Week one of new job ending

and not soon enough. While not overly difficult, there is so much to learn. For those who do not know, I'm the Director fo Bank IT for United Health Care and CIO of OptumHealth Bank, UHG's medical savings bank. While I don't have a ton to say since I am still trying to get my mits around everything, it is pretty cool. The people are quite nice!

When the whole Family lands on you

My sister and 2 of her kids are out visiting from Austin. Its been a blast so far and the kids have loved playing with their cousins. They are all so cute together but , with Cristy, my sister, and Jess all lactating, its been a plain old dairy farm around the house. We all moo as we walk by. Needless to say, we all get punched too.

The babies are all getting so big! Bri's boy must weigh 30 lbs! he is such a chunk but also so happy. He just plays and smiles like he has no sense. Bri's was supposed to leave to go home today but the airlines delayed teh flight for 2 days and she won't fly out till friday now. Its nice having her around a little longer

Family Pics

What the heck have I jumped into...

My Dad sent me a box full of slides, negatives and pictures is nor logical order or even in any semblance or organization. Some slides where unmounted and many negatives were torn or bent. I decided to tackle this and get them all scanned. We bought a high end film and slide scanner and off I went. After about 2 weeks I had all the slides (600+) done at a good high res (4800dpi if you must know). They spanned most of the 80's and were a blast to look at as I went. I then decided to go after the negatives. I found 4 different formats and could, luckily, mount most.I started with what looked to bethe oldest and dived in. I even took the time to slightly organize them and get negative mounts to store them in. WHAT A BLAST!!!! They start around 1963 and go forward. I have pictures of me and my family I have never seen in my life. I just finished the odd format negatives, the oldest, last night and am working on the 35mm. The 110 will be a pain and I will probably send those out. I now have 10Gb on Picassa and am moving everything up. Since my album is in chronological order, you will need to go to the bottom of the page to see the old stuff. While its majorly time consuming, its also a labor of love. Its like reliving your life all over again.

http://picasaweb.google.com/mcressler


is the link to the main page. Feel free to look around. No laughing though...it was the 80s