What on earth could this be?

It was because of this that we started looking for a new place to live and also adopted a new member of the family. A small blackish gray tiger cat named Oliver Teagan Talouse. He was, and still is quite the handful, albeit a much larger handful now that he is bigger. Around this time I began to tire of my job and needed to find some place new… a place where management actually took the time to understand what their employees did, and I don’t know… paid them more. I got this call from a very nice guy that worked for a company called Toltest in Maumee Ohio. I could not pass it up. Finally I work in a place where I feel like part of a team instead of just a cog in a machine. Everyone here is very nice and extremely supportive. I even have an office with a window now! I work on designing and developing the user interfaces for all the web applications the company uses internally, as well as working on the public website and public web applications. Because Becca and I were looking for a new place to live Sam started hunting around as well. She found a nice, new loft apartment above some stores downtown and moved out. With one less person in the apartment and an extra room, Becca and I began molding it in to a place that felt a tad more hospitable. Becca was also done at the studio in BG, so we decided to give it up and attempted to rebuild Sam’s old room into a work place.

Becca and I have been trying to spend as much time with our families as we can lately. She finished up her posters so she has a bit more free time to do other things; but my new job makes it a bit harder to get out on weekends. Still we have managed to go kayaking, celebrate the 4th, go to fairs and baseball games, help with a 5k run, go to the parks, play with alpaca babies, and watch the Olympics (grats to Michael Phelps!) with our families. Yet our families have yet to meet each other. Hopefully we can take care of that soon.

Well, that is about it for now. I have to get going, but I will be back soon with more updates and even more pictures. I hope you like the pictures below from some of our random times over the past few months.

]]> http://www.sethgeib.com/2008/09/03/post-o-rama/feed/ http://www.sethgeib.com/2008/04/29/to-a-long-lost-friend/ http://www.sethgeib.com/2008/04/29/to-a-long-lost-friend/#comments Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:32:00 +0000 Seth http://www.sethgeib.com/?p=86

“Dear Website,

I am sorry to have neglected you for so long. I know, I know… I could have written at least an occasional hello or a how do you do. I am a bad friend, I accept that, but I am hoping that you will appreciate the fact I am here now talking with you. See, the past few months of my life have been extremely busy. And while the whole point of writing to you is to keep you updated on my current events and happenings, I have not been in the right mindset to write about it all.

Where should I start? Well, I am living in Perrysburg now with Becca and Sam. This has been the biggest change by far in my life the past few months. I basically inherited a new family… a loving girlfriend, a caring roommate, an insane cat, a chubby guinea pig, and two very loud neighbors. In fact, you should go check out Becca’s website!

I also acquired a Nintendo Wii. Please don’t feel like this is going to replace you website. It won’t. In fact I can even bring you up on it’s fancy built in internet channel! Also more good news for you website; I am getting a new digital camera this week, which means tons of awesome pictures to go along with renewed joy of posting updates. Again, I hope you are not mad at me website, I did not mean to neglect you.”

Love,
Seth

Becca and I gave each other our presents, which was a blast. ( so many fun things to play with) I also got to visit with Becca’s family twice for the holidays. Once for decorating cookies, clear toys, and other treats; and the other time for a wonderful Christmas with extended family. Thank you all for your wonderful hospitality, I felt like I was really part of the family! Then we celebrated Christmas here with my family. Much bonding took place.

Becca and I also made sushi quite a few times over the past month and are getting damn good at it now. The pictures are from our first roll we ever made. Didier, Rachel, and Jes came to visit us from California. It was a great time laughing, joking, and exchanging gifts with them. We all made sushi as a big family that night as well!

Now it is back to the studio, applying for jobs, working on portfolios, and building websites. Though this weekend we are off to Pittsburgh to visit friends. I can’t wait to see what the coming months hold! I’ll be sure to keep you up to date.

I also want to wish Dustin the best of luck out in California, and I look forward to seeing Didier, Rach and Jes in December part 2. Thanks to everyone who is making this such a wonderful time. I hope to see more of my family in the next coming weeks, don’t be a stranger!