struggling a bit with what to write about lately and can’t decide what would be of interest to people. I usually just write (maybe I should anyway) but I get frozen up. So what would you like me to write about? Here’s some things I know a bit about: - Gastric Bypass - Running a small family business - Building software products - Working with people - and...
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Brad equals Band Geek
That’s right. I played trumpet all the way through high school. Loved the ability to play and create. I have been finding some old standards I listened to back in the day (Maynard Ferguson for example) and came across this recent gem. I could play the Star Spangled Banner but much MUCH crappier and couldn’t even hit the notes Arturo Sandoval does here. If you haven’t played...
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30 days away from Mr. Email
Today marks the 30 days since I posted my breakup letter to Mr. Email and wanted to post an update. I wanted to come back, as promised, and posted how it went. The Goods I CAN DOOOO IT!!! - Yeah, it’s possible to only check your email twice a day and survive. It definitely took some self discipline and I wasn’t perfect everyday (see below) but it can work. What I noticed is that it...
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30 days away from Mr. Email
Today marks the 30 days since I posted my breakup letter to Mr. Email and wanted to post an update. I wanted to come back, as promised, and posted how it went. The Goods I CAN DOOOO IT!!! - Yeah, it’s possible to only check your email twice a day and survive. It definitely took some self discipline and I wasn’t perfect everyday (see below) but it can work. What I noticed is that it...
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30 days away from Mr. Email
Today marks the 30 days since I posted my breakup letter to Mr. Email and wanted to post an update. I wanted to come back, as promised, and posted how it went. The Goods I CAN DOOOO IT!!! - Yeah, it’s possible to only check your email twice a day and survive. It definitely took some self discipline and I wasn’t perfect everyday (see below) but it can work. What I noticed is that it...