Happy Birthday Tim!

Marilee and I wish we could be there for you today.  My excuse is decent. It's my brithday party day too :-)

It's been great having you as a friend all these years from the early days of OM to Munich to Wroclaw to now.  I really love remembering our visit to Wroclaw sampling their local goodies, seeing the smiling Polish faces and seeing some of the sites.

Here you are enjoying a walk in the city ...

where every block there is a lovely Catholic Cathedral:

I guess no one offered to take our picture, because here I am too:

Now for a little closer view

Why don't you have a nerd shirt on like me?

Here you are in the town centre having a coke.  I was probably having a beer.

I must have slipped it in my back pocket.

I recall you were a lot braver than I when it came to buying their sausages in the open air festival that day.  It was awesome to have you there co-teaching with me.  They were the first engineers in Poland I know of learning about TDD for Embedded.  Here you are getting ready before the room fills...

and the chaos of computer setup begins.

I do not have any pictures of you in Munich, but I do have

^^^^ HAXEN ^^^^

Have the happiest of Birthdays Tim!  Sorry to miss it.  Hugs for Libby having this great idea for a birthday blog.

Indiana Days

Found some special photos of Tim in my archives...

Winter 2004 Snowmobiling after church at Avon

Halloween 2004 this character showed up at my doorstep...   Scary!

 January 2005 - a fierce Tim face 

(maybe it wasn't the best time to be taking his picture).  

The "soft focus" just adds to the chills...  stay away from dark alleys!   :)

 The serious look...

 I believe that Tim taught me how to spell Linux!

June 2005 VBS at Avon, IN doing what Tim does best, serving and sharing his music!

There were lots of good memories of our time together in Indiana.  You have had a huge impact on my family through the years for which I am thankful.   Happy Birthday, Tim!      

- Dave and Margaret Humrichouser & family

Tim cooking burger's for Nate's 1st birthday

Tim, you've been an incredible friend to our whole family, our kids included.  It has always meant the world to me to see you wrestling with and loving on my kids!  That's one of the things I really miss since moving away from Chicago.  I also miss your cooking, salsa making, computer troubleshooting, deep theological comments in Sunday school, and your sweet guitar playing.  Looking forward to the celebration of 50 years!!
Vange

What can I tell about my dear brother, Tim?  Hmmm. Life with him was never boring!  In his kindergarten picture he has a scowl on his face.  Why? Because, "I lost my smile."  At dinner one night, as Dad was encouraging him to have more bean soup, he announced, "I'm full of beans!" (It's true, you are, Tim!)  And there was the day we were all gathered around the table and he literally fell sideways off his chair...in slow motion! Stories of his adventures would literally have us rolling on the floor as we reached our teens.  Some day he will need to share with everyone what happened to all the cheese balls from Hickory Farms at the mall. But one of the best memories I have of my brother is 'yard surfing' at the parents' house. One of us drove the golf cart over bumps and hills while the other stood on the back and struggled to maintain their balance. It's a wonder we have survived, but we sure had a good time.  I'm proud to call you brother, only wish we didn't live so far apart!  Love you, man!

Margaret

As a fellow guitarist, coffee connoisseur, chili-lover, and hack theologian (amongst other things), I have come to appreciate the finer things in life with Tim.  He has forgotten more about the blues than I'll ever know and everything I know about making a kick-butt salsa is directly from him.  More important than all of that is he is a good, genuine, caring friend.  We can jam with guitars on our laps and talk about life, without feeling eyes of judgmentalism.  It's a shame that since we've moved away from the Chicago area, I have yet to find a friend like Tim.  I probably won't.  He's a one-in-a-million kind of guy and I'm a better guy for having known him.  Happy Birthday, and here's to fifty more!

Hot Spices, Food, Laughter, Music, Proverbs & Blessings

Tim is a friend of many pictures, not only that he is a software transformer or an agile coach, but there are so much to draw and write about Tim.  We enjoy so much of his HOT SPICES and sauces. Our favorite was the ground roasted habanero. We love this spice with our spaghetti, lasagna and BBQ. We enjoy his company and his family every gathering at his home with so much great FOOD.  Our kids always have a great time with him and call him their uncle Tim. You will always hear our children’s LAUGHTER and so much excitement around Uncle Tim. He never runs out of jokes or stories to share or even tricks and treats. Uncle Tim is so missed by Zeek, Emerald and Rinnah.  He is such an inspiration when we hear his MUSIC plays.  We enjoy and love every worship services and special songs of his guitar strumming. Our family will never forget his words of wisdom. We’re guessing his favorite book in the Bible is PROVERBS. His examples and illustrations of life's lessons would be similar to the book of Proverbs or even quote some passages. Tim is a BLESSING to our family. He touched our lives and he will always be a part of us. Tim, our family loves you with the love of the Lord. Happy Birthday and may you always be Jesus Christ’s instrument as you’re always have been.

A very long time ago

So I met Tim a very long time ago at a garage band practice and we hit it off right away. He was then and still is a great player. We became good friends and roomates and annoyed the hell out of our neighbors but we had a lot of good times. Tim taught me alot and always had sound advice (well maybe the fireworks weren't a good idea...) I'm proud to call him my friend cause lets face it, Otter makes everthing better. Happy upcoming birthday buddy!! - Jon Kirkbride

vi stands for...

I have the pleasure of working with Tim in Des Moines at John Deere. Tim is always willing to lend a helping hand, particularly if its something he is *interested* in. So whenever I have a problem with vim that I can't solve myself, he's the guy I go to.

Pairing with Tim is always a blast because you can count on learning at least one new trick or feature in vim. My problem is always remembering them all!

So when the Village Inn rolled out a new marketing campaign, I knew just what to do...

Happy Birthday Tim!

I'm thankful to count you as a friend.

Jim Hood

"Not That Code"

Photo submitted by Robert Martin. This is Tim's, "not that code" face. Thanks Bob!

Here at Textura Tim clearly established himself as having the best "Indiana WOO" any of us had ever heard.

Getting things started...

As Tim's wife, I have so many memories, but I'll choose only one to share here and to get things started.

When we got married... or wait. When we found out we were pregnant... no... when we first moved to Illinois...or Kansas... hmmm. Yeah, choosing one is difficult, but here goes: Tim and I had been married a little less than a year, when he came home from work one day and said that he'd been approached about traveling to D.C. for a short stint of work. He couldn't believe someone would ask him to do that and think that he would want to! It was completely outside his realm of belief or comfort. However, I thought it was an exciting opportunity for him. When I mentioned that it could be a good thing and that we didn't have any reasons keeping us from it, I was amazed at how quickly he changed his mind, I think because he thought it would make me happy. We went and were there for about 4 months, had a great time sightseeing on the weekends, learning new things when we had free time and eating new foods. It was a great experience. He doesn't regret it at all. What still amazes me about Tim, is that now, just like then, he wants me to be happy. The fun part? I want him to be happy too. We're a good pair.