Yeah yeah yeah. I’m trying to update this blog more often but you know how life is. I’ve been fairly neglectful on my penguin blog as well. /slapshand I need to get in a habit of posting more regularly. I certainly do hate irregularity… Yeah… Moving along… If you’d like to keep closer tabs on me, check out my new “lifestream” page. It takes feeds from other sites that I’m a member of and publishes them in one spot to give you a brief glimpse of what I’m looking at while on the Internet.

Anyway…

I have done it. I actually finally did it. After 5 years since going back to school at Sinclair Community College and having to transfer to the University of Toledo to be able to complete it, I have finally graduated with my Associates Degree of Applied Business with a major in programming and software development. I’m hoping this degree will at least give me a fighting chance at moving further in my career. Whether that would be a new job or just on-the-side opportunities, it doesn’t matter too much. I’m not too picky. I do have another web site to design and work on for my father-in-law. I’ll need to apologize for not getting to it sooner but I hear he still would like it done. Work has been providing me with enough code-related projects so at least I’m a bit satisfied there plus some of my coursework actually helped me complete my latest project. Weird!

I’m still not sure whether or not I’ll go back to school to finish a Bachelor’s Degree but I do know that right now I need a big break from college in general. It’s taken up so much time from other things. Being done with school (for a while at least) will give me a lot more time to invest in other important areas of my life. Maybe my mind will change when my student loans threaten to come out of deferment. /laugh+groan

Yes, I’ve finally taken Mr. Bill down and created a brand new layout to go with our new domain. I’ll be tweaking this as I go but at least the main areas are here. I’ve imported the posts from Penguin X-ing and, I know, there hasn’t been an update since Ben’s birthday last year. I realize that I’m horrible at posting on a consistent basis so I suppose any posts here can be considered “Whenever Updates” – as in I’ll more likely updating this whenever.

Currently we’re getting really excited about our upcoming vacation to Florida. We’re going to visit Mandy’s dad in the Keys but also take the kids to Disney World right after! I’m excited as well! I’ve been close to it and stayed at one of their resorts some years ago but I’ve never actually set foot inside the Magic Kingdom. This should be an experience we’ll never forget (and yes, I’ll post about it. Geez). We let the kids on the surprise last night and it looks as if their heads will explode.

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