Needless to say, it has been quite some time since I last made a post. Lots has happened (no, Ian has not had his transplant).

No telling whether or not this will work, but its worth a shot... Elaine and I have had a little girl, Livia Janene Herbst, join our family. Pictures are available on my Facebook profile. She is cute as a button. She has my nose, Elaine's chin, and Elaine's fingers and toes. I think she looks like Elaine (yay for Livia), but there are some who think she looks like me (which would be a shame).

The new job is going well. I'm learning a lot, and keeping pretty busy with that and some of the projects I'm working on. My current big project is creating a forecasting model that will assist in getting loads of scrap metal picked up from around the facility and transferred to one of two locations. I'm searching through freeware now to see if I can find something that will work. The catch is that work blocks the download of freeware, even if it could potentially be something of benefit to the job... that's a bit frustrating, but I understand why they do that. It means that much of my searching is done from home. With the arrival noted above of Livia, that means that the search is going slowly.

We are pretty well settled in Goose Creek (Charleston area) now... and we should be since we have been here for three months now.

I took Ian to the driving range this past Wednesday. It was entertaining for both of us, but for different reasons. I'm going to get a video of him posted to YouTube. Once that happens, I'll update this post or add another very short post providing the link. A very nice lady gave him a ball marker from the golf club we were at. She and her husband and daughter were impressed that he was out there at the tender age of 3. He had fun, and that is the most important thing. I want it to be something he enjoys, not something he feels obligated to do.

The blessing for Livy is set for next week. We should still have a decent showing by family, but not as much as for Ian's (we live further away from people and gas is much higher than it was three years ago).

I got yelled at by a friend who saw a picture of me about my weight, then by my doctor telling me I should look to shed a few pounds. I've started working on my diet already, and will be adding exercise in regularly next week. I've determined to blog on my efforts to lose weight in hopes that it may help someone else and also to make myself accountable to myself. I think and hope it will help. Why is it so hard to perform lifestyle changes?

Keep an eye out for that YouTube link to Ian swinging his clubs at the driving range... it really was lots of fun for both of us...