This is the new office “pet” I received. Everyone here in technical has their own “mascot”, and since I’m new I didn’t have one! Which the people in marketing took care of, and bought me my own mascot! It’s now sitting on my desk, watching over me!

Finally the snow started to melt away! Yay! Spring!

I also began with family genealogy, and it was really fun digging through online records and seeing my heritage! I haven’t gotten much further with it sadly, because I need to go down to the actual archives, and I just haven’t had the time yet.

Shuttercal is a place where you can upload your photos into a calendar and easily show it to other people. It also has some community features like having a network of friends, being able to share it on Twitter and such. It’s a great place to use for your daily photo project, because you can easily see on the calendar how you’re doing, and it can also remind you if you’ve forgotten to upload a photo!

So, I thought I would try this out, and see how it’ll go! It even has an iPhone app, which makes it even easier for me to upload a photo each day!

I already have my first photo up, from yesterday:

It was a gift from two of my co-workers, a chicken that plays a lullaby if you pull it’s neck up! Everyone in technical at work has their own “pet”, and since I am new I didn’t have one! But that changed yesterday! I love it, it’s super cute!

So, be sure to check out my calendar! I will try to update it with photos, perhaps not uploading everyday, but at least on a regular basis!

http://shuttercal.com/calendar/juliehoaas/

Oh, and don’t forget to check out Steve’s shuttercal, and also his better half, Jo’s shuttercal!