Hey guys…  Just wanted to let you know Adam and I are still alive!!!  We have been really busy lately and I hope to get back in regular posting really soon.

For those on either of our Facebook pages, Adam got a new job.  Actually started today.  It is really exciting for him (and us).

He had been at his last job for four and a half years.  It is the place we met, so still has special meaning to us.  Remeber last year, when I decided to quit coincidentally he got an offer for another company.  He gave his notice and they countered with a raise and a new position.  He was really excited about the position.  It was as a Software Architect, which means he got to be the designer for how they wrote the software.  Which is what he really wanted to do.

Well, as things go, it didn’t really work that way.  They gave him the title, the responsibility, the blame, but didn’t really allow him to make the changes he wanted or needed to make to make the software they were writing better.

So, we were going to wait till the kids go back to school for the summer and I was going to get a job.  He didn’t want to change jobs with me not having one, just in case it didn’t work out.  Well, as our luck has it, an opportunity fell into his lap.

It is risky though.  The company he is going to has a “reputation” out there in the developer world for not being managed all that great.  The owner has a propensity to go in and fire entire teams because they did something he didn’t like.

Well, about a month ago they hired a new CIO and Director of Development.  They got rid of the entire development team.  Which wasn’t hard because they were mostly contractors.  So, with that there was lots of inconsistencies in the software they were writing.

So, to make the LONG story short, the new CIO and DoD hired Adam to come in and they are going to completely rewrite the whole thing.  No re-working, re-writing, which is HUGE…  No fixing other people’s mistakes, just doing it right from the get go.  He is SO, SO, SO excited.  The only downside is the deadline to get it done is September 1st.  The CIO also seems to have tamed the owner too!

Anyway…  with all that going on, he has been working at night to get ready to start this job.  We have the kids in camp next week and they are really excited about that.  I’ll post next week and let you know how it goes!!

This month is always busy.  Well, it used to be back in the day.  This is busy birthday month in the Anello family.  Thank goodness there is only one Presley birthday in June!  With my parents passed, we are down two, but it also makes June bittersweet for me.  I miss my parents so much.  There are so many things I wish I could share with my mom.

Anyway, it is my neice, nephew and brother’s birthdays.  And, Adam’s nephew.  I think they all had a great birthday.

It is also my new future nephew-in-law’s birthday.  That’s right, one of my nieces, Kristi got engaged this month!!!  We are so excited for them.  Now we have to plan another trip to Minnesota!!

So, besides birthdays, we celebrated Father’s Day this month.  The girls bought Adam geeky t-shirts, which he actually picked out.  It made it much easier that way.

We have decided that after the kids go back to school I will for sure start looking for a job.  I really like staying home, but we want to get some of our bills knocked out.  Hopefully, when we get some of them taken care of I can convince Adam to let me quit again!  LOL

Today was a weird day.  Farrah Fawcett passed away.  Not surprising, really.  She had cancer for two years.  I was never a huge Charlie’s Angels fan, but she seemed nice enough.  Then, the shocker of all, Michael Jackson died.  Suddenly.  I don’t know why, but this really “freaked” me out.  “Freaked” isn’t the right word, but the only one I can think of right now.  I was so taken aback.  Not that I was a huge MJ fan or had all his albums or anything, it was just so unexpected.  Even though he was a freak, I think deep inside, he was still a scared little boy that didn’t really get to live a normal childhood and had to act out once he got the money to do so.  I wish them both peace in their restings.

It is funny…  I remember when my dad passed I was telling my mom that he was having a martini and playing cards.  Probably went to go check out Elvis or someone like that.  She chuckled.  Not that my dad liked MJ’s music…  He was more into elevator music, but I would think that he and mom are looking him up after he gets checked in at the pearly gates.  Such an innovator.  He did so much for music.  He will be missed.

Not much else going on…  Adam’s grandfather is having some health issues so Adam and I had some “serious” type conversions tonight.  We are going to Allen’s Fourth of July celebration, Allen USA Saturday.  Got the kids all access wrist bands to the kid’s zone.  Hopefully we won’t melt in the heat!!!