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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Friday

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Joel

Our last day in Jamaica. After breakfast, we began packing our suitcases. We then went back to the beach to get a quick ride on a small sailing boat around the bay one last time. We grabbed the bus back … Continue reading →

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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Thursday 

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Joel

Thursday was our last full day here in Jamaica. We made the most of it. Nums went to get a massage. The kids tried standing and surfing on that flow boarding thing. The kids also went swimming with dolphins, which … Continue reading →

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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Wednesday

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Joel

Wednesday was all about the pool, the hot tub, and relaxing. We had reservations to go for a sunset cruise on catamaran, but it was ultimately canceled. Instead we took two aqua cycles (?) out on the water. 20161109 163855 … Continue reading →

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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Tuesday

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Joel

By Day 3, the Ipes are starting to really soak up the sunshine. Vacations. Are. Good. After breakfast, we got some professional photos done. The resort had a third party photography studio on site, and our photographer Nick was fantastic. … Continue reading →

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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Monday

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Joel

In the morning, we agreed to endure a 90 minute breakfast and tour of their vacation club / timeshare program. I found it humorous that they tried to snooker us on Sunday’s post check-in by saying we were invited to … Continue reading →

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Yeh man, the Ipes went to Jamaica – Sunday

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Joel

You know, the days leading up to all of our vacations seem to work out the same way. We make a list of things to do and plan to do them early so we don’t have a mad rush the … Continue reading →

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Joel’s review of Doctor Strange (2016)

Posted on November 5, 2016 by Joel

The day before we left for Jamaica, the kids and I went to go see Doctor Strange, the latest movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mads Mikkelsen,  Tilda Swinton, and Rachel McAdams. Doctor Strange is … Continue reading →

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Back to work

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Joel

Folks, I gotta be honest, it’s good to be working again. I’ve been working at Deutsche Bank since May 31 2016 in their audit department, auditing IT risk and controls around vendor management. It’s similar in many ways to the … Continue reading →

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Business trip to Hartford

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Joel

Immediately after returning home from my recent trip to Pittsburgh, I was back on the road (literally.) On a late Sunday night, I was driving up to Hartford CT for another audit. With all of our usual Ipe activities, I … Continue reading →

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Dinner out at Salt Creek Grille

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Joel

After one of those long days of handling kids activities, don’t you want to relax? A few of us got together for dinner at Salt Creek Grille for a late October Saturday night dinner out.

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