Here’s what’s new with us…

September 22nd, 2011

Hey everyone, it’s been awhile since my last post, but we’ve been busy–which is a good thing.

Here’s what’s new with us:

Sam and I rode in the 2011 bike MS: Pedal Los Pueblos charity ride. It was exciting and lots of fun. Thank you to everyone who donated and helped us help the fundraiser surpass it’s $125,ooo goal (last I checked, they were close to collecting $150,000!)
I started my own photography business and have shot a few homes in the Albuquerque area and one in Durango–you can see some of my latest work here.
I started a new job, working very part-time as a transaction manager for a local real estate agent
Sam spoke in this years’ Albuquerque Wordcamp conference as a panelist and did an excellent job. It was a great opportunity to meet other web people in our area and I think he made some great contacts. He had so much fun that he is thinking about speaking at other conferences nationally and possibly internationally
I got accepted to UNM, and am finally going to finish my degree. Go Lobos!
There is talk of my brother and his wife moving to Albuquerque at some point in the near future–this would be wonderful and we are very much looking forward to them being closer

That’s about it for now. We are heading into Fall and are looking forward to the weather being cooler for awhile. We enjoyed spending this Summer with our niece and nephews and miss them now that they are back in school!

We are planning a trip to Rockford in November for Thanksgiving, and we’re really excited about seeing everyone there. We will be in town for about 5 days, so let me know if anyone wants to get together!

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Settling In

August 9th, 2010

It’s been two weeks since we opened our office and things are looking good. We are able to draw a clearly defined line between work and home, which is a new thing. It’s a great thing. So far, we’ve taken our two weekends off to catch up on sleep, since we’ve been so busy working on getting set up. I think it will only get easier as time goes on. Sadly, we don’t visit the pool as often as we had been, but now it’s a treat to be able to go on the weekends. But I’ll trade pool time for the chance to stop the phones from ringing and to unchain Sam from his computer anytime. Our clients are adjusting (some are proving to be less adaptable, shall we say?), and I am confident that after another couple of weeks, they will realize that this is our schedule now. So, no, we will not be answering your calls at 11pm on a Sunday. Clearly. Actually, we fired the one client who did this on a regular basis and are now working with all pretty darn good people. We will be redoing the consulting website, as Sam designed a new logo for our business cards. I’m looking forward to building a brand that will become recognizable with our name.

In other news, Sam turned 26 this past Saturday. We had a great day of relaxing, good food and a great baseball game with Rachel, Austin & the kids. The Isotopes played a great game which was followed up by a spectacular fireworks show. Oh, and I made a carrot cake for Sam–and while it’s true the frosting did sort of melt off in the heat, it still tasted pretty good. There are no pictures of that cake to post on purpose. It was nice to spend some time with family. I think it’s too easy to get wrapped up in our own little lives and we forget to make time for things like that.

We are busy trying to flesh out our trip to Rockford in the Fall. My friend, Elaine, had her first baby and I can’t wait to meet him, and see her too, of course. I’ll see my Dad & Stepmom, my grandparents and various friends, and I’m excited. We will be driving, as we learned recently that driving will only cost us roughly $150 in gas (in our Pruis) as opposed to several hundred dollars in airfare and renting a car. And don’t worry–for Sam’s birthday, I bought him extender rails for his seat in the Prius, so he can drive comfortably.

That’s all from us right now. Hope everyone who reads this is enjoying life!

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Hotchkiss Consulting News!!

July 28th, 2010

Hey everyone! I just wanted to write a quick note to share with everyone the exciting news! We have moved our web development company out of our guest bedroom and into an office space in downtown Albuquerque. We are on the 6th/top floor of the historic Sunshine Building, which was Albuquerque’s first “sky scraper”. In addition to the new office space, we have hired another developer to work with us. His name is Adam Hurd, and after his first week with us, it is safe to say that he has already proven himself to be a valuable addition to our team. We are very excited to build our business and believe that this was the next step in our path to taking over the world! Ok, the coding world. Ok, we’ll settle for our corner…but still!! We emailed out a newsletter to everyone, and so if you are reading this, and didn’t get the email, shoot us an email and we’ll add you. We don’t plan to send them too often, so it won’t be bothersome. See some pics below!

: Oooh, the printer/scanner area. Neat.

: What’s around us

: They brought us our lettering…we are official! I’ve already had the neighbor tell me that one of her clients was really excited to see that “Hotchicks Consulting” moved in next door…. :)