Relaxed, Renewed and Ready to Roll
January 3rd, 2010
Happy 2010 to Everyone!
I’ve just returned from a week of vacation with my family and dear friends in Tahoe. The quartet of masked figures below is me (on right) with my children atop Heavenly. My husband, poor Jim, had severe sciatica and was unable to ski/board with us. :( Nonetheless, we had a wonderful time visiting with our friends, Carlos & Cathy, their sons Alex & Thomas, and their 13-month-old Lab puppy, Molly. (Who loved, loved, loved our ‘boys’ Louis & Percy!)
Maddie, Zach, Jori and Me on Heavenly, Dec. 2009
Jim on left—smiling despite back pain! Louis and Percy (with coat) on a walk in snow. Maddie and Molly cuddling on sofa. Me and the girls (Maddie & Jori) in car to Kirkwood. (Which is a great resort, BTW!)
During vacation, I worked on our family blog—which is my new replacement for the photo collages I used to include in Christmas letters. Since we rarely get photos printed anymore, and since the kids all take the bulk of photos, I decided it would be a great idea to have an ongoing family blog—with the plan that all family members would contribute! Well…I’ve written posts and uploaded photos to every page, but no one else has contributed written content yet. (Big surprise!)
If nothing else, the family blog is giving me some experience with Thesis. I purchased the theme some time ago, but got in trouble with customizing it. It was simpler for me to work from ‘nekked’ themes like Starkers, Sandbox, and H5. But hey, I spent the money, so I figure I better use it! Out of the box it’s OK for getting up and running. As I find time during the year, I’ll play with it and customize the design to suit me.
In the meantime, (while Zach continues to celebrate Novembeard, Decembeard, Januhairy and Februhairy) I’ll be back to work. First up is EyeStyles site plus another new client project. Sooner or later I’ll also get around to fixing all the things that annoy me in the back end of this blog. (I learned SO much in 2009!)