Month By Month

January

Acquired Waffle Maker. A+, would do again.
Karaoke: I have friends who can sing!
Was lent a fuzz pedal: Fun! Thanks Michael

February

FOSDEM in Brussels! Good talks, good beer.
Visiting my sister in Santa Monica. Suddenly LA makes huge amounts of sense. February beach visits.
Winter Cabin Visit. From the beach to a frozen lake in five days. Thanks Calvin!

March

Replace lost wedding ring.
Buy wedding suit.
Spend savings on new acoustic guitar.
See Book of Mormon

April

Condo Shopping, as Toronto real estate market continues to rocket to infinity.
Finally replace sunglasses, after a decade of service 😎
Decide we're moving to Ottawa

May

First house hunting trip in Ottawa.
Bachelor Party! Wedding!
Second House Hunting Trip: Home Purchase!

June

Balcony Parties
Georgian Bay Camping Trip (thanks Gloria!)
Car Purchase!

July

Giant Duck
Take possession of the house
Goodbye Party
Packing! Moving!
New office, new colleagues.
Beer and BBQ in our back yard!
La Machine
Interviewing for Mozilla starts

August

Julia and Keith's Wedding in Edmonton
New washer and dryer
Mosiaca
Air and Space museum with Michael and Jia
Solar Eclipse!
Marsh Hike

September

Katie and Brett's Wedding in Edmonton
Exploring Gatineau Park
The trees of Ottawa begin to change.
Registered for Drivers Ed!
Ottawa Beach Visit with Gloria
California Interview w/ Mozilla
Broken Garage Door
Roughriders Game at Landsdown Park with Iain and Zoë

October

Parliament Visit with Iain and Zoë
Honeymoon in the Azores!
Dungeon World!
The Flophouse Live in Toronto!
Halloween!

November

New Garage Door
Surf And Turf Festival at the House of Targ.
Part of a band stays over!
Meeting new people in Ottawa
Last day at IBM
First day with Mozilla!

December

First week working from home
Austin All Hands Meeting
SNOW! Lots of snow, followed by Cold. Very cold.

Media

Discovered the joy of Mary Robinette Kowal. I really have enjoyed the Glamourist Histories
1286 items added to my music library (with >0 plays) according to iTunes.

Summary

Had a busy year this year! When I look at my 2017 in Preview post, I think I did OK, but much of the actual life events of 2017 couldn't have been predicted when I wrote that post. I'm planning on writing a 2018 in preview post... who knows what I won't see coming!