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A beautiful day to garden with friends

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Joel

When we bought the house, the backyard had a nicely sized vegetable garden. There were plenty of different plants growing in there, and that peaked our interest. In 2015, would we be planting and growing our first garden? Why not? … Continue reading →

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Newest edition to the Library: Big Hero 6 (2014)

Posted on April 16, 2015 by Joel

The latest addition to the Ipe media library: Big Hero 6. I haven’t watched the film on blu-ray yet, but the snippets of the digital version look good. The disc features DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1, so I’m certainly looking forward to … Continue reading →

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Lily’s first softball game

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Joel

Monday night, Lily had her first softball game. I was late to the game, as I had to race home after work, change clothes, then drive to the fields. Lily did well in her first game — she got two … Continue reading →

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Stream cleanup around town with Cub Scout Pack 53

Posted on April 11, 2015 by Joel

Last year, Josh and I went as reps for Cub Scout Pack 53 to clean up the waterfront area of Peddie Lake in our town. We never saw other cub scouts, but that was fine.  Once again organized by the … Continue reading →

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Our Spring Break Trip to the American Museum of Natural History

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Joel

The kids were off this week Monday – Thursday for Spring Break. Not Friday, however. One too many snow days, you know. My wife stayed home with them this week, and I elected to take a day off and organize … Continue reading →

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I got me some new Johnston & Murphy dress shoes

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Joel

I didn’t have them for very long — 1.5 years, but my nice Cole Haan shoes got all beat up, weathered, and creased along the sides around the wide portions of my feet. White creases and looked pretty bad. Come … Continue reading →

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Joshua at the state spelling bee

Posted on March 7, 2015 by Joel

In early February, Joshua participated and won 1st place in a spelling bee hosted by the Greater Hightstown Juniorettes. The top three winners were invited to compete with other winners from the state on March 7th. That Saturday morning, we … Continue reading →

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The kids earn their Intermediate Yellow Belts

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Joel

The big news is that the kids have moved up to the next level in karate — Intermediate Yellow Belts. They tested with their friends Kaiya and Elli, and hey, they did it. It only required Namita and I to … Continue reading →

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Decorating the office (continued)

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Joel

Unpacking (and decorating) the home office continues. From left to right: A new addition – signed autograph from Levar Burton A signed autograph of Garrett Wang (from Star Trek Voyager) that I’ve had in my possession since 1997 A souvenir … 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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