To all,
This is my Christmas card :) sorry so informal, but this is about as good as I can muster.
Well I hope everyone had a happy, prosperous 2007...
What are we up to:
Nick is doing very well and Dad is very proud of him...
He's 16 now, driving, so stay off the sidewalks :)
Has a job at Fareway ( the local grocery store ) and seems to like that pretty well. Has
is eyes on a different, newer car, oh my...seems to think the one he had handed down to
him from me with 284k miles is just to many lol..he's probably right about that.
He's got a girl friend as well, they seem to get along real
well...
So between school, work, and girlfriend I don't hardly get to see the guy anymore...
Of course he has now passed Dad up in height...only by a couple inches, but I cheat and
stand on my toes sometimes lol
Me:
As some of you may or may not know, I was laid off from my job of 6-7 years this past
July...fortunately for me a great company in Clear Lake, IA was hiring
at the time and picked me up immediately...so that was a couple of firsts for me...1)
getting laid off and 2) making that trip to the unemployment office.
New job is going fantastic thus far...the people are great, the company is financially
stable and conservative, and I think I'm fitting in pretty well.
Didn't have any BIG vacations this year (see note about lay-off above) but did manage to
get in some smaller hunting and biking (motorcycle NOT peddle) trips.
I've got a few small home improvement projects planned, nothing major, just enough to
keep me busy once in a while ( or out of trouble ).
Our dog Star keeps Nick and I on our toes too...she seems to
always find a way out of the fenced yard...maybe I should hire her out to look for weak
spots in peoples fences or something...
That's it in a nut shell.
Wishing everyone a Very Merry Christmas, a Happy New Year, and a GREAT 2008 !!!
Love,
Ryan, Nick & and Star
