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The end of an era
I am writing this post on Saturday morning as I sit outside, a balmy 57 degrees, and watch my daughter’s softball fielding practice. People are looking at me strangely as I type and they chat...
View ArticleVacation Day 1 – Travel Day
We are in Florida for the next 6 days – 3 days at Mets Spring Training in Port St Lucie and then 3 days at Disney World. I’m hoping to write a post at the end of each day, loaded with kick butt photos...
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Vacation Day 3 – Mets Spring Training Day 2
Up at 5:45. We are not good with 4 of us sleeping in the same room. Another rough night of sleep. In the car by 6:10. Why the hell are we doing this? At the stadium by 6:20. Oh yeah, this is why. Hot...
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Vacation Day 4 – Mets Spring Training Day 3
Quick one today. Made it to the field by 6:00 and while we greeted almost all of the players, no autographs. Still don’t regret it one bit. And this may have something to do with it. A gorgeous day for...
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Vacation Day 2 – Mets Spring Training
Up at 5:55. Horrific night’s sleep. Breakfast at 6:50. Need to fuel up for the long day ahead. Give me plenty of those funny textured eggs. Leave the hotel at 7:10. 58 degrees never felt better. Arrive...
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Why I Love Spring Training
The Markowski family “New York Mets Spring Training 2016 Extravaganza” came to a close earlier this week. Put it in the books. It’s outta here. To say we are hooked on the experience is a gross...
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Learning to love a small dog
So I’m watching “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” a few weeks back and I’m about to have a panic attack. I shit you not. In case you’ve never seen this 2008 classic (wink), it is about a bunch of talking...
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How one emotional journey led to apple trees
I will never give you gardening advice on this blog. Never have, never will. There are plenty of other places online and in killer books to find great info from experts all across the globe. What I’ve...
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Moving on to high school
How the hell did we get here so fast? How is it possible that I have a son who can now be identified as a high school student as of last night? Damn, I always envisioned myself reaching a certain...
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Weekend in Connecticut
We spent a long weekend in Connecticut after being off from work all last week. Now we return to reality tomorrow and I don’t like reality very much. Actually that’s not true, I feel ready to conquer...
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Swingset trellis
“Jamie, how would you feel if we took down the swingset and put in a large vegetable garden and orchard? We could all work on it together. Wouldn’t that be fun? You could learn all about gardening....
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26 observations from my 20th wedding anniversary trip to Antigua
My wife and I just returned from our 20th wedding anniversary trip to the island of Antigua. We expected it to be a romantic and relaxing and all time memorable trip … and it exceeded those lofty...
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New York Mets Spring Training 2017 – Day 1
Pleasant sounding alarm awakes us all at 5:40 AM. We all slept like shit the night before. 75% of us are battling illness and the cacophony of coughing emanating from room 210 probably kept the entire...
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New York Mets Spring Training – Day 2
Back at it again 5:30 this morning. The day proceeded not too unlike the day before and come to think of it, not too different from year’s past. We ogled world class athletes while they played a game...
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New York Mets Spring Training – Day 3
Our time in the New York Mets bubble has come to an end. Back to reality. No more waking up in the dark, throwing on a wrinkled blue and orange t-shirt and tossing an interlocking “N” and “Y” inscribed...
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California Vacation
It’s been a while, eh? This has been the longest stretch between posts since I started this tiny venture back in 2010. Why the 3-week lull you ask? Great question. Here’s a detailed break-out of the...
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RIP Pop D
My father-in-law John passed away a week ago today. It has been hell the past week trying to first understand exactly what happened and then trying to come to grips with the reality of it all....
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Tour of the garden – 9/27/17
After the events of the past two weeks, the garden has never felt more trivial yet has been a great refuge at the same time. I have no energy to attack the “to-do” list or even lift a shovel, but I...
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Vacation pics
A new garden post will be coming soon. We’ve been on an 8-day vacation in Southern California and while I’m not ready to return home any time soon, I do look forward to seeing where things stand in my...
View ArticleThankful
I hope those of you who celebrate Thanksgiving have a fantastic time with family and friends this upcoming weekend. Here’s what I’m thankful for: A supposedly repaired septum that will allow me to...
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