They noticed.

Remember that whole hundred-year-old man thing?

Today Barry got a bonus. And a raise.

They noticed.

Wedding in Pakistan

The Stahl family wants Aisha and Humayun to know that you are in our thoughts this week and that we are so very happy for you! Many, many blessings on you and your families.

A Big Day for Little Miss A

Daddy took the training wheels off today and she just zoomed off. She is so confident.

Hundred-Year-Old Man

My husband is in the midst of a sticky situation at work. He was taken off a shoot that he doesn't particularly enjoy but in which he takes considerable pride, and had to hire a photographer on contract to take his place. It was a real blow to his pride and confidence in himself as a photographer. To pour salt on fresh wounds, he was still asked to go on the shoot to be the producer, which means he has to observe all the photography and facilitate the whole operation while keeping hands off the camera. It's very hard for him, yet he knew he had to remain professional for the sake of both the client and his company.

Barry told me the other night that he has fixed on a plan for what to do when he wonders how he should react to something. He tries to imagine what a hundred-year-old man would do in his situation and react with the same maturity and perspective.

I think it's a great idea. I feel like getting him a wristband that reads "WW100D?" to help him remember his new strategy.

Home from Baltimore

I went to Baltimore to do some training for my new position. I flew out Saturday and spent Sunday in northern Virginia with Aaron and Vania and the children, then drove back up to Baltimore Sunday night for meetings Monday and Tuesday. I was supposed to get home last night, but missed my connection in Chicago and so got to hole up in a Chicago hotel and try again this morning.

It's sure good to be home.

Frank B. Kellogg High School Class of 1980 Reunion

It's really gonna happen. August 20th is the date. Though our school is no more, we are going to gather to pretend we recognize old faces, lie about how great everybody looks and dive into the food that we have been denying ourselves for two months in a last-ditch effort to lose a few pounds.

Lots of folks are MIA, so if you know any of the people on the "Find Classmates" page, please point them there.

Lucy Update

Sorry, I should have told you all how things turned out for little Lucy Goose. She quickly outgrew the cage we had for her here, so we sent her home to the farm a week early. And she did fine. She tested a bit but quickly accepted that goslings are not for eating, and joined the rest of the little flock happily. Lucy is probably Brucie, he/she is the largest of the goslings, but whatever; s/he is happy.

Testing from Photobucket

Oh, this is kewl. You can upload a photo to Photobucket, then click "blog" and it will post it right to your blog. If this works, that is.