Yearly Archives: 2009

Adobe is very generous giving employees with five years of service a three week sabbatical. You have two years to take the time off and then you lose it. At the end of this month, I will have been with Adobe seven years, thus, it was now or never for the sabbatical. Larry and I

I apologize. I thought I was all about doing one more thing but something recently slipped by me. My wonderful Scion has had a very slow leak in one of the tires and every day, I go out and check to see if I need to stop by a garage to get the darn thing

Walker would like to take a moment to thank the wonderful Hunt family for the fantastic train set and play area. It's the first thing he plays with in the morning and the last thing he plays with in the afternoon. Mommy and Daddy spend a lot of time fixing the tracks after Walker does

Hooray! Today our little house began to be a more green place to live. Our solar system went online and we saved about four pounds of carbon dioxide in the last two hours of sunlight of the day. It was very exciting to see the electric meter spin backwards and know PG&E can pump a

Walker went to the store and picked out this plant all by himself. He carried it through the store, to the register, back to the car, and all the way home so he could ensure it arrived safely. He’s very sincere in his good wishes (as evidenced by his expression.) Happy Birthday Gigi. We love

Today I had occasion to reconnect with three people who were instrumental in molding my career -- my friends Jeff Veen (user experience God), Bryan Mason (organizational wizard), and Maggie Mason (Mighty blogger and writer). I've always admired this trio and they've each inspired me in different ways. Jeff has an incredible way of looking

I got to Sofiya's today and something new happened. She gave me a project Walker did at school. (He colored a picture of a pizza with orange and yellow crayon.) It was so wonderful, I almost cried. It's not that it's his best work ever -- you should see the awesome Valentine's Day cards he

Walker loves to move things from one place to another. He also likes hats. On Christmas Day, the little munchkin combined his two passions and put a wicker trash can on his head and walked around with his new box of books. Walker had logged some considerable time with the basket on his head and

Moxie March 17, 1993 - February 4, 2009 AKA Moxie Muffin, Miss Mushie, Comrade Mushkin, General Mushmananov Moxie was a simple cat. She had one mission and that was to LOVE. But she didn't love just anyone -- you had to be part of an exclusive club, a FOM (Friend of Moxie). She came into

"I do!" Apparently Walker is really talking now. He's not just saying words when he sees something he recognizes. He's actually having conversations. He was playing... and I could tell he was filling his diaper. It wasn't just that he stopped and bent over a bit but I also got a whiff. "Who needs a