Thought of the day

No, this is not a "Jack Handy" moment, but just an experience that I thought I would "jot" down and share. I'll be quick since it is Friday.

As most you you know, I work for eProject. We are located in downtown Seattle and have the 5th and 6th floors of a cool brick building. Anyway, we are growing like gang busters...now at around 120 people. This kind of growth is challenging because it is difficult to still "know" everyone. There are occasional names that I don't recognize, but I at lease can place a face....I know if I see someone that they are a part of eProject.

A few months back, MySpace took over the 4th floor. Talk about growing like gang busters...they are filling a relatively small space with over 100 developers. Today as I was walking into the building and waiting for the elevator, a guy (techie looking) approached me and asked if I was going to the 4th floor, because his card key wouldn't work.

Seemed like a harmless encounter, but as I put the pieces together, I realized this is pretty sad and how lucky I am. Here is guy who cant even recognize if I belong on the 4th floor....doesn't know if we even work at the same company. They are growing so fast, and probably have enough turn over that they don't know who works where. I am very thankful to be where I am at and this is just one of those little reminders to make sure I try to know all the people that work at eProject. I may not be buddy buddy with everyone, but I need to know that the person waiting for the elevator is going to my same floor and we are a part of the same company.

Have a great weekend!

Part of History

Not sure how long it will last, but I can say I was a part of history today. With all the I-5 contsruction, everyone is being encouraged to take alternative transportation. As a result, there were 191 of us on the 7:30am water taxi. It was PACKED.

When I got to the dock, I thought there was no way I was getting on the boat. But after pushing and shoving I made it :-) Just kidding...they just got approval for increased capacity to 250 (from 150) so we had some room to spare. Either way it was cool to be a part of the new record. Records are meant to be broken, so my guess is that it will be short lived.

Camping Video

OK...Dabling here with some technology....Back in June I blogged about our Camping trip with friends. Well, with the help of OneTrueMedia.com I uploaded our pictures and created the "montage." Let us know if it doesnt work.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Seafair Weekend

Well, seafair offically has come and gone now with the Hydros and Blue Angels. Believe it or not, even though we are lifelong Seattlites, neither Steph or I have ever been to the Hydros or down to see the Blue Angels. I guess we had a sheltered childhood :-)


So, this weekend we were invited by our friends Cary and Julia to their seafair tradition of watching the Blue Angels perform on Saturday. We met in WS at 11:30, grabbed some food for a picnic lunch and headed down to Seward park. The place was crawling with people....thousands at least. We ate or lunch and then the show started with the roar of 4 jets over our heads. Cary and I had our cameras and we caught a few pictures of the "birds". My camera has a decent zoom lens, but either way, to get a picture like this they must have been close! Sorry the 1 is clipped a bit...remember, this things are going pretty darn fast, so just to have it in focus is an accomplishment.

Here is a cute pic of Maddie and her friend Gavin watching the Blue Angels go by.

Thanks fo the Doerrs for including us in their Annual tradition and for the introduction to the Blue Angels in person. It was a really cool experience and great fun!

New Amy Update

Howdy, family and friends. The Jensens of Lakewood, California wish you a swell summer and hope you're staying cool.

We have a short and sweet update on Amy's health. And it is very sweet. Amy had an MRI last Wednesday and the doctor says it's the best picture she's taken to date. That weird, unnerving anomaly in her brain has actually SHRUNK which is a very good thing. Because while no one really has any idea what this thing is, the fact that it's getting smaller means that it's probably NOT a tumor, and more likely that it's merely irradiated brain tissue that's on the slow track to healing. Again, we have no idea for certain. But according to neurosurgeon, shrinkage is a good thing.

I must say that since receiving this news a week ago, Amy's spirits have been noticeably lighter. Contributing to this, no doubt, is the fact that her hair is really starting to come back at least, on one side. The other side is growing more slowly but it IS growing. She's really jazzed about that. Amy's been taking care of herself in many other ways, as well. She's on the right medications, getting the right kind of help, working hard on visualizing herself getting healthy. She's doing her part, and doing so with a great measure of grace.

The doc now has Amy on an every-other-month MRI schedule instead of monthly peeks. So we won't have another update for you until late September after we get back from our trip to Paris. I think we deserve a trip to Paris, don't you? Of course, this is all contingent on Amy's passport getting here in time. We applied for it on May 1. Still hasn't come. Gulp. Please pray for that, as well as continued healing for Amy and grace for our family.

Thank you all for your love and support.

Much love in return,

Jeff, Amy, Ben and Lauren