Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Today's stuff de jour

The best thing about the name of my new blog is that it doesn’t lock me into a particular type of content. My interpretation is that stuff de jour will be whatever is on my mind for the day of a particular post. I can expound on anything I want. In future installments, I’ll explore commuting to work, home improvement projects, catering, weddings, hunting, college sports, my church, family, travel, and all the stuff I haven’t thought of yet.

My faith is important to me. It has shaped many of my views of life. Many of my activities and pursuits are in and around my church. My family is important to me. I love my wife and sons and like to spend as much time as I can with them. I look forward to retirement, but realize that I will need something to occupy my time after I clean out my desk and take all my stuff home. I hope to retire at 55 and experience a vocational refocusing for ten or fifteen years. There are a lot of things I would like to explore, but I haven't had the time yet.

I have decided that when I retire, lunch with my wife will be my priority. For almost thirty years, I have made the journey to work each morning and on too very few of those days I have had the pleasure of her company over lunch. I plan for that all to change.

This is probably enough for today. I can hardly wait to see where this ride goes. You can tag along. We may not always agree, but then, who does?

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