Hello from Houston

First of all, it is really good! I look forward to updating this blog with news of the family, travels, and other good things going on with us. It has been awhile! I am planning to use this time to work on our genealogy and retrace as many of our ancestors as possible. 

Post script- I am now gainfully employed. 60 days ago I found myself unexpectedly unemployed. The purpose of this is to give some observations about my experiences during this time. Ok so I was employed and thought everything was going pretty well. There were some warning signs but I thought I would be able to manage through them. I was wrong and at a later time I will give some additional insight on that. Here are some of my tips and tricks to help get a job as quickly as possible: 1. Be prepared to be judged very quickly by your prospective boss. He/she will be looking at you with essentially one question in mind- how quickly can you solve my immediate problem? If that is sales then how does your background give me confidence that you will be able to produce the fastest. So you as the job seeker better uncover that need before the interview and make sure your every word on the interview is directed towards answering that question. 2. Be prepared to take a really deep dive into y

http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/01/19/what-do-hand-washing-and-financial-illiteracy-have-in-common-a-new-freakonomics-radio-podcast/ Really good podcast about this issue.

We hope everyone has a great New Year. If anyone reads this blog I have 2 Texan Playoff Tickets for sale. They play the Bengals next Sat at 3p here in Houston. The tickets are section 513, row H seat 17 and 18. Let me know if interested.

We went last year and had a blast. Looking forward to another great weekend. Staying at the Royal Sonesta with a balcony room.