Over the past two days we’ve received our first taste of winter this year. There has been a bunch of snow and school has been cancelled the last two days. Tuesday was blizzard like conditions so there was lots of wind and blowing snow. It’s made me even more thankful again to have a jobContinue reading “Winter Arrived”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
Wintery Wet Basketball
We were looking for something to do today that would get is outside. The temperatures were above freezing, even if just barely, so we wanted to take advantage. We talked about going for a walk, or to a playground, but Noah decided he wanted to play basketball. We didn’t know what the court would beContinue reading “Wintery Wet Basketball”
Donairs and Donair Pizza
While I was away in Spain meeting my new team one of them, Simon, asked me about food in Nova Scotia and if he came here what he would have to try. The first thing that came to mind was donairs. Truthfully I don’t actually eat a lot of donairs, but when I do IContinue reading “Donairs and Donair Pizza”
Barcelona Team Meetup
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”
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”
Sandy McFadden 