Adam & Andrea Shirey

Posted by adam on Sunday, June 28 @ 10:05

Jacob, Doug and I went to the St. Cloud Regional Airport this morning to check out the myriad of airplanes, helicopters and other fun stuff as part of Granite City Days. Unfortunately, it was quite windy, so there weren't as many planes around as in years past (or so I'm told). We did have a nice pancake breakfast, though, and Jacob ate half his weight in sausage.

This picture is of a Chinook helicopter that the Army/National Guard had available for everyone to look at. We walked through it and checked out the pretty massive blades. Truth be told, though, Jake liked the airport fire truck and the snow plows more than anything else.

Tonight I expect we'll have family over and make kabobs on the grill. I've finished reading Physics of the Impossible and have started Mycellium Running. Sometime this week I hope to work on our garden (which has been overrun with grass, and maybe I can get some cleaning done in the office. I also have a bit of analysis to do on some data from Scheels and some troubleshooting of an interesting problem that has popped up.

Four weeks old

Posted by adam on Thursday, June 25 @ 12:43

Today is Reed's four week birthday. Since I've been given a hard time for not updating our website very often, I thought I'd point out that I have uploaded a ton of pictures of Reed. These were taken by our good friend Jenn Olson, who also put them on her blog. Jenn does a fantastic job getting really creative shots, and I would highly recommend her.

Andrea and I have been keeping very busy with Reed and Jacob, who is now almost two years old. He's starting to string more words together in his speech. This morning, he told Andrea something to the effect of, "Grab the hose. Turn it on. Spray the fire down." Maybe he'll be a third generation CWFD firefighter.

Ryan and I have been keeping busy with work, enlisting Becca for marketing and advertising Your Pictures Are Ready.com. We've also got another project almost ready for prime time.

Other than work, Babbage, and family time, I've been doing some reading. I'm over half done with Physics of the Impossible, and I have a couple (1, 2) I just got from Amazon that I'm going to work on soon. We also recently hit up REI's Scratch & Dent the other day, getting some really nice deals on some equipment.

As if that wasn't enough, I'm still contemplating going back to school. I discussed the likelihood with my boss today of taking some statistics and regression courses for statistical modeling work. Unfortunately (or fortunately??), I'm the kind of person that is never fully satisfied and thinks everything is interesting. It would be neat to take other, non-work-related classes if/when I go back. Just a few classes off the top of my head that I'd like to try: artificial intelligence (evolutionary computing, neural networks, and so on), philosophy, psychology and Japanese history/language.

Needless to say, live has been busy and shows few signs of letting up!

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	Chop chop chop chop chop Posted by adam on Sunday, June 28 @ 10:05 Jacob, Doug and I went to the St. Cloud Regional Airport this morning to check out the myriad of airplanes, helicopters and other fun stuff as part of Granite City Days. Unfortunately, it was quite windy, so there weren't as many planes around as in years past (or so I'm told). We did have a nice pancake breakfast, though, and Jacob ate half his weight in sausage. This picture is of a Chinook helicopter that the Army/National Guard had available for everyone to look at. We walked through it and checked out the pretty massive blades. Truth be told, though, Jake liked the airport fire truck and the snow plows more than anything else. Tonight I expect we'll have family over and make kabobs on the grill. I've finished reading Physics of the Impossible and have started Mycellium Running. Sometime this week I hope to work on our garden (which has been overrun with grass, and maybe I can get some cleaning done in the office. I also have a bit of analysis to do on some data from Scheels and some troubleshooting of an interesting problem that has popped up. Four weeks old Posted by adam on Thursday, June 25 @ 12:43 Today is Reed's four week birthday. Since I've been given a hard time for not updating our website very often, I thought I'd point out that I have uploaded a ton of pictures of Reed. These were taken by our good friend Jenn Olson, who also put them on her blog. Jenn does a fantastic job getting really creative shots, and I would highly recommend her. Andrea and I have been keeping very busy with Reed and Jacob, who is now almost two years old. He's starting to string more words together in his speech. This morning, he told Andrea something to the effect of, "Grab the hose. Turn it on. Spray the fire down." Maybe he'll be a third generation CWFD firefighter. Ryan and I have been keeping busy with work, enlisting Becca for marketing and advertising Your Pictures Are Ready.com. We've also got another project almost ready for prime time. Other than work, Babbage, and family time, I've been doing some reading. I'm over half done with Physics of the Impossible, and I have a couple (1, 2) I just got from Amazon that I'm going to work on soon. We also recently hit up REI's Scratch & Dent the other day, getting some really nice deals on some equipment. As if that wasn't enough, I'm still contemplating going back to school. I discussed the likelihood with my boss today of taking some statistics and regression courses for statistical modeling work. Unfortunately (or fortunately??), I'm the kind of person that is never fully satisfied and thinks everything is interesting. It would be neat to take other, non-work-related classes if/when I go back. Just a few classes off the top of my head that I'd like to try: artificial intelligence (evolutionary computing, neural networks, and so on), philosophy, psychology and Japanese history/language. Needless to say, live has been busy and shows few signs of letting up!