I'm short on time, so you get a quick update.
Celeste was 3 months old over a week ago and I have yet to take her 3 month photos. Bad Daniel. Tonight, maybe. I hope.
From today until Monday we are buuuuuuuusy: Two dinner dates, two lunch dates, a nice little roadtrip with friends, a coffee gathering, a small gathering at our place, church, a crap swap, and a housewarming party — roughly in that order. And, of course, a whole bunch of work stuff too. This is a good thing, though. I like being busy and I like seeing my friends. I'm not complaining at all. Even if my lawn has to go untreated for one more weekend (though, I hope, maybe, I can squeeze it in on Saturday). Holler if you need some plans too.
I finished our taxes! Between a small penalty that I didn't expect from when Jess quit her job, a whole lot of confusion surrounding the difference between a Traditional IRA and a Roth IRA, and a very poor record keeping job on my part last year for business expenses, we're getting only half of what I expected back. No bueno.
I'm in the process of the great budget redesign of 2008. Yes! It will be so memorable, in fact, that my great-great-great-great-grandchildren will tell stories over an auto-safe-camp-fire with the hum of cooler-outside-air and no-more-bugs in the background telling how the Great Papa Daniel once managed to live like a king, put his family in the lap of luxury, entertain no less than four girlfriends, shower his friends with dinners, parties, and gifts, and do it all while only working 3 hours a day as an unpaid volunteer at an animal shelter. Oh yes. It will be THAT grand.
For the photo-tech people, Lightroom 2.0 beta is out [via Thomas Hawk]. If you own 1.0 you can enjoy the beta until August '08. If you don't you can still take a nice 30 day test drive. It's a little buggy, but it is a beta. I love the new feature set which includes a limited set of localized changes and multiple monitor support. It's not as awesome as LightZone, but, with the image management parts built in too, it's hard to pass up.
Send me love today. I'll need it.
