Fall 2017

November 2017

The rest of our Fall filled itself with the happenings of our life. The girls plugged through school, I plugged through transitions at work, and Jim plugged through his job hunt.

We raked leaves with help from the neighbors.

Hanna is in there somewhere

Bridget's 5th grade class practiced ballroom dancing and then they put on a showcase for the parents to enjoy.

In October Guiness opened their much anticipated temporary taproom just a few miles away and Jim began his in person networking efforts. He is hopeful to change industries and has been active educating himself  and getting to know all of the local brewing businesses.  We had fun at the Maryland Irish Festival as well.

Megan was our only kid to play soccer this year and was on a team with one of her best friends, Olivia. They were the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The rest of us cheered from the sidelines, in a season that had the nicest weather of any season we have ever participated. Megan is a fierce competitor, even as we discovered during the season that she has exercise induced asthma.

My work made some major changes at the end of the summer and as the Operations/HR Manager I had to implement the changes. Our parent company decided to close the Maryland office and they asked me to assist with the reduction in force.  I prepped and helped deliver the lay-off information to all of my co-workers, and then I flew to LA to handle the lay-off of 3 more employees there. That all happened at the end of August, and I spent the next few months handling all of the equipment and winding down our office. We were able to find a company to lease our space and they have allowed me to stay in the suite but move my office to a conference room. I miss my office with the glass wall and view of the windows but my new space functions well.

My old office

Emma came home for Thanksgiving and was regularly physically overrun with attention. Will and Heather hosted again this year and we ate and talked well into the evening.

The Los Jauquet's hosted a superhero party for the 4 of their 5 kids born in late November/early December.

Megan got straight A's during first quarter and I got to go to the breakfast. She even let me take her picture.

Rachael ended the month with a series of dentist appointments. We found a dental solution for her missing adult teeth and she was glad to get a Maryland Bridge, which doesn't destroy the healthy teeth and offers permanent replacement teeth.