7/6
Today I am grateful to celebrate the birthday of someone very special yesterday.

7/5
Today I am grateful for a bike ride around Lemont, IL yesterday.

7/4
Today I am grateful to spend time with my niece Amanda yesterday in Chicago.

7/3
Today I am grateful for a visit to the Union Stockyard Gate yesterday.

7/2
Today I am grateful to visit the Art Institute of Chicago at lunchtime yesterday.

7/1
Today I am grateful for a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry yesterday.

6/30
Today I am grateful for a visit to the Museum of Science and Industry yesterday.

6/29
Today I am grateful to see "The Color Purple - The Musical" at the Goodman Theatre last night.

6/28
Today I am grateful to see Del McCoury in concert last night.

6/27
Today I am grateful to renew two certifications yesterday

6/26
Today I am grateful to attend an End-of-Fiscal-Year party in Lombard, IL yesterday.

6/25
Today I am grateful to attend a Woman at Microsoft event yesterday featuring Dr. Lynessa Rico talk about empathy.

6/24
Today I am grateful for good health insurance.

6/23
Today I am grateful for a late Father's Day celebration this weekend.

6/22
Today I am grateful to attend the birthday party of a 1-year-old yesterday

6/21
Today I am grateful for:
- a visit to the Museum of Modern Art yesterday.
- a brief vacation in New York City this week

6/20
Today I am grateful
- for my first visit to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
- to see "Hell's Kitchen" on Broadway last night

6/19
Today I am grateful:
- to host a hackathon in New York City yesterday
- to see "Stephen Sondheim's Old Friends" on Broadway last night

6/18
Today I am grateful to arrive safely in New York late last night.

6/17
Today I am grateful to spend time with our new interns the past few weeks.

6/16
Today I am grateful for a virtual visit with my sons to celebrate Father's Day yesterday!

6/15
Today I am grateful to spend a day resting and recovering from a bad cold.

6/14
Today I am grateful to deliver a fun presentation on playing pickleball to my team yesterday.

6/13
Today I am grateful to see Garrison Keillor last night in an evening of stories, poetry, and music.

6/12
Today I am grateful to catch up on video editing

6/11
Today I am grateful to study Spanish on Duolingo every day for the last year.

6/10
Today I am grateful to attend an interesting ADPList panel of product design last night.

6/9
Today I am grateful to return to Maxwell Street Market yesterday for the first time in years.

6/8
Today I am grateful to see a lecture by Alison Bechdel yesterday.

6/7
Today I am grateful to see Judy Collins in concert last night.

6/6
Today I am grateful to re-launch the Chicago Cloud Computing User Group with Eric after a multi-year hibernation and to deliver a presentation on Azure AI Search at last night's meeting.

6/5
Today I am grateful:
- to attend Beth's 20-year celebration yesterday
- to speak at the Pittsburgh .NET User Group yesterday
- to attend an exciting Tigers-White Sox game with my sons last night

6/4
Today I am grateful to hear Ron Chernow talk about his new biography of Mark Twain last night.

6/3
Today I am grateful to see a dominant Tigers victory at Rate Field last night.

6/2
Today I am grateful to help clean up McKinley Dog Park this weekend.