2003 - A year in Review
It’s the day after Christmas and that means the end of the year is not far behind. This past year has been pretty eventful for me and overall a good one.
For starters - I got married this past August to a wonderful lady that now goes by the name Jodi Schaap. She’s been a great companion and although we have some tough times, we have a lot more great times that allow us to keep moving forward.
I’m still working at the Holland Sentinel after so many other people have been laid off. That in & of itself is amazing. The fact that someone is paying me to do something I love is hard to find these days. Now that I’ve recently gotten my own work area, things are even better.
Throughout this year I’ve put together some great projects with the help of my co-workers.
Some being:
- Tulip Time Festival - tuliptime.com
- West Michigan Autos - www.westmichiganautos.com/
- NewBride.NET - named #1 idea for 2003 by Morris Communications
- 2003 Parade of Homes - with Virtual Tours, Maps, and more.
- MCPCR - Used by 37 newspapers and various New Media Departments nationwide.
- and many more
On a personal level - I’ve had the chance to work with various people in creating their online presence or simple consulting work.
- Maurer Real Estate - www.maurerrealestate.com
- the grey line - www.thegreyline.com
- Edge Soccer
- Dan Biller - Consulting
- GMB Architects-Engineers - Template development
- and others
I’ve also increased my education through random college classes and hundreds of personal study hours. I’m slowly understanding the world around me and becoming more and more intreged with the things I don’t know.
I also bought a house on the North side of Holland, Michigan and have had a great time learning to be a handy man - although I have to admin, I’m far from where many others are.
So 2003 has been a great year and I can’t think of much to complain about. Here’s to next year and for it to be just as good if not better for not only myself, but to you all.
