Happy New Year!

Well it's a new year and time for resolutions. What will your cyber security resolution be?

Now blogging on the go!

This is the first of what I hope to be many new mini posts from my iPhone. I've got the new blogger app installed and hopefully one of the barriers to my posting has been removed. I have ideas on the go all the time but rarely do I write them down. So hopefully this will help in that regards. If you are reading this and are interested in infosec please subscribe. Thank you.

Little Sweetie

Been Too Long

Since my last posting was about my new job, you might have guessed that it's keeping me pretty darn busy. From January to March, I was completely swamped and working way more hours than I had planned. Since mid-March things have slowed to a more reasonable pace and now I'm just spending way too much time on Facebook and Babycenter, LOL.

This month, Paul also started a new job with the federal government. I'm so proud of him as he's been working toward this for years. Especially in this economy, it's quite a relief for him to finally have some job security.

Jacob turns 10 months next week; hard to believe we're almost at a year! He's developed such an adorable little personality and charms everyone at "school". He's got two teeth, and always seems to be working on the next one though it hasn't poked through yet. He's rolling all over the place, and sliding and scooting backward. He gets up on his knees and rocks, but no forward movement as of yet. He'll take his own sweet time :)

One of my favorite websites!

My Dream Job

Funny how it works that these layoffs always seem to turn out for the best. I was laid off by Google in the acquisition of DoubleClick back in Spring 2008. Laid off at 7 months pregnant; I was shocked. However, I quickly realized that this was a great opportunity to stay home with my little peanut. It's been a wonderful 6 months of tons of Mama and Jacob time.

I wasn't even looking for a job when I was contacted by a friend from Right Management last month. I got to know Right when I was laid off from TNC back in 2007, and almost got a job with them until the funding for the position was cut. This was exactly the field that I wanted to break into -- career coaching. Well, lo and behold, now with the economy tanking and thousands getting laid off, Right's business is booming and they're hiring. And they have the PERFECT job for me -- part-time home-based Career Management Consultant.

I'll get to work from home so I don't have to worry about spending time commuting or getting dressed up. It's part-time so I still get to be with my peanut every afternoon. It's good enough pay to justify the cost of part-time daycare. And it's exactly the direction that I've wanted to go in with my career.

YIPPPEEEE!!!

A Good Jewish Boy

Jacob's first Hannukah! He didn't get too many presents since he wouldn't know what they were yet anyway. But he's had a fun time learning how to light the menorah, playing with the dreidle and wearing his new yarmulke which has been handed down from his Daddy.

The Cousins

Since Rob and Stephanie have been so busy with Liam, it took some time for them to get around to distributing the photos of my trip there in October. So finally we have a photo of Jacob and Liam together! You can see that Jacob is reaching out to touch Liam's hand (with a little help from his Mama).

Baby's First Swim

Jacob had his first swim today in the Parent-Tot class at the Paul Derda Recreation Center. Our swim teacher Dawn said we needed to wait another month before we try putting his head under water, but we had fun gliding around, kicking, and bouncing in the water.

I anticipate many fun times in the future swimming at the rec center. Daddy is very excited to join us next time.