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$1,000 in his pocket

Yay, Kelly! My husband is at a conference in San Jose and he just called me to tell me that he was voted by the attendees as the best overall paper presented....again! The conference organizers handed him a check for $1,000 to honor him, and he plans to spend it on something fun. I'm really excited for Kelly and very proud of his hard work and excellence in his field. The topic has nineteen words in the title and its content is completely foreign to me, otherwise, I'd tell you about it. I'm just really proud of my smart, talented husband and wanted to brag about him.

Comments

Lonna said…
I think that is so great. Maybe professors should start offering a $$ incentive for papers. I know that I would have been way more interested in them if that were the case.
Megs said…
Hopefully that something fun includes a little something for you. That is great news for him. Congrats!!
that's great news! how fun for him to win. I'm with megs - i hope it includes soemthing fun for you, but if not, i hope it includes something fun for me!!!
Kelly said…
I'll be sure to tell Kelly that, Paige! Thanks for the chuckle.
Anonymous said…
Go Kelly! That is so great. Let us know what he buys. I'd love to have 1K to blow right now on fun things, you guys are so lucky!!!
Mandi said…
That is wonderful Kelly. I am sure his paper was very interesting;)! Congrats to both of you. Isn't it great to have a talented husband!
Maryanne said…
Hello!?! One thousand dollars? That is fantastic!! Oohh, that would be so fun trying to decide what to spend it on. I'm sure Kelly will have fun with that, and I agree that YOU should get a little something fun out of it too ;0)
Way to go Kelly boy- that's the way to write a paper!
Kellie said…
Congrats! Isn't that twice this year? Those Kellys sure are a talented pair! Way to go.
Conni said…
Who-----HOOOOO!! The title alone was worth $1000!

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