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Last week I gained another year.  I am now twenty-seven.  I am the same I age my father was when I was born.  I'm approaching two years of marriage and almost 6 years in a relationship.  By this time next year I will have been a home owner for over a year.  A father for more then six months.

I'm not an architect yet, haven't even started taking tests.  Haven't started IDP for that matter.  I'll get there though, still on track for 2010.   Hopefully, by then, I'll know enough start being an architect, not just wear the title.

A lot has transpired this year.  Work has been up and down, periods of steady growth and shared vision mired by the occasional disagreement or someone not working out.  Two steps forward, one step back.  That said, I have been managing projects more or less successfully, several of which are going to be under construction soon.  I have attempted to be the rock at the heart of growth and the stability when things go awry.  Time will only tell if I have been successful.

We bought our house.  A most amazing and wonderful event.  To finally have a place to call our own.  To make into a home where we can grow together and grow our family.  Though stressful and full of both discouragement and hope, we have transformed the typical into the special.  It is a place where we really can bring a new life into this world come February.  This place is ours, and it will be his or hers.

The family has gained and it has lost.  Grandpa passed in July.  It is hard to believe he is gone, but in his passing I think everyone is a little bit closer.  He would have liked that.  Though I don't think he ever got to meet them, we have added two cousins to the family, one by birth, one by marriage.  Next year's reunion should be the biggest yet.

A lot has been done.  Even more is still unfinished.  Lists won't go away, but if I can just keep crossing items off then 27 will be a good year.