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5 years and counting

May 3, 2013 — 2 Comments

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Today marks the 5 year anniversary for my wife and I tying the knot! It is crazy how time has flown by. We started dating 9 years ago, I can not remember life before her by my side. I’m glad we have been able to build a life we want together and we see eye to eye on so many things (even though she is a good 1 1/2 shorter ).

Eryn, Thanks for being such an optimistic, fun, smart and genuine person. You inspire me with all your ideas and wanting to get people connected. I look forward to stumbling through the years and growing old and wrinkly with you.

-Jared

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Proud Brother – post bombing UPDATE

April 15, 2013 — 4 Comments

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My younger sister, Juli Windsor is finally getting a chance to fulfill one of her bucket list items of running the 2013 Boston Marathon. She has been dreaming about this since she was a freshmen in Highschool. I’ve never seen someone work so hard and run so much, it continues to amaze me. She will also be the first little person in the Boston Marathon’s 116 year history to run the race. Her drive for both running and completing school as a Physicians Assistent is more than inspiring for anyone…

You can check out a video Boston Globe did on her.

UPDATE After the Boston Bombing.

What a joyous occasion turned into a scary and horrible attack at the Boston Marathon today. Juli was unable to finish the race do to the attack.. she was only 1/2 mile from the finish line. I have not spoken to her personally yet but heard through my dad. My mom was in the crowd on the other side of the street, she was hurt in the crowds panic and taken to the hospital to care for her shoulder.

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Photo from my mom from her location

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bomb going off, notice the same building from above photo

Please keep the families effected by this in your prayers.

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WWII bomber jacket art

February 25, 2013 — Leave a comment

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I’ve had a strong appreciation for WWII and the men and women that served. Mainly because my Grandfather was one of those brave men fighting over head. I’ll always remember the stories of his missions in a B-24 bomber flying over enemy territory getting shot at by anti-aircraft guns, while stuck in the same position for 14hrs straight barely making it home with 14″ holes in their wings.

Doing some research on his plane I came across a great post sharing bomber jackets with the crews art on them. Crazy how 68 years later we still mimic this style in our designs. So many of these guys where so talented but thought nothing of it other than a way to pass the time.

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Half a million and counting

January 14, 2013 — 2 Comments

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I’m not one of those stat guys.. But it did make me smile to noticed I have had over 500,000 visits to my site since July 2011. I never blogged for visitors, but blogged just to share things I liked and archived them for myself. This includes 137 consecutive [Friday posts](/design-inspiration) for design inspiration and over 4,500 images uploaded (my poor server).

I look forward to tweaking the site more, and putting out more resources this year!

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