Maggie had her first Christmas (not very exciting for her, we opened her presents while she was asleep… hey, she’s 2 months old!) and her first New Years Eve celebration. She’s not much of a party animal though, she was in bed by 8:30, unlike her mom and dad who made it to about 10:30! We are some crazy folks!
So it’s resolution time, and since I’m not much in to “I’m going to loose 20lbs” kind of resolutions (though that’s not a bad idea…), I thought I’d list the things I’d like to accomplish this year. So here goes:
Learn more about Ruby on Rails
I’ve had a chance to learn a bit about RoR in the last few months during the Typo theme contest. I’m really loving it. It’s a great framework based on a very polished language. It beats any php frameworks I’ve used in the past simply because a lot of people are using it and there’s great documentation. This is my biggest goal of the year.
Team|Worship
I’m currently working on an application that can be used by churches to help organize their worship services. As a worship leader, I know that there are times that I knew more about what’s going on, who’s playing, what songs are overused, etc. So I set out to create a tool that churches can use to help out their worship leaders. Note: I’m writing it in Ruby on Rails… see above 
Song Writing
Over the last year, I have put together a small project studio in my basement, I’ve got a control surface, a very nice Studio Projects C1 mic, and a Shure Beta 87a along with a tube preamp by ART and brand new AMD Athlon64 box running XP and Sonar. If I can find time between being a dad, work and the above two items, I’d love to work on a few projects in there
Daddy time…
I’m in unchartered waters here… at least for me! I’ve always wanted to be a dad, and I knew it would be a challenge, but I want to be the best dad I can be. So this one is simple. Be a good dad.
So I guess that’s it for now. We’ll see how it goes…