Matt Mullenweg the CEO of Automattic, the company where I work, is turning 40 today. Happy birthday Matt. For his birthday he asked for people to blog so that’s what I’m doing. I figure he and Automattic have given me so much that this is the least I could do. So here we go, happyContinue reading “Happy Birthday Matt”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
Christmas shopping dates
One of my favourite Christmas traditions we have is that Jen and I each take our children for a one on one Christmas shopping date. We let them pick out and buy presents for their siblings and then have a treat of some kind. With busy lives we don’t always make time for individual timeContinue reading “Christmas shopping dates”
Epic Road Trip 2023
Though this might not have been as far as a trip as some of our past Epic Road Trips like 2017 and 2018, it was still an epic trip. Jen was her three month sabbatical from work and I took some vacation time so we could take the family trip. For years we had promisedContinue reading “Epic Road Trip 2023”
New York Public Library
Originally posted on Sandy's Photo Blog:
The lions out front of the New York Public Library are called Patience and Fortitude. It felt like I needed both today, but didn’t have them. I like New York City a lot but it’s a city I’d like to visit with just my wife, or friends. Having…
Sir Sandford Fleming Park – The Dingle
Yesterday we went and visited Sir Sandford Fleming Park again. Ezra loves this place. He calls the Memorial Tower a castle. It really is a beautiful area that we only recently started visiting. It’s sometimes embarrassing the things I don’t know about our local history and area. Sir Sandford Fleming was an accomplished man andContinue reading “Sir Sandford Fleming Park – The Dingle”
A warm welcome home
Earlier today I made it home after my first work travel since January 2020. It’s been a long time since I’ve been away from my family like this, and I’ve never been away from Ezra like this. It was awesome to get to see my team in person. Most of who I hadn’t met inContinue reading “A warm welcome home”
Division 2 Champions
Years of hard work paid off today for our basketball team the Valley Spartans. The young men captured the Division 2 Championship today for our Metro League basketball season. We finished the regular season in second place having lost to the first-place team twice. We had two tough games today where we first played aContinue reading “Division 2 Champions”
Lazy Sunday morning
Originally posted on Sandy's Photo Blog:
Though it isn’t this way all day there have already been a few lazy moments to today. They day started off with my three year old bit waking up I till a quarter past seven. What a lovely treat to just lay in bed after waking up and…
Starting back
Tomorrow morning I’m starting back to work after the second part of an extended parental leave. I’m so thankful that I was able to have this time to spend with my family. Throughout the leave my emotions ran across the spectrum really. Especially in the beginning it was all great. Jen was still off onContinue reading “Starting back”
Photo blog
A few weeks back I started challenge for myself. I wanted to take more pictures mostly as a way to force myself to pay attention to the things around me a bit more. Sort of like stop and smell the roses. So I started a new photo blog where I’ve been posting one photo thatContinue reading “Photo blog”
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