Busy year so far

Wow – amazing to see that we’re already into July – I’ve been enjoying telling people “it’s less than six months till Christmas” – LOL !

Has been a little quiet on the blogging from me – so here’s a quick run-down of what the year has comprised of (for me) :

January

• Summer time fun with kids
• Last gasps of Christmas + Holiday fun
• Australia Day BBQ (1 2)
• Mt Buller Downhill MTB’ing (Chairlift)
• Work – SharePoint 2010 migration + develop Async DVWP

February

• SoundGarden
• Cameron’s 7th birthday
• Late Feb training – run, ride, swim
• Concert – MachineHead
• Work – SharePoint video ECM components

March

• SoundWave – full-day heavy metal festival (1 2 3)
• Started AusKick w/ Cameron – and Liam !
• BRW Triathalon
• SharePoint Conference (Australia) – prepare presentation
• Work – SharePoint charting + reporting (+ 3 years at OBS)
• Tough deadlines + AUSPC = only just made it through March (!)
• Started re-watching BREAKING BAD (from Season 1)

April

• Lots of riding – training for big MTB race
• Low-key celebrations for my birthday (40th !)
• Wombat 100 MTB race – 100 km !
• 511 km of riding for April – a new record
• Liam – boots-off party
• Cameron completed New Super Mario Bros (Wii) – PROUD !
• Work – Silverlight PivotViewer webpart

May

• Focus back on family, after work/riding – remember me ??!
• Weekend away with Donna
• 40th birthday party with friends
• Donna & Sean’s birthday
• Late night (OR) early morning watching MTB DH World Cup
• Planning / preparing for new kitchen – ripping up flooring
• Work – InfoPath + Nintex (Moorabbin)

June

• New kitchen !
• Ripping up flooring
• Moved out of home for floorboards polishing
• Painted hallway, toilet, laundry, kitchen
• Charlie turned THREE !
• More BREAKING BAD
• Work – InfoPath + Nintex (Moorabbin)

*phew*     Amazing to sum up SIX months – in a few paragraphs.  

Top 5

Lots of other crazy stuff happened of course, but my personal highlights (top 5) were :

• Kid’s birthday parties
• Wombat100 Mountain Bike race
• MachineHead
• Presenting at the Australian SharePoint Conference
• …and a new kitchen !

Winter Blues

I always tend to get a little ‘flat’ during winter – has been some tough times getting through the kitchen renovations, and I’m not as enthused about work/career (and SharePoint) over the last few months – and user group, blogging, conferences, etc seems like a bit of a chore.

I blame WDS (winter depression syndrome) – well, that’s what *I* call it.

But – acknowledging that I’m in a bit of ‘rut’ is half the battle – so it’s (hopefully) onward-and-upward for the rest of the year – with some better project work – and SharePoint 15 learnings ahead.

New Year’s Resolutions

As someone who doesn’t believe in resolutions, but have “goals” to do, one of them was to cycle 100km/week – and aim for 5,000 km for the year – and ride to work “once a week (on average)”.   

Currently at just over 2,000 km for the year – so a little behind.   And have ridden to work 24 times, in 27 weeks.   Again – a little behind (during winter).

Here’s the month-by-month (from Strava) :

Ahead for 2012

Hard to predict what might happen of course – the best laid plans of mice & men – and all that stuff…

• SharePoint Saturday – have chosen to NOT present this time, after being a speaker for the last 3-4 years
• Liam turning 5 !   (and preparing for school next year – what the !?)
• TechEd ?   Have submitted a session
• SharePoint 15 – lots of learning ahead – get fired up !
• SharePoint Conference in Vegas – NOT going this year – slightly bummed about that.
• Biking – entered for the Around The Bay 210 km !
• Another MTB race event ?

Winter time has taken hold – so it’s good to look back on the year, and think about what’s to come.  

Mid-winter is a bit crappy – but only another month of it…

Hope YOUR year is progressing nicely – and you’re having a blast…   

Let’s do lunch/coffee !

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** This is one of my fave pic’s from the year so far – Queen’s Birthday ride to The Dandenongs…

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