a few things around the house...
It has been a strange and bumpy year. We had our second child, a cute little girl, at the end of April. We now share our house with a 2 year old boy and a tiny infant. My family leave was three weeks. I came back to work in the middle of May. At the end of May, I was laid off from my job of 6+ years as a web developer and enterprise architect. It was no surprise. I had been watching the auto industry meltdown in slow motion. I was working on software for car dealerships. The good news is that I saw the layoff coming about 9 months earlier and was able to prepare. Also, I was able to find a new job just a few months later. So, I didn't feel financially insecure, though