Truly a Family Company

Life is going extremely well for us. Jenelle recently accepted an offer to work at SC Johnson in the Global Communications department. She will be writing articles for SCJ's internal paper and doing several other editing and writing tasks.

There are many reasons to be happy about this. The pay is better, the hours are normal, and the convenience factor is through the roof. Since she won't start at SCJ until the 12th or so, it's tough to realize how great a benefit this will be.

In other news, I'm working on several computer-related projects. I'll save the details for a later post, since we have to go get a Powerball ticket. :)

Lots more photos!

Here is a handy list of all of the Christmas-related photo albums:

Decorations (updated today)
Isaacson Christmas
Comande Christmas
Immediate Family Christmas

Christmas Letter

By the way, these are all easily accessible from our home page.

Jenelle and I adventured out on a MAJOR shopping trip today. Why? I'll explain more soon. Enjoy the holidays!

TotallyWiredTonight

At around 6:00 p.m. tonight, I got an aura, which is a sign that I'll soon be getting a migraine headache. I have some medication which I can take to make the pain less severe. However, the medication contains a LOT of caffeine. Knowing this, I took only one pill instead of the usual two. The migraine was not intense at all. The only problem is that I'm still wide awake at 10:20 at night. Jenelle is already in bed since she has to work at 4:30 a.m. I don't have to work tomorrow, so I can sleep in. At least I'm not as wired as this guy.

Here are some pictures of the Global Business Process & Technology Holiday Orchestra and Chorus, also known as GBPTHOC. It's basically a bunch of SCJ employees forming a band to play holiday music at a December all-department meeting. It was tons of fun.

There's also some big news on the job front. I'll explain more in a future entry.

Isaacson Christmas 2003

Pictures from Sunday's Christmas party are right here. Enjoy!

I missed a birthday and an anniversary on the 21st:
Happy Birthday, Grandpa Milt!
Happy Anniversary, Eric & Gina!

Glad tidings we will bring

I apologize for not writing in almost a week. Jenelle and I have been busy visiting family, buying presents, sending out Christmas cards, and doing lots of other holiday chores. I also haven't been able to do a couple of the iMovie projects on my list -- the Thanksgiving trip and the praise band concert on Sunday the 7th. It might not be until the 27th that I can start some of those tasks, but I guarantee I'll get to them eventually.

Also coming soon: Pictures from the Thursday performance of the Global Business Process & Technology Holiday Orchestra and Chorale performance (also known as GBPTHOC). Someday I'll explain why the name is that long. :)

Yup, a real tree

Today was a very busy day for us. We bought a Christmas tree and are starting to decorate it. You can watch the entire process here. There's only five photos in the album so far, but I'll add more as we continue to decorate.

Speaking of photos, I added this album earlier this week. A bunch of people from my group at work spent some time assembling food boxes and sorting donations at the Racine County Food Bank. I'm not in any of the pictures because I was the one taking them, but I thought you still might enjoy a look.

I should have said this yesterday: Happy Birthday, Uncle Dan!

Holiday Hugs

Many of you will be getting a Christmas letter from us in your mailbox. As much as I'd like to think that we'll remember everyone, there's a chance you won't get one. So, here, in all its glory, is the online version. I'll be putting a link to this from our main site in the very near future.

Still need something for me for Christmas? I added a few items to my list. Make sure to check with Jenelle before making a purchase. The odds are that some of these items have already been bought, wrapped, and tagged. :)

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

Not all pain is gain

I don't know why, but I think this site is hilarious.

Pictures! Yay!

Thanks for your patience. Now accessible from the family section of the web site are two new photo albums. One is from Thanksgiving 2003, and other is from Christmas 2002, which I should have put up a LONG time ago. Enjoy!

Early Bird Special

Jenelle and I went to Kohl's at 5:45 this morning to get $15 off anything in the store. When we arrived, the line was so long that we feared a repeat of the Meier & Frank trip on the day after Thanksgiving. However, we did both manage to get a coupon. After Kohl's, we went to Panera Bread, Boston Store, Target, JoAnn Fabrics, Michael's, and Best Buy. No, we're not quite done shopping yet. :)

Tomorrow is another big day. I have a "gig" playing in the Our Savior's Lutheran Church Praise Band during the Advent Festival there. Show up around 10:30 a.m. if you want to watch me play. I'm planning to have the event filmed for those who won't be able to make it. I'll let you know how it goes.

Pictures from Oregon online soon. Give me a few more days. :)

Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel

With just 22 days until Christmas, I feel like I have a million things to do. Jenelle and I got back from Oregon on Monday night. I hope to get pictures up on the web site (which I haven't updated in quite some time) later this week. There's also lots of other administrative tasks on my to-do list, but I won't bore you by listing them here. Another busy day lies ahead, so it's sleepy time for me. But before I forget...

Happy Birthday, Amanda!