Category Archives: News

In the spirit of getting things done, we had the exterior of our house painted

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Joel

Guess what, kids? We decided to get the house exterior painted. That’s right. We decided that we did not want to wait 10 more years to freshen up the house. We used to have these faded red shutters, and off-white … Continue reading →

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Attending a Trenton Thunder game with the church folks on June 18 2016

Posted on June 18, 2016 by Joel

I helped organize a church outing this year (2nd year in a row?) to Arm & Hammer Park to see the Trenton Thunder play. It was a beautiful Saturday evening game, and we got to experience the fireworks afterwards. The … Continue reading →

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Josh’s 5th Grade / Elementary School Graduation

Posted on June 17, 2016 by Joel

Our boy is growing up. On June 17th, Josh finished fifth grade, and officially graduated from elementary school. The school held a graduation ceremony for all of the fifth graders, complete with singing and a graduation ceremony. It was all … Continue reading →

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Attending the American Young Voices concert in Newark

Posted on May 26, 2016 by Joel

A few months ago, Josh, his friend Kaiya, and a number of other 5th graders signed up for this American Young Voices program through school. Me being me, I didn’t know any of this. One day, he brought home a … Continue reading →

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Josh & Lily (and their CMB Karate Demo Team) performed at the Arm & Hammer Park in Trenton

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Joel

On Sunday, May 15th, the CMB Karate Demo Team performed this year’s routine down at Arm & Hammer Park, on the field, before the actual game started. It was pretty cool. I tried to get some good shots using my … Continue reading →

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I bought myself the AF-S DX Nikkor 55-200mm f/4-5.6G ED VR II lens and I don’t regret it

Posted on May 8, 2016 by Joel

It’s been over year since I got a new lens — a NIKKOR 50mm prime lens. It’s a very nice lens, but I could use a good zoom lens for all of these karate demonstrations, softball games, school performances, etc. … Continue reading →

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It’s been a long time coming — introducing my new ride

Posted on May 7, 2016 by Joel

It’s been a long time coming, but it’s here. It’s finally here. I should probably name it. Would that be weird? After bidding my old bike a fond farewell, I dropped it off so that we could transfer the cyclocomputer, … Continue reading →

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I’m buying a new road bike — the Bianchi Intenso 105

Posted on April 30, 2016 by Joel

It’s been almost 14 years now with my trusty Fuij aluminum road bike by my side, mile after mile, hill after bloody hill. I bought my Fuji Finest-Al back in 2002 from my then local bike shop in Bloomfield, NJ. It … Continue reading →

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I purchased and installed the Rachio Iro (Gen 1), and it’s pretty darn cool

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Joel

When we moved into the house in the summer of 2014, the one process that I could not figure out was the Rainbird sprinkler controller. Look at the picture at the right — this is the controller that we had in our … Continue reading →

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Purchased a Mio heart rate monitor

Posted on April 10, 2016 by Joel

I’ve been a member of Orangetheory Fitness for over two years now. Normally, you check in before class and use one of their Polar chest monitors with your previously purchased chest strap.  This year they’re moving to a model — … Continue reading →

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