This long weekend was a busy one for both Kelli and I. We moved from our condo on Indian Bend to our new place a few miles up the road. Kelli as usual did pretty much all the packing, but this time also got the distinct honor of doing most of the moving [...]

Last weekend was a busy one, but a good one. Here’s the report:

Friday night I had my graduation to Brown/Black belt, which means if everything goes according to plan, I should have my Black Belt in 3 short months. Whee! I also dropped off the prints with Geoff for the show on [...]

Welp, Vegas has come and gone and good times were had by all. James and I talked a lot of politics while BJ and Kelli talked about whatever they talked about while James and I talked politics.

Kelli surprised me with tickets to Mystere, which was quite a cool show. There was a really [...]

This weekend saw my progression into the brownbelt realm in To-shin Do. It was a very good time, and I felt really good during the testing. I now have about 9 months until blackbelt if everything goes to plan. I have an essay, written test and skills test to complete before then. [...]

The last 3-4 weeks have been incredibly stressful at work, but after tomorrow the main source of my stress will be gone and I will be happy. Then, on Friday I’ll be flying out to Colorado for my company’s annual Owner’s meeting. I’ll be there until Wednesday. Then I’ll probably be shutting [...]

Ahhh. Nothing like 4 days off. This will be good. Kelli is out of town visiting the california crew which gives me lots and lots of introvert time. Yea!

Tonight is my graduation into green-black belt, and for those of you counting, I have 3 belts after this one (out of 15) [...]

What’s been going on in the life of Joe? Lots!

Last weekend I got back into the photo bug thing and drove north seeking fun photo adventures. Unfortunately it was easily 95° even in Jerome. Coupled with a terrible haze caused by forest fires and a half million tourists, it was not a [...]

A productive weekend indeed!

Friday night found me lounging. I was sleepy. No going out or doing anything fun.

Saturday morning I headed in for training and a Kusari Fundo seminar. For some reason, I managed to inherit the Big Swede’s neck crick, which was sort of a pain in the ass all weekend [...]

It was a good weekend.

For Cinco De Mayo, Kelli and I hung out with Michael and Lori from the dojo. We got some sushi, then headed back to their place for daquris and penuckle. Good times.

Saturday we hung out with Doug and his spawn and went over some software options for his upcoming [...]

The last 4 days were scheduled to be photography time. But good weather rolled in and I personally don’t like shooting on bright sunny days.

Doug rolled into town with his daughter, and I thought it might be nice to just hang out with him and the kid, and take a few days off from [...]