Cooking dinner in the Raible household
PowerBook for recipe, beer for motivation.
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10+ YEARS
Over 10 years ago, I wrote my first blog post. Since then, I've authored books, had kids, traveled the world, found Trish and blogged about it all.
RECENT ENTRIES
Sports, Sports, Sports
I've had quite a ride these last couple of days. I started my new project yesterday, and spent the evening at the Monday Night Football game at Mile High Stadium. A buddy and I had great seats thanks to another friend's season tickets - 6th row, 45 yard line. It was awesome - too bad The Broncos lost (24-23) - but at least it was a good game. Tonight, my companion from last night got (free) club-level seats to see The Colorado Avalanche at The Pepsi Center. It was another great game - went into overtime and resulted in a 4-4 tie. Professional sporting events sure are a good time...
Pictures from Halloween and Abbie's Birthday Party
What a great weekend. On Friday afternoon, we took Abbie to the Denver Children's Museum for some trick-or-treating. Checkout the pictures of our little Winnie the Pooh. On Saturday, we had a Birthday Party (1st one!) for Abbie - and here's more pictures for your viewing pleasure.
The Last Day
Today is my last day at my current contract - my new contract starts on Monday. This has to be one of my best "last days" in quite some time. I gave my notice a month ago, and everyone has been super nice ever since. To show you why I think it's a good day, let's review some other last days I've had:
- [Highschool] Fired from McDonalds after 1 1/2 years for calling in sick and going to a basketball game (a co-worker saw me and reported me).
- [Real World] Gave two weeks notice (contract was ending as well). Escorted out of building two days before my last day for telling head honcho of Marketing that I'd be available to do work after my contract ended. I was advised to do this by the webmaster (who was a contractor). Apparently, this was a violation of my contract with IBM and the VP immediately told my boss I'd sent the e-mail. Started new job at eDeploy the next day.
- [Real World] After three rounds of layoffs, the CEO announced that we'd be closing the doors. Started drinking at noon, found contract two weeks later. This led to full time work through Raible Designs.
- [Real World] We were told we needed to re-estimate the project since we were over budget. They told us to take a week off while they figured out some budget stuff - when we came back, they told us we had one week left. Javadocs and knowledge transfer all week. Didn't find new gig for 2 months.
- [Real World] We had nothing to do for the last two months of the project - finally found out ending date. Quit one week early to do a small side project.
Any good last day stories out there?
What do you get a 1 year old for their birthday?
Abbie turns 1 year old next Wednesday - a birthday so good that they've decided to release The Matrix: Revolutions on the same day! We're having a party this weekend (yes, a keg will be there for the papas) and I don't know what to get her for her birthday. So I'm asking all you Dads out there - what was the coolest gift you got your kid(s) for their 1st birthday? When I say cool - I mean to say that they thought it was cool. Of course, if Mom thought it was cool - that counts too (esp. since it seems to be just as much for her as for Abbie).
eBay hooks me up with a new computer
One good quality of a company - they keep your computer up to date. The company I work for bought me a new computer today. Dell Dimension 8300 P4 2.6 HT 80G. This will replace my 1.5 Dell Dimension 8100 - XP Pro, which (with cygwin) continues to me my favorite development environment. We're giving my Dell and Julie's Dell (that I bought for $200 from eDeploy) to charity. I also have an old 300 MHz Compaq Presario that's slow as slugs - I'm going to throw it away and not place that burden on someone else (it serves as a patio umbrella stand right now).
RSS Weather
Found Winer: RSS Weather. Our local news says snow this weekend, RSS Weather just says it's going to be cold. Lows in the 20s, highs in the 50s. Today - mid 80s.
New Jobs and School starts November 3rd
When we had Abbie last year, Julie took a year leave from her job at Qwest. She was never planning on going back to work, but her old boss called her up last week and they've been negotiating. To make a long story short, she's going back to her old gig part-time (3 days per week) and starts on the same day I start my new gig (Monday, November 3rd). Because of this, Julie went searching for day care providers today. After seeing a couple nasty ones (she actually left crying), she visited a Montessori school across the street from her office. They have a 6 month waiting list for infants - Abbie's not a toddler because she can't walk unassisted nor drink from a cup on her own. Luckily, Julie was able to sweet talk them into accepting Abbie as an infant and she starts school in a mere week and a half. The place is damn expensive, but hopefully she'll learn some cool stuff. We have some friends who's daughter is going to a different Montessori school in Broomfield and she is almost potty trained at 15 months! She also knows 4 or 5 signs (sign language) and helps clean around the house.
I'm sure this will prove to be an interesting chapter in our lives - Abbie cries every time we leave the room now - so that Monday will probably suck for her. Should be a good winter though - Julie is planning on working Tuesday through Thursday and I hope to work from home on Monday and Friday.
As for the move to San Diego? We still want to, but the weather has been so nice here (80s) that Julie hasn't been motivated lately. The biggest reason for moving is to be closer to family (her sister lives there), but the job market is hopping here right now, so neither of us is that motivated to leave. I think my best bet is to get a telecommuting gig and move during that contract, but those are pretty tough to come by. Who knows - there definitely seems to be more Java opportunities in San Diego than there is in South Florida. I love it here, especially with ski season just around the corner ... I wonder where we'll be next year at this time? I predict California or in a new house (our current one is only 675 square feet).