The end of the year draws nearer and I thought I would join the thousands of people all over the world summing up the great and not so great things that happened to them in the last year. I'm planning on doing this yearly from now on, giving me something to look back at when I retire somewhere in 2047.

Friends and Family

The last ones of my close friends have left their educational years behind this year. Mischa graduated the Technical University of Eindhoven and is now a master in Real Estate Management and Development.
No shocking developments in my family this year, only good things. Anky's brother and sister-in-law got their first child in August. His name is Quinn.
My mother and her twin sister crossed over to the 50+ side of life and my parents celebrated 30 years of marriage in november.
Last year I celebrated my 5th year of loving Anky. Anky on her turn celebrated starting at the 'PABO', the dutch educational institution for becoming a teacher in elementary school. She's doing a great job and we're all very proud of her.

Work

The first full year of working at AzHx is a fact. After a year that saw the transition from student life to corporate life, 2007 was a year of stability. And not only stability for me personally, but also for the company I work for. Work is flowing in fast and the dip in the construction world seems far away now. I'm no longer the new employee either: four people got hired since I started at AzHx.

Spare Time

At the start of the year, I was asked to join the Thirdwing Choir. Anyone who has ever heard me singing would immediately look up at the heavens and ask the powers above why humanity is to be tortured like this. But no worries, I wasn't asked to join to sing. The choir is accompanied by some musicians, and there was an opening for a guitarist.
This year I discovered Drupal. Over the course of a few months I reworked all Joomla sites to this other CMS. New sites: nszl.nl, vastgoed-ontwikkeling.com and JufAnky.com

Great Music

• Editors - An End Has a Start - This album has become one of my all-time favorites.
• Foo Fighters - Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace - Dave Grohl and his men deliver again. Solid FF work.
• Arcade Fire - Neon Bible - Started listening to them in anticipation of their Lowlands gig. Hasn't left my iPod since.
• Voicst - Tale of Two Devils - Just in time to make it to this list. Great second album of this dutch trio.

New stuff

A list of the bigger new things I bought this year (in random order):

• Ibanez Talman Acoustic Steel-string Guitar
• PRS SE Singlecut guitar
• iPod Touch 16GB
• Canon EF 17-40 F4.0 L lense
• Engl 2x12" speaker cabinet