{"id":32005,"date":"2012-12-31T19:24:33","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T02:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/2012-the-year-in-review.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T11:08:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T18:08:45","slug":"2012-the-year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/31\/2012-the-year-in-review.html","title":{"rendered":"2012: The Year In Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actually, it's this year's Christmas Letter, but, heck, that's a year in review, right?<\/i><\/p>\n

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The year 2012 was another Thrilling Epoch of Suburban Denver Bliss in the dull, boring, placid lives of the Hill\/Kleerup Consortium.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Health-wise, we've had a pretty good year \u2013 no broken bones or critical illnesses. Dave and Margie both got new glasses late in the year, choosing to go for the retro solid frames look, but that's about it. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Work \u00a0very hectic for both Dave and Margie. \u00a0Dave continues to manage an enterprise-wide corporate software systems group for [REDACTED], a major multinational engineering firm, but not the same one as last year, having been promoted to lead up a new group covering corporate health and safety, quality, legal, and sales systems. \u00a0This, coupled with his work on last year's big acquisition, meant he was still traveling a fair amount, both domestic US and down to India. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

Margie, though, upped her game considerably this year in her work for [REDACTED]. She joined the ranks of management as the new Manager for the newly created Workforce Information Consulting group, to help the organization better understand its 175,000 employees. \u00a0This new corporate position means monthly business travel back to the headquarters in Oakland, not to mention hiring for her new department. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Kay continued in Middle School, the seventh grade. \u00a0She's on the honor roll, which has meant a lot of work for her, but has also been making a name for herself musically, both as first chair flute in the symphonic (advanced) band, participating in jazz band, and learning guitar..\u00a0<\/p>\n

Aside from business trips, we had some good family travel. Besides the annual big family camping trip above Paso Robles, California, we took an eight-day cruise on the Disney Wonder to Alaska, leaving Seattle and going through the Inside Passage to Tracy Arm, Skagway, Juneau, Ketchikan, and Victoria. \u00a0It was a gorgeous trip full of side excursions (canoeing, zip-lining, sea-planing) and a lot of wonderful memories. (Next year's plans are in the opposite direction in many ways \u2013 a photo safari in Africa!)<\/p>\n

The cats are doing great. Kunoichi and Neko remain both best of friends and are friendly, integral members of our household.<\/p>\n

Not much this year in the way of home improvement, mostly minor projects. \u00a0We did start looking, though, at some big efforts for the next few years, from the mundane (replacing the roof) to the exciting (a major kitchen remodel). More news on those in next year's letter.<\/p>\n

Aside from that \u2026 well, we just seemed to be busy as all get-out. Work, as noted above, seemed to be part of that for all three of us. \u00a0Our leftover time felt like it was largely rest and recovery from that. \u00a0When not hunkering down with books or playing online games (including the late, lamented City of Heroes), we had friends over for board games and barbecues, Dave and Kay both kicked out novels during November's National Novel Writing Month, and we all just tried to make sure we were getting enough sleep.
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So maybe it wasn\u2019t all dull and boring and placid \u2026 but it was mostly pleasant, and being together makes even the occasional bumps worthwhile.
A very Merry Christmas (and other wintery holidays) to you all, and a Happy 2013, too.<\/p>\n

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Actually, it's this year's Christmas Letter, but, heck, that's a year in review, right? —————- The year 2012 was another Thrilling Epoch of Suburban Denver Bliss in the dull, boring, placid lives of the Hill\/Kleerup Consortium.\u00a0 Health-wise, we've had a pretty good year \u2013 no broken bones or critical illnesses. 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