I was extremely fortunate enough to spend last week getting to meet and work with my new team in Barcelona Spain. It really was an invaluable experience. Being so new to the company I really appreciate being able to build in person connections with them. I’m a pretty introverted person but I really triedContinue reading “Barcelona Team Meetup”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
My Daughters and Their Dolls
For Christmas this year Caile and Ella each wanted one of the 18 inch dolls which some of their friends had. I figured they were a little old for dolls and that they would quickly get bored of them and they would end up at the back of the closet or somewhere similar. So farContinue reading “My Daughters and Their Dolls”
11th Wedding Anniversary
Eleven years ago today I was nice and warm waking up in a cheap hotel room in New Orleans. We had just flown in the day before, leaving extremely cold weather behind. We had a couple delays on the way which meant we missed most of the offices where we could get our marriage licence.Continue reading “11th Wedding Anniversary “
Noah at almost one
Came across this old picture of Noah tonight. I love this picture of him, it makes me laugh everytime I see it.
2015 Starting out big
2014 was a very good year and 2015 seems like it is going to continue right along. We started last night with a great group of friends and family coming over with their kids to our house for a get together. We had good snacks and conversation. The kids had a good time, playing, watchingContinue reading “2015 Starting out big”
Joining Automattic
This post has been rattling around inside me for some time now so I think it’s about time that I get to writing. It’s been just about a month since I first started working full time at Automattic but the whole process started long before that. I’ve been using WordPress to build websites for quiteContinue reading “Joining Automattic”
The Women of Automattic
One of my new team mates made me aware of this post today written by our team lead Zandy Ring. A lot of the things she talks about apply to everyone. I shared a lot of her feelings even after I was hired. I still seem to be suffering from impostor syndrome, although it’s gettingContinue reading “The Women of Automattic”
Good Christmas Gift Idea
In my Boxing Day Reflection post I mentioned that I wanted to get more gifts that instead of being physical things would be things that build memories and experiences. It’s not like we don’t do any of this now I just want to do more of it in the future. For the past few nightsContinue reading “Good Christmas Gift Idea”
Snowman love, as long as it’s indoors
My wife hates winter, and in particular snow. That’s pretty rough seeing as we live where we do. It’s turned into a running joke with all the kids she looks after and their families. Snow really is a four letter word. Whenever it snows the kids laugh and say Jen’s going to be so mad,Continue reading “Snowman love, as long as it’s indoors”
Some presents I enjoy, others not so much
Last night after coming home from our family dinner at my Mom’s house we put Noah to bed and we took the time to enjoy one of our family gifts. We were given the board game PayDay. I don’t recall ever playing it before, but Jen loved it when she was little. Alex was upContinue reading “Some presents I enjoy, others not so much”
Sandy McFadden 