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In the final days of 2016 I get the cold from hell it seems fitting. This year has been a bitch in most every way possible. There have been some memorable parts though that have made it worth it.
For Christmas 2015 I got Rachael a bartenders book and a cocktail mixing set. She got me a few bottles of my favorite liquor. ( I still haven't finished all of it) We joked that for 2016 we were becoming alcoholics. 2015 had not been the best to us either. We had been on track to adopt our foster boy but due to the choices he made we were unable to.
Fast forward to January 2016. Rachael had an awesome birthday party. On the 30th of January we had a fundraiser for officer Barney.I spent three days making a coffee table to be auctioned off. It was time well spent. On the same night as the fundraiser Rachael took a test, you know the kind you pee on.
We had been married for 8 years by this point and had not actively been trying to prevent pregnancy for for about 5 years. I had just recently accepted the fact that we were not going to have kids. Well when I got home from the fundraiser Rachael told me I was going to be a father.
What a huge change that brought about in our life. I had been trying to make my vinyl business a full time job but that took a back seat. I got a job that I actually love. I became a bartender at our local bar. There is nothing better then working for a small business that is like a family.
2015 also brought about the end of Utah Chive and the birth of the Green Onion. It was hard to end Utah Chive but we were told we had to merge the two groups. It did not go smooth and two people in general caused the majority of our issues. However the Onion has been amazing. It has given us the freedom to operate without over sight or higher ups to answer to.
Jackie-Anne Joy Brown was born October 11th 2016. What had been a fairly easy pregnancy for Rachael was one hell of a birth. Rachael had to have a C section and Jackie was in the nic-u for a while. The worst of it was Rachaels C section scar getting infected. She is not yet fully recovered from that.
This year we have been on the receiving end of so much generosity from so many. While my depression has been under control I still often find myself wondering if people actually want me around or miss me when they don't see me for a while. Well our amazing friends surprised us this year. We had a fundraiser event at F&J and well it was for us. I did not see that coming and I am still blown away by it.
I have made some amazing new friends this year. As much as I can bitch about 2016 I am going to try and remember the good parts and hope 2017 is a better year.
In the final days of 2016 I get the cold from hell it seems fitting. This year has been a bitch in most every way possible. There have been some memorable parts though that have made it worth it.
For Christmas 2015 I got Rachael a bartenders book and a cocktail mixing set. She got me a few bottles of my favorite liquor. ( I still haven't finished all of it) We joked that for 2016 we were becoming alcoholics. 2015 had not been the best to us either. We had been on track to adopt our foster boy but due to the choices he made we were unable to.
Fast forward to January 2016. Rachael had an awesome birthday party. On the 30th of January we had a fundraiser for officer Barney.I spent three days making a coffee table to be auctioned off. It was time well spent. On the same night as the fundraiser Rachael took a test, you know the kind you pee on.
We had been married for 8 years by this point and had not actively been trying to prevent pregnancy for for about 5 years. I had just recently accepted the fact that we were not going to have kids. Well when I got home from the fundraiser Rachael told me I was going to be a father.
What a huge change that brought about in our life. I had been trying to make my vinyl business a full time job but that took a back seat. I got a job that I actually love. I became a bartender at our local bar. There is nothing better then working for a small business that is like a family.
2015 also brought about the end of Utah Chive and the birth of the Green Onion. It was hard to end Utah Chive but we were told we had to merge the two groups. It did not go smooth and two people in general caused the majority of our issues. However the Onion has been amazing. It has given us the freedom to operate without over sight or higher ups to answer to.
Jackie-Anne Joy Brown was born October 11th 2016. What had been a fairly easy pregnancy for Rachael was one hell of a birth. Rachael had to have a C section and Jackie was in the nic-u for a while. The worst of it was Rachaels C section scar getting infected. She is not yet fully recovered from that.
This year we have been on the receiving end of so much generosity from so many. While my depression has been under control I still often find myself wondering if people actually want me around or miss me when they don't see me for a while. Well our amazing friends surprised us this year. We had a fundraiser event at F&J and well it was for us. I did not see that coming and I am still blown away by it.
I have made some amazing new friends this year. As much as I can bitch about 2016 I am going to try and remember the good parts and hope 2017 is a better year.
