It's that time of year again!

Apparently, I get the urge to start blogging about this time every year. I didn't realize this until I decided to check in and make a new post, and saw the topic of my last post. It's amazing how fast time slips past!

We've had a busy year, and are continuing to remain busy. Work is pretty steady, and as usual, I've got more hobbies than I know what to do with. I've been working with Drupal, hoping to learn web design as a potential job. My goal is to be able to work from home. I'm tired of spending my life away from my family. I get home each day and feel like there's barely enough time so say hi to them, and then everyone is going to bed.

As part of my goal to learn Drupal, I've been using Linux more, since most servers these days run on Linux. Of course, my other goal has been to find an alternative to the beast in Redmond (also known as Windows). I tried a beta of Windows 7 which is just Vista with a few tweaks. The reality of the matter is, Vista has some security features that Microsoft is finally trying to incorporate, but as usual, they took a good job and have worked their hardest to screw it up until the original good idea is no longer identifiable underneath all the security holes and bugs they added in. In my quest for a solid Linux replacement for Windows, I stumbled across Kubuntu (a variation of Ubuntu that ships with KDE rather than Gnome). It is hands down the most user friendly Linux distro that I have ever found, and the level of sophistication found in Linux software has made huge advancements over the last few years. You wouldn't beleive what is available for free.

I have also been picking Greek back up. So far I've only been revisiting my vocab words, and trying to follow along in Church, but at least that's something!

The other activity that has been taking my time is finally trying to teach myself guitar. I don't know how long it has been since Gail got my guitar for me, but to my shame it has spent most of the time gathering dust in the corner. Recently, however, my shame caused by it's neglect and layer of dust finally overcame my innate inertia, in what I hope is going to be a continuing habit, I've been trying to practice for 10-15 minutes a day.

Well, I'm going to wrap it up for tonight, hopefully this will be something else I can be more faithful to, and more regular with. If not, I'll see you next year!