Category Archives: Family

Supermoon Saturday

This has me interested. This Saturday’s full moon will also be a “supermoon”. The moon will be at its perigee just as it peaks as a full moon, between 11:35pm and midnight tomorrow night. The moon is suppose to be … Continue reading

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Installed Garage Doors

Two weeks ago I finished installing the second garage door. Since the first garage door came out really good, I decided to have some fun with the GoPro camera.  The total job took just under 8 hours.  I edited the … Continue reading

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Bring your Child to Work

Yesterday was bring you child to work day.  My daughter was so excited to be a part of the day.  She is the one standing up on the left.  The other two girls are the daughter’s of my two co-workers. … Continue reading

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Winter Solstice

We all know the Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, but is it really?  The Winter Solstice is when the earth’s axis is tilted the farthest away from the sun.  The actual solstice occurs just for a … Continue reading

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What a Summer!

This summer was a blur. From June 26th to July 12th I was with the scouts in Philmont, New Mexico. We hiked 70 miles in the 10 we were in back country.  We did white water rafting, rock climbing, rappelling, … Continue reading

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Jet Ski Engine Bites the Dust

One of the jet skis has been having engine problems.  Initially the engine was very hard to start.  It would turnover easy enough, but wouldn’t fire.  After cleaning the carbs, the engine would start, but then it would backfire and … Continue reading

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Jill’s Communion

I was not ready to see Jill in a white dress for her First Holy Communion. My little girl is not so little anymore! The Communion was really nice. Our new pastor led the service. It was great to see … Continue reading

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Grrrr – I was klutzy this weekend

Saturday it was beautiful here on the Jersey Shore.  The temp was in the 70’s with blue sky.  I decided to work on the one Jetski.  I still have the engine apart because of the cracked water jacket.  I have … Continue reading

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The Home Network

Lately I’ve been on a kick upgrading the computers in the house.  Most of the machines are dual Xeons with 4Gb or 8Gb of ram.  I just added a 1.5Tb drive to one machine that was running out of space.  … Continue reading

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Christmas Eve Dinner

Christmas Eve dinner was extra special this year. We had shrimp scampi in a white wine sauce over linguine. What made it extra special was that MJ cooked the entire meal by himself. Every time Cathy or I tried to enter … Continue reading

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