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February 7, 2013August 23, 2017Jeromey Balderrama

Well I finally made some time to get a damn post up on here. Every few days I’ll navigate out to this site only to have it stare me down and discourage me from making another post. My thought process went something like this:

Hey I should post something! I have a great idea!

-That’s great, but you need to explain what you’ve been up to so people can at least get a semblance of where you’ve been these last few months.

That’s too hard and I’m tired from a long day, I’ll just go to bed.

I’ve just accepted the fact that there’s no way for me to begin to cover what I’ve been up to and find the time to pack it into a single post, so I’m just going to go with the big stuff and hopefully my thoughts won’t come out too random. Also I apologize for sounding so disjointed, it’s been months since I’ve written this long that’s not a work-related email (sad, I know).

So let’s start with the biggest life changing event, which is best explained in our Christmas card:

Yes, we’re expecting our first child to arrive in June, and can’t be more excited! As we’re finishing up our 21st week (well Bethany is, I’m not really doing heavy lifting), we’re starting to get a grasp of what we need to do to (try to) prepare for our young bundle of joy. We’ve taken to calling the baby “In Beta”, coined after the software development term. At some point I’ll share some experiences we’ve had in this transition into forthcoming parenthood, but in the meantime I wanted to get this exciting gem out there and apologize to those of you who haven’t heard this news before.

Happy Movember Everybody

November 30, 2012April 14, 2020Jeromey Balderrama

So yes, it’s the last day in November, so I decided to show of my handy-work for the month.

This was my inferior attempt to pull off the Aaron Rodgers.

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I played around with it a little bit during Thanksgiving week, treating my family to this:

I think Bethany’s ready for December to arrive.

Unplugging (the blog) from Facebook

November 13, 2012January 30, 2023Jeromey Balderrama

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I’ve been posting to this blog (in some form) for over 7 years, and 714 blog posts later I’ve found that my posts have been getting fewer and further between. I can attribute this to many things, among those: a lack of time & shifts in priority, but there is one barrier which I’m attempting to remove: my blog’s link to Facebook.

One thing that hasn’t been a barrier is a shortage of thoughts and opinions. They usually visit me in the most inopportune times, when plugging away at a keyboard for an hour isn’t feasible. Oftentimes my craving to express these opinions is satisfied by Twitter, but believe it or not, sometimes my thoughts can’t be articulated in 140 characters. I then consider posting to my blog, but then am approached by another barrier: my self doubt of expressing my views, and how they will be perceived by my loved ones. When I first linked my blog to Facebook, it looked like an awesome opportunity to drive traffic over here, and a lot of you have graciously clicked the link in Facebook to read my latest rant. At the same time, I have a hyper-sensitivity to what gets posted about me in Facebook. While some people post virtually every thought, I’m pretty particular about what ends up on my news feed and who just might see it. Through that my “not anonymous” platform becomes that much more public. This results in every inclination to blog getting trumped by my self-doubt.

This makes no sense, right? That’s what I figured, but looking back at my blog I yearn for the days when I was posting regularly and am looking for ways to recapture that pattern – so I’m going to try this. This will be the last auto-post that will be added to my Facebook profile for the foreseeable future. If I end up writing something that is particularly noteworthy, I’ll manually create a link, but for the most part I’m yearning to detach my posts from my news feed.

If you’re still interested in keeping up my thoughts, you’re always welcome to subscribe using my RSS feed (which works with Google Reader and various other news-reading apps). I’ll also continue the auto-posting to Twitter, which somehow seems a little more anonymous. Otherwise you’re always welcome to drop into the site from time to time.

So here’s to most posts, more rants and more ramblings. Thanks for indulging me.

Celebrating 31

July 4, 2012August 23, 2017Jeromey Balderrama

After the big festivities of my 30th birthday, I didn’t think 31 would amount to much, but thanks to my family and friends, I was proven wrong and had an awesome day.

My schedule had me starting my day bright and early, but Bethany woke up early and made me a special birthday breakfast of stuffed french toast.

We’re actually visiting Bethany’s family in Durango this week, which meant that I could be spoiled by going to one of my favorite places in Durango: Serious Texas BBQ.

My birthday evening kicked off with a fancy dinner at a great restaurant called Ken & Sue’s, where I was able to enjoy a great steak and a birthday cake martini.

But the ultimate end to my special day was brought to me by my lovely wife, who slaved through the day and made me an awesome cake! She was so clever that she actually incorporated my gift into the cake – I was completely surprised by both!

I couldn’t have asked for a better birthday, especially since one of our gifts came a little early – in the form of a new buyer for our house. We’re back under contract!

Also above all, I was touched by all of the family and friends who called me, texted me, Facebooked me, giving me warm birthday wishes! I am thankful to have all of you in my life! Here’s to making the next year better than the last!

Anniversary Day!

June 20, 2012August 23, 2017Jeromey Balderrama

Three years ago today: my beautiful bride said “I do” to spending sharing her life with me, and I would be remiss if I didn’t take a moment to thank her for the magical three years we’ve had in our marriage. We’ve definitely had our share of adventures over the seven years we’ve been together, but something tells me that the best is yet to come….

As far as anniversary planning, Bethany takes the even years and I get the odd years, so I’d probably better figure something out for today (just kidding – but I don’t want to spoil the plans).

I will spend this day reliving our wedding day with our photos, grateful for all of the friends and family that came out to celebrate with us. Thank you for loving and supporting us on this journey!