Author Archives: Joel

Nums’ Birthday Weekend

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Joel

My wife celebrated her birthday this weekend. The highlights of this weekend included: homemade breakfast three days straight Dinner at Despaña in Princeton (Spanish cuisine, including tapas) a massage lunch with me (wonderful itself, you know) dinner at our home … Continue reading →

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These Land’s End Kenosha Snow Boots are pretty nice

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Joel

I haven’t good boots in a long while. I used to have some decent boots, but the cats urinated on them about two years ago, so yeah, I threw those away. Whenever I had to shovel snow, I just wore … Continue reading →

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Purchased a mechanic tool set just for the socket wrench tools

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Joel

I mentioned earlier that I need a socket wrench or ratchet tool kit. I never really thought socket wrenches or ratchet tools were useful unless one was working on a car. Last summer, when I had to put together our Weber … Continue reading →

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Upgraded our Verizon FiOS speeds to 75 Mbps up, 75 Mbps down

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Joel

A ha! Made some changes to our Verizon FiOS services yesterday, removed some channels, and used part of the savings to bump up our internet to from 50/50 to 75 Mbps up, 75 Mbps down. This will be a big help, … Continue reading →

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1st time using our Vortex 2490 snow thrower

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Joel

I find it a bit ironic that once we purchased a snow thrower, we’ve had little to no snow accumulation this winter. I’m not asking for a lot of snow exactly, but I’ve been sitting prepared for a storm that … Continue reading →

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 4 – Animal Kingdom – Part 2

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Joel

Here’s the 2nd half of the photos from Animal Kingdom. After lunch at the Tusker House, we went to see a Lion King show, which was well done. We then met up with the Horana family, who were also visiting … Continue reading →

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 4 – Animal Kingdom – Part 1

Posted on February 2, 2015 by Joel

We spent our last vacation day at Animal Kingdom. I’ve never been, so I didn’t know what to expect. We couldn’t stay the whole day, as we had a 9:40 PM flight home to catch. We also needed to budget … Continue reading →

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 3 – The Magic Kingdom

Posted on January 31, 2015 by Joel

With our vacation more than halfway over, everyone is tired. It helps that we aren’t attempting to create a jam packed itinerary. After breakfast and a quick load of laundry in the morning, we were off to the Magic Kingdom. … Continue reading →

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 2 – EPCOT

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Joel

After a decent night’s sleep, we were up early for breakfast downstairs, included with our stay at the Homewood Suites. We then spent an entire morning devoted to listening to the benefits of the Hilton Grand Vacation Club. By the … Continue reading →

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Our Trip to Orlando – Day 1 – Universal Studios

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Joel

The Ipes decided to go on our first family trip in about a year. We decided to take the whole family to Orlando to enjoy the good weather and hit up some theme parks. Our plan was to visit one of … Continue reading →

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