Tonight was the Christmas party for our realtor, Dene.  She invited us to a local Christmas tree farm where we enjoyed good company, hot chocolate, and got to take home a wreath.  It just so happened that Paul and Kara were at the same event, so we topped off the night with a trip to […]

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Today was a vet appointment for Teddy.  He has a little growth on his eye that needed looked at, so we went to get a quote for having it removed.  The doctor didn’t think it was a huge issue, but that it was probably annoying for him to blink.  So we’re going to budget to […]

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Today was a hectic day at the office, with my attention split between several important priorities.  That made today go quickly which was about the only fortunate part about it.  Tomorrow I’m going to have to focus and really get some things done in order to keep the week on track. In other news, I’m […]

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Today was a long but fun day… we started off at Church followed by our customary Sunday lunch out.   Then it was off to Christmas shopping!  I’m down to just one or two people left to shop for, and it’s coming together very quickly.  We ran to Target to pick up some groceries, then decided […]

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Tonight Tasha and I are going to see the King Tut exhibit with Paul and Kara.  It’s going to be really interesting to see things that I’ve only read about in history books… I went through a King Tut phase when I was younger thanks to Time-Life books and I’m pretty excited about seeing it.  […]

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Tonight was another night of working hard at combinations. The combinations were: Jab Reverse Punch Step forward and punch with the same hand Reverse Punch Most of the night was taken up with replacing technique #3 with different things: a backfist strike, a ridgehand strike, and a spinning backfist strike.  We did each of these […]

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Tonight is my Deadlands game, a much needed break from a difficult week at the office. Speaking of the office, I’m happy to report that despite having urgent bugs I worked my normal shift today and opted to just leave the problem where it was and go home.  My teammate did the same thing, and […]

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Today I’m here to wish my Dad a happy birthday!  I’m lucky to have such a great father that shares so many of the same interests as I do.  I”m looking forward to being back in Illinois in a few weeks to (maybe) go shooting with him and a karate workout or two.  I hope […]

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