2,000th Hit!

The Relative News turned 2,000 hits old yesterday!

Like last time, here's a graphic of where in the world people are accessing TRN. The darker the green, the more hits...

It took us a little longer to get from 1,000 to 2,000 than the original 1,000. I haven't posted updates as often, but trust me, the our lives have not slowed down. Actually, I consider it a function of having TOO much going on, that keeps me from having time or energy to put up posts. Anyhow, thanks to all our family and friends who like to check in from time to time. Feel free to use the comments feature too, we love getting feedback and hearing from our visitors :-)

My Drive In To Work

I've been waiting to do this for a while, just thought it would be a fun video to watch. I think it's cool, but let's be honest, when it comes to being cool, what do I know??

Football Time!

This weekend should be a fun one! First off, Crystal's mom is coming in to town. It's always nice to have visitors come in, but especially our parents. Also, this weekend is the NFL Conference Championships... or as I see it, the semi-finals. On one side (NFC, I guess) we have the NY Giants against SF 49ers. This will be a very exciting game for us. We've become Niners fans since being in the Bay Area, but also grew up with Giants fans. Looks like this game won't disappoint! On the other side (AFC, I guess, by elimination) is the NE Patriots against the Baltimore Ravens. Pretty sure the Pats are going to stomp the Ravens, but anything can happen. Either way, we'll get to root for either the Giants or Niners in the Super Bowl, and perhaps even the Pats... not bad!

Christmas and NYE 2011

I didn't intend on having one of those "It's been a while since I posted anything..." or "Long time, no post!" type blogs. Yet, worked picked up and available time to update the blog was swallowed up by protocols, reports, risk management, testing, and meetings. I don't really do too much work on a computer once I'm home either because I'm sick of them by then. And alas, blog posts become more infrequent...

Anyway, I've got a chance right now (it being a rainy Friday and all - meaning no work will get done) to upload some pictures from Christmas. We didn't end up taking as many as we probably would have liked, and a bunch were blurry and dark (must have been the wine), but there were defintely a few keepers.

Hmmmm, let's start off with one that really captures the Christmas spirit. Family, hanging out together, after a nice meal, a few glasses of wine, two shots of chartreuse, and - of course - group karaoke and air guitar.

We got to celebrate Christmas with our cousins... and the Easter Bunny?

Looks like Crystal was on the "naughty" list this year....

And of course, no Christmas is really Christmas without the family portrait....

And a few from New Year's Eve. I call this one "The Girls"

And if we just walk onto the roof our our friend Brandon's apartment buidling, we can watch the San Francisco NYE fireworks at the Embarcadero :-) Best display of fireworks I have ever seen, even if there were a few building tops making it harder to see the lower ones...

The fireworks really were fantastic. I remember back in the days of the Granville, MA fireworks show for Fourth of July, and they were awesome. But it was like "Ooooh! That one had TWO colors!" Nowadays it's like "WOW! That's a 3D box and a smiley face!" (Sorry, I didn't get any photos of the 3D box or smiley face fireworks)...

But I did get a photo of these smiley faces that night on the roof...

Pretty soon, TRN will be turning 2,000 hits old! I look forward to posting something then too, assuming work isn't too hectic of course...