It's official! I am now a CompTIA Certified Secure Infrastructure Specialist. What does that mean? What did I use to study? What is next? In this post I will answer those questions and share some tips that helped me on exam day as I kick off my CompTia certification journey! What is CSIS?The CSIS certification is a culmination of 4 CompTia...

Ever since we have been together, Ashley and I have always had a motto of, “We will figure it out” and we always do. In my previous posts, I may have alluded to her badass-ness but it was never more apparent than it was today. After carrying our baby for the last 9 months, Maxwell Dwain Houston was born and we could...

After about a month of paperwork and about two years of fitness, today I swore into the Ohio Army National Guard. Ever since I was in High School, serving my country was something that I always wanted to do and since I was close to the age cutoff, I had to make it happen!

As I write this post, I just finished my first day at my new job! My dream has finally come true and after 10 years I finally have my own classroom. Let's talk about the new site, my new career and my new focus. Stick with me here, this post is all over the place :) Back To School!Today, I started a...

After about 10 years of going in several different directions it was time for a fresh start. For this fresh start I decided to use Ghost. For years I have been a Wordpress fiend and it has served its purpose. As I get older I realized I don't really want to manage a Wordpress install any longer. Enter Ghost a simple content...