It’s February and my Penguins are in second place despite their rough start. Any NHL fans on Micro.blog? Maybe we can get the ? emoji added to the Discover section.

Last year, Grid & Arrow built a custom piece of software in Laravel to solve a specific customer’s email delivery problem. Today, we’re launching it to the world hoping to find a few new companies that would benefit from it.

If you’ve been trying to use email marketing platforms to upload a spreadsheet and send an email blast with mixed success, take a look at our landing page.

I love having a wood burning fireplace at our new house. I got a wood splitter for Christmas and with all the wood on our property we’re set for years.

The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza

It’s a lot more effort to go to shows these days but I’m so glad we made the effort for this one.

We dropped Curren off for a night at a friend’s house, got a dog sitter, and booked at hotel in Indy for a night away just the two of us to ring in the Christmas season at the The Oh Hellos Christmas Extravaganza.

Here’s some photos the band tweeted out:

Curren is like Sonic the Hedgehog these days. Drop him down and he starts racing off as fast as he can. We had a blast at the park yesterday letting him go as far as he wanted.

Curren running

Today it was dry and below freezing in Indiana so naturally I spent the entire day moving leaves, acorns, wood and dog poop to various locations around my yard.

Yesterday I said goodbye to the Ford Escape I’ve owned for the last fourteen years. I drove it from sea to shining sea — 25 states, 3 provinces, and the District of Columbia.

Today I’m thankful for neighbors who see a man with way too small of a leaf blower for his yard and come to help bearing bigger engines.