Senor Squeakytail

So I've adopted this cat.  He belonged to a neighbor's brother, but neither one wanted him so he was living under our house.  He was very sweet and quickly became one of my favorite local kitties.  Eventually, I ended up taking him to the vet for flea/parasite treatment and a sore leg, and he's just kinda become mine since then.  He cuddles up with me at night and is out cattin' about town during the day.

The problem is that I haven't found a name for him yet.  Bo insists that he should be 'Squeakers' because he has this little squeaky meow, so for a while he was Tommy Squeakers (he's a tomcat, get it?!?!).  Since then he's taken on variations such as Sammy Squeakytail, His Right Honorable Sir Squeakersons III, Squeakovani, Mr. Squeakypants, and many others.  I would like to find a real name for him, though.  A couple of thoughts I had last night were in tribute to the wonderful Czechlandia: Pivo or Nohavica.  For those of you that don't know, pivo means beer, but it's just a great word.  Jaromir Nohavica is a folk singer whose music I love; he is legendary over there.


Anyway, the search for the perfect name continues.  

AUVSI 2010 - Denver!!!

This year AUVSI was in Denver this year, and I was one of the lucky folks that was able to go.  This tradeshow marked my transition into the Marketing Department (wow, we have departments now!), which is a very exciting change for me.


AUVSI this year was different from last year's in D.C. in that there wasn't quite as many people at the show, but the people that we spoke to seemed to be more serious; fewer people going 'Wow, that's cool!' and more people asking us how we can work together and integrate technology.  Very nice change.


As usual, our booth was just swamped and so we were busy all day every day of the show.  We did have a little extra time on Monday, so Kevin and I hopped a bus to Boulder and hiked the Flatirons.  So nice to be back in the mountains!  AUVSI also held a special event for the show participants at Mile High Stadium.  Well, for those of you that don't know, that is a Gator fan's new mecca since Tebow (the living Gator legend) now plays for the Denver Broncos, so that was quite exciting for our littler group.  After hours, we usually hung around with our partners from Evergreen and ING as well as our friends from the Canadian DND.  It was an exhausting, wonderful week in my favorite state (when it's not on fire).

Diana and J showing off our new booth:

You know you've made it when you have your own wine!  

 

Denver was more artsy/culturally active than I had expected, which was a pleasant surprise!  They had a project going on with random pianos set up down the main strip (the second picture at the top) and people played them all day and all night.  It was great.

It's a Flatiron!

And of course, we took time to enjoy the local beers!  My favorite was the Avery Maharaja. :)

Paaaar-teh

Prioria won a landmark contract with the Canadian government for $2.8M this summer, so we threw a party to celebrate!


Here are a few pics from the evening:


Bryan, one of our founders and our CEO

Jason, one of our founders, with his main squeeze Erin

Dennis and Alice (they are so photogenic!)

It's Bo and me!  

Adirondacks

In July, we threw a surprise party for my mom's 59.5th birthday.  Her birthday is New Year's Eve so her birthday is usually fit in whenever it can be managed around the holidays, and in New York State, it's also really freakin' cold.  Since she has never had a summer birthday party and a day just for her, we figured that this would be the perfect opportunity!

After the party, the family went up to the cottage in the Adirondacks for several days.  It's still a work in progress, but it's great.  It has been my parents' dream for as long as I can remember to have a cottage, and now they are finally able building one right on the boundary of the park.  It will be just beautiful.  During the days we spent up there, I took one day to go hiking alone in the High Peaks area.  Weather started rolling in before I could get to the peak, but that's alright... more time for photos on the way down!  It was a wet hike, but I still very much appreciated having the chance to be outside and on a mountain trail... I feel like I belong there.

Maggie + Todd: Married! (Sneak Peek) | Gainesville Wedding Photography

Behold!  A few shots from Maggie and Todd's wedding!  These are quick edits; the final versions will be a little bit more carefully prepared :)

Cinnamon Buns

Long time, no post!  A lot has been going on... work madness, an emergency new car purchase, a vacation, a huge surprise party for my mom, and back to work madness, but now with a wonderful new contract!  So today I'm just going to post a picture and let it do the talking.  I think - among other things - it might say "Yum."

Ben & Kathy - Final Edits!

Some final edits from Ben and Kathy's shoot at Kanapaha Botanical Gardens here in Gainesville.  They did a great job handling the hot, humid, rainy, bright sunny weather.  Ah... summer in Florida...