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Still a X team, just another franchise

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So a few of you may have looking at Linkedin or Plaxo and thought “did I see Chris’s information update recently, that seems strange”.  It is true after nearly 15 years at Tektronix I decided it was time for a change.   Stacey has given me a hard time for a while as she thought I was going to retire at Tek.  When we got married the grooms cake had a picture of Tektronix as I guess my work was/is my life.    We even took a picture in front of one of my customers at the time.

My time at Tektronix as a blast and will miss many of my friends and colleagues that I have made over the years, Stacey was sick of all of the SIU stories she hears and now maybe they can be replaced by tek stories.

So what is next for me?  I joined Exfo to lead their wireless strategy development and help them address the needs of wireless operators.  This is a great opportunity to lead a team and help them build a strategic direction and build a plan to ensure we have the tools to be successful.
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So at least I am keeping the X in the company name so there is some consistency 😎

What does EXFO do you ask?   For those going to CTIA this week please stop by the EXFO booth (6664) and check out our stuff and we can catch up.   We have some exciting stuff that is going to help determine the quality of the backhaul to the cell site and ensure operators are getting the bandwidth and service quality they need.   For my other friends that are not going to the show drop me a line.

TheNolands

Flower Mound, TX – Snow Man

So if anyone is not convinced that global warming is causing our climate to change needs to look at the crazy weather we are getting in Dallas.

This year was the first for a white Christmas eve and today we have received about 6-7 inches of snow.  IN DALLAS TEXAS.   I really need to shovel my driveway but I don’t really have anything big enough to do the job.

Andrew and I had a lot of fun when we got home from work & school and got to build a snow man.  Andrew was starting to get cold since we don’t really have the clothing to do this for long periods of time

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I am waiting to see what tomorrow brings as we hopefully can make it make it out of the house.   Andrew said he needs to make sure he can make it to school as it is the valentines day party.

chris

Family Vacations, TheNolands

Orlando – Disney – Thanksgiving Vacation

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Five days at Disney was a lot of fun, and very tiring.  This was Andrew’s first time to Disney and he got to experience it all as we visited all of the parks.  The Migliore’s joined us for the entire week and Andrew had a great time running around with Josey, Ashley and Anthony.   Rob and his crew have season passes and were our resident tour guides for our trip.  I think it has been a long while since they have had a four full days at the parks as we went non stop.

On Saturday we went to MGM Studio’s  (now the Hollywood Studio’s) . Andrew’s favorite was The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror™ and he had us go on it twice as he loved the dropping and Stacey and I were surprised he was not scared.  The Toy Story Mania! Ride was awesome and it is a big video game.  You are play against your co-riders (2 per car) and shoot targets, getting points as you ride around the track.  The Muppet*Vision 3-D ride was cool but I am a sucker for the Muppets and Andrew liked it.

Sunday was another exciting day as we went to the Magic Kingdom for the first time.  We beat the Migliore’s there and were able to do a few rides before they arrived.   We took Andrew on the Haunted Mansion and I made the mistake of letting Stacey hold him during the intro and he started to freak out and buried his head in Stacey’s lap the entire ride.

Monday was our second day at Magic Kingdom and we were starting to slow down a bit after two days of running around.  Some of the highlights of the day were the Country bear Jamboree, the show has aged a lot but Andrew and the kids still had a lot of fun.  Dinner was awesome at the Whispering Canyon Café the restaurant is served Family style and “all you care to eat” (sill trying to figure out when it changed from all you can eat to all you care to eat, but that may need to be another posting later) One key thing is not to order Ketchup as they bring it ALL to your table, and since Andrew is a ketchup junky we enjoyed the experience.

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Tuesday was the last day of our official Disney adventure, and fittingly we went to Animal Kingdom.  The park has a few cool attractions, the roller coaster is Expedition Everest™ which is a bit different since it goes backwards for a bit, reminiscent of the Tidal Wave at Great America for the older readers (since it is gone).  The Safari was cool Kilimanjaro Safaris® but I don’t think it is as nice as the safari south of Dallas.  The water ride Kali River Rapids® was a lot of fun for those that stayed dry, Stacey and Jen seemed to get the most wet which is funny as Jen had a white shirt on and Stacey had white pants.  The highlight was DINOSAUR and we got a great group picture with Stacey screaming that I will have to scan in when we get home.

Wednesday was our last day that we wanted to go to Disney and finish with eating our way around Epcot since we only had been there for Dinner Sunday night but the weather finally turned kind of ugly and rained all day.  We decided to take in a movie before heading up the Stacey’s parents for the rest of the week.

A long week and ready to get home and start getting the Christmas decorations up.

TheNolands

Pumpkin Patch

The pumpkin patch was a lot of fun this year.  We went to a new one north of flower mound in Argyle (basically Lantana) and it had a train.  The patch is called Pumpkin express

The pumpkins were pretty good but I have to say the highlight was the train, but I have always liked trains.  And no I am not that kind of engineer, but I was trying to think how I could build one of these when I get a bigger piece of land.

Andrew had a lot of fun exploring the patch, jumping in the bounce houses and going through the maze.   It was a cool morning and we did not have a lot of time to play around as Andrew had to get to his swim lesson.
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I would recommend the place over the “normal” one people go to in Flower Mound off 2499, the kids will LOVE the train and will talk about it for days.

TheNolands

Walking with the Dinosaurs

On Saturday we went to the “walking with the Dinosaurs” show at AA Center in Dallas.  The dinosaurs looked very cool and Andrew seemed to enjoy the event a lot

The show was a bit too short for the amount the tickets were ($50 each), I am glad I did not get the tickets on the floor that were almost $80.  The show was about 1.5 hours with a 20 min intermission. Andrew enjoyed it, but he still in not old enough to be all into dinosaurs, am I not really sure when that should be expected.  Next time I might just schedule some movie nights with Jurassic Park as the 10 foot screen in HD looks awfully good.

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