Thanksgiving 2010

Another video, instead of a photo, today.  This video is from this past Thanksgiving.  There are so many things to be thankful for this year.  This was Mia’s first Thanksgiving.  We spent the first part of the day at Grandma and Grandpa’s house.  We enjoyed a nice breakfast.

Later in the afternoon, we traveled to the Traber’s house with Nana for Thanksgiving dinner. As always, my sister made a great turkey, and there were plenty of other things to eat as well.

This video was taken on Thursday, November 25, 2010.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-12

  • I’m happy I no longer host the blog on tumblr.com. Imagine, they’ve been down for 12+ hours. What’s up @tumblr? #fumblr #
  • I swear, tumblr was working a few minutes ago. Did it just go down again? #
  • Pearl Harbor. The anniversary of my father’s death. A friend’s birthday. These are things I think of every December 7th. #
  • Mia - December 8, 2010 http://instagr.am/p/f1ni/ #
  • \When was the last time I used a stapler? http://instagr.am/p/f4yo/ #
  • Things on my desk - ketchup packets http://instagr.am/p/glZo/ #
  • Mia at Starbucks http://instagr.am/p/h3gE/ #
  • Today’s to do list, item 1: put up outdoor Christmas light. Check! Onto item 2 after lunch. #

Mia and Nana

Instead of a photo today, I’m publishing a small video. Mia loves going outside. It doesn’t matter if it’s cold or raining. We bundled her up and gave her to Nana, who walked with her around the front of the house. She even introduced Mia to the lawn Santa Claus. We still need to visit mall Santa Claus this year as well.

This video was taken on December 4, 2010.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-12-05

  • Trying out Seesmic 2 Desktop. Not sure if it’s the right program for me. I’ll give it a go for a couple of days. http://bit.ly/9jMisw #
  • @michellebranch Always wanted to buy ‘Broken Bracelet’. I’m happy it’s now finally available! in reply to michellebranch #
  • If @directv doesn’t start offering BBCAmerica in HD, I’ll be using Airplay from my iPad to watch Dr Who, etc. http://j.mp/f8IWL4 #
  • I’m finding it difficult to work from home, especially when my daughter is staring at me wanting to play. Is it time for a break yet? #
  • ♫ Listening to Ready Or Not (Cillo Remix) by Fugees on exfm http://ex.fm/s/nst7V #

Mia Sleeping at Daycare

Mia Sleeping at Daycare

This photo was taken by the good people at our daycare.  Mia looks so comfortable, doesn’t she? Even though we miss these tiny moments because Mia is at daycare and not with us, we know she is making friends, learning, and having fun.  By the way, today is Mia’s fifth month birthday!

This photo was taken on November 3, 2010.

The Setup - A Site to See

Visit usesthis.com

An interesting site that is a collection of “nerdy interviews"revolving around hardware and software these nerds choose to use. It’s insightful to get a peak at what tools (mostly Apple Macs) and the software these nerds choose. It makes me wish I was making more money to buy some of these “toys”.

Immunizations

Mia had her first immunization shots yesterday. Oh, the pain! But she’s a trooper, a tough cookie, like her mom.

She was given three shots and a sweet liquid that was taken orally. Farrah readily volunteered to hold me, though she didn’t really know what to expect. As she tightly held Mia the nurse gave the first shot into Mia’s right leg. When the needle entered Mia’s thigh, and the plunger was pressed down, Mia let out the biggest cry I ever heard from her tiny mouth. The scream was heartfelt and piercing. The nurse then gave Mia a few drops of the sweet liquid in an effort to soothe her. It calmed her for a brief moment until the other two shots were administered to her left leg. She was given the last of the sweet liquid to calm her down a bit. But you could see the tears streaming down the side of her face. It’s heartbreaking not being able to do anything but say, “It’ll be all right. You’re fine now.”

She cried until she could cry no longer. Exhausted, she fell asleep on the drive home.

Mia was quiet for a few hours. But then she awoke screaming, most likely from the pain in her legs. I was on my way home when Farrah told me 0.8 ml of acetaminophen, as dictated by the doctor, helped Mia through the next rough few hours. I don’t think we ever heard her cry so badly.

Goodbye Vox

I’m extremely late in posting this, but it’s time to say goodbye to Vox. I hosted this blog there for a while - from July 2006 to June 2008.

The appeal of Vox, to me, was the community that was created during its inception. I found it easy to connect with people who shared common interests from various places around the world. Vox also allowed a user to post privately or to a specific group of people you designated. Unfortunately in order to comment on any post you had to be a Vox member.

Vox’s other limitations - lack of customization, lack of exporting data, lack of using a personal domain, and displaying of advertising you couldn’t control - made Vox not worth the trouble. People I had connected with started to drop off, going back to their personal websites (e.g. WordPress, Movable Type, etc). Thus ended my time at Vox.

I plan to import the view posts I have from Vox into this blog. They’ll be tagged appropriately, probably something as simple as “Vox”.

It was good while it lasted.

Thankful

Mia and Mama

There are obvious reasons to be thankful, especially this year. As always, I’m thankful for my family who supports me in whatever I choose to do. I’m thankful for the friends who are always there for me. I’m thankful for my health - even though there have been a couple of rough patches this year. I’m thankful for being gainfully employed - though this may change next year. I’m thankful for having a wife who puts up with me. And I’m thankful for our healthy little baby girl.

This photo was taken with Mia’s Grandma on Thanksgiving morning. 2010.