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Josh & Lily earn their Advanced Green Belts

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Joel

Josh and Lily earned their Advanced Green Belts last Friday. Namita has been taking them for make-up / extra classes, and we’ve encouraged the kids to practice as much as possible every day. An hour before the actual test, the kids … Continue reading →

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New power tools: a hammer drill and an impact driver

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Joel

For the past week or so, since Labor Day weekend, we’ve been building out new shelving and cabinetry to turn a portion of the existing laundry room into a mudroom of sorts. I’ve mentioned this in an earlier post. I … Continue reading →

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Making a mudroom out of a molehill

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Joel

In January 2014, back in the old townhouse, we had the good folks at Closet Factory come in to design and build a fancy hall closet for us. Took a day, looked real nice, cost some good money. It took … Continue reading →

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Our first ever garden crop

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Joel

We have news! If you may recall, back in April, our friends Doug & Kathy came over to help us attempt to make a garden. A garden for actual vegetables It’s been many months, and many ‘incident’s have happened to this … Continue reading →

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The day the hot water heater died

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Joel

Damn you, Murphy’s Law. In a reenactment of the mythical Noah’s Flood, our 75 gallon water heater (that I believe was installed when the house was built) died on us Friday. Nay, not just “died on us.” Imploded in a … Continue reading →

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Lily’s last softball game of the season

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Joel

  On Tuesday, we had the Bruisers last game of the season. I know I missed a number of games, but that season went fast. I’m glad I was able to make the last game of the season. Despite my misgivings, … Continue reading →

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Here’s everything we did this Memorial Day Weekend

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Joel

It was a beautiful Memorial Day weekend. The Ipes had no travel plans, and we would be staying around town. It was action-packed. It was fun-filled. It was productive. And it was an opportunity to remember our veterans. Friday I … Continue reading →

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Flag planting with the Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Joel

On Friday, I had a half day, which was nice, and I got home around 4 pm. Many Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts in the area would be meeting up at 4:15 pm at the Brigadier General William C. Doyle Memorial … Continue reading →

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Trenton Thunder baseball game with church and family

Posted on May 4, 2015 by Joel

On Saturday May 2nd, I helped organize a church trip to a Trenton Thunder minor league baseball game. We had enough available tickets, so we invited my sister and family to come out also. It was cold towards the end of … Continue reading →

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Nearly a year later, we have a patio umbrella

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Joel

If you’re keeping up on our lives religiously (and really, you shouldn’t be), we bought a new patio set last year. We even bought an umbrella stand and an umbrella. Correction: we ordered a patio umbrella and stand. We only … Continue reading →

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