12 posts tagged “jessi”
As of July 18th, 11:54 am, we have become a 100% pro blogging household, for that is the time at which Jessi's first post at Weblogs, Inc.'s newest blog - DIY LIfe - was published. While this by no means is replacing Jessi's day job of being a high school English teacher, it's great to see her flexing her writing muscles for such an awesome company (the same one that I write for at TUAW and Download Squad) by blogging on a topic she is enthusiastic about: all sorts of home improvement and DIY-type stuff. She's a nut for anything you can do, make or mod yourself around the house, and she's already published nearly a dozen posts to prove it.
Welcome to the pro blogging world Jess! Next you'll have to sign up at all the web 2.0 sites you'll never visit a second time, and then you'll have to join me in being one of those semi-pretentious folks in Starbucks with a laptop so people know you're cool and do stuff on the internet.
One year ago today, amidst roughly 45 minutes of standing while everyone around us got to sit and/or kneel (and I wasn't even wearing heels!), Jessi and I were married in a traditional Catholic ceremony that lasted just under one surprisingly flawless hour. It's been a wild year, with spills, thrills, a new car (out of emergency since Jessi's last one kicked the bucket) and a new puppy - but it's been a fantastic year. We're off to begin celebrating by - of all things - taking both puppies to a leash-less park, as it'll be Maddy's first time (though we've been taking her to puppy pre-school classes where she plays with other dogs so she's socialized). The rest of the day will be computer-less relaxing and enjoying each other, with a nice dinner (of course) rounding it all up.
My wife started blogging again, and I love it. So far she's primarily focusing on her experiences with teaching and how impressed she is by her students' work, and it's great stuff. She's a wonderful writer herself (went to school in LA for screenwriting), and I love seeing her flex the pen (so to speak) again.
Jessi decided to go for a 50's style this time around. I love it. Does this mean we're old? Or just old school?
I felt like going berserk this morning and uploading a whole lotta pics and videos. Some of this is from my trip to Macworld in January and some of it is from my brother Mike's wedding years ago, while others are assorted family shots and even the occasional dog trick. Oh yea a couple of these are even from the time I got TP'd when I lived with some friends in a house (I'm a hard sleeper).
I might have to fill out some info on a few of these to give them context, but I have other work to attend to for now. I hope you enjoy.
Pics:
Jessi and I both have the day off from school for the holiday today (classes start tomorrow for me, while Jessi's been back teaching since the 3rd). I'm trying to do some light blogging in between chilling with her and Oscar on the couch, and she decides to turn on The Price is Right. Since I kind of zone out when I'm doing anywhere from 2-10 things while working on the lappy, I was startled at the sound of my wife repeatedly yelling some price of a drum set at the latest contestant.
"Honey, she can't hear you," I said. "You have to speak up."
My wife yells at The Price is Right. This is yet another item being added to the growing list of things I wish she would have told me before we got married. :)
Show us something that warms your heart.
What are your resolutions for 2007?
I'd like to start by saying Happy New Year's to one and all, and to all a good year! I have a lot I want to do this year, but not in that 'completely unrealistic resolutions/todo list that I'll just start feeling guilty for not doing somewhere around September' lot to do. I more or less am taking bigger steps towards projects and other things I'm already working on, such as:
- Managing my time better so I can spend more of it with Jessi,
my wife. We were married in July of 06, and between an internship,
bouts of school anxiety and burnout and other things of such
time-sapping nature, we didn't get to enjoy as much of each other as we
would have liked.
- Using Traineo to help track my weight loss goals. I totally want to trade in this snack pack for the six pack I used to have.
- Graduating
in Spring 07. My college career has been up and down between
f/t and p/t since 1998 (including 1.5 years off to get in-state CO
tuition), and it's finally coming to a climax this Spring. Jessi's so
proud and excited, I sometimes worry she's going to explode when she
starts talking about it. As extra motivation to get over my burnout and
to stay the course, she's going to sponsor roughly 90% or so of a
MacBook Pro as a graduation present, and she's also taking me on my
first trip to New York.
- Putting more serious time into blogging here and at 1FPS, my tech and culture blog. I absolutely love writing, and I have some strong ideas for this year (the title, by the way, stands for 1 Frame Per Second).
- Of course, sinking more of my teeth into blogging at TUAW and Download Squad,
my two 'day job' blogs that I absolutely love. I have some big ideas
for the TUAW podcast, and I can't wait to produce more interesting
episodes with the team once I'm gradumated in Spring.
Of
course, I have all sorts of smaller goals like watching more Family Guy
and Scrubs, but this list is a good summary of the big hitters. Wish me
luck!
My wife is a screenwriter at heart - in fact that's what her degree is in. She just found the first fan script she ever wrote back in high school (on an Apple IIe, no doubt), and it's on the disk you see before you.
Anyone have a 5.25" drive I can borrow? Now she wants me to try and recover it.
