Thursday, March 21, 2013

Going on 5 years

So apparently the last time I wrote anything on this weblog was back in 2008 - talk about a long time without having anything to say. I think, however, that I just let life get in the way of doing something like writing my thoughts down, not to mention that I didn't necessarily have anything that I really wanted to share via this venue.

Lots has happened over the past four-and-a-half years. We had our second child, Sammy, in 2008. We bought a new house, still in Greece, a few years ago. Julie and I have had our ups and downs, though right now I feel like we're transition back to the "ups". Our beloved Sundance was discovered on her bed about a year ago by our daughter who exclaimed several times (before I really realized what she was saying) that, "Sundance is frozen!"

There's actually a lot of really nifty stuff that I wouldn't mind writing about, and I think I may take a stab at it. The things I was once interested in are still fairly interesting, but I think there's more to talk about now. Work is a completely different animal than it was back in 2008. Family life is definitely different with a first grader and a UPK'er in the house! Julie and I are aggressively working on improving communication, which only strengthens our relationship. And I've become fascinated by a few new topics that I wasn't aware of back in 08' - particularly in my never-ending interest and love of wine and the wine industry. Once of the best things I did a couple years ago was read the book, "Vineyards in the Sky" which details the life of Martin Ray. This, of course, led me to search high and low for old vintages that were actually made by the man - my oldest being a 1954 Pinot Noir, bottled in his traditional manner of sealing the wine in champaign-style bottles!

Anyway, like I said, it's been a long time since I wrote anything, and I don't want to just randomly spew forth words that don't necessarily have any rhyme or reason to them. However, I will make a point of sitting down in the evenings, after the kids have gone up to bed, and preferably with a good glass of wine in hand, and write.