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Thursday, December 28, 2017

2017 Goals Review: Maker Year

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It's time for the annual update on goals. This year was the Maker Year . I had a bunch of projects around the house I wanted to do (...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Smart Home Adventures: The Chamberlain Smart Garage Door Opener With MyQ Bridge

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Here's a first world problem: Our garage door opener was old. The opener itself worked fine - though it was kind of loud - but most ...
Saturday, July 08, 2017

How a Laughing Baby Brings Glory To God

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I believe in God. I believe he created everything: the cosmos, earth, plants, animals, etc. It's through that creation we know G...
Thursday, June 08, 2017

How I lost 18 Pounds in 37 Days

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I'm training for a Tough Mudder next weekend. A Tough Mudder is a 10 mile run with 20 obstacles in your way. It's a combinatio...
Thursday, March 23, 2017

A Transparent Look At Our Investment Property's Performance

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When buying an investment property, I "run the numbers" to see what type of return I can expect. I make a bunch of researche...
Friday, March 10, 2017

Our Awesome New Bathroom

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When we bought our house in July , we knew the bathroom needed some work. Specifically, the shower leaked and needed to be redone. It wa...
Friday, February 24, 2017

Why I Like Star Wars (Spoiler: It's About Working On a Mission)

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Image: reddit.com Here's a non-surprise: I like the original Star Wars movie. The other day, I was trying to pinpoint why I still...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Smart Home Adventures: Amazon Echo (And Alexa)

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For Christmas my parents gave me an Amazon Echo. It's pretty cool and we've been using it for a while. Since it's a voice ac...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

2017 Goals: The Maker Year

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This might sound weird, but I've been looking forward to 2017 starting for a while. It's mostly because there's a handful of...
Monday, January 02, 2017

2016 Goal Review

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Well... Well... Well... 2016 is gone and was a crazy year. It should have been called the "unplanned year". Here were the big ...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Samson Vincent Furlo

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Samson was born Dec 22, 2016 at 11:45pm at 5lbs 9oz and 17". As someone noted, he felt like a bag of sugar. His due date was January...
Tuesday, October 04, 2016

Smart Home Adventures: Shining a Light on Lutron's Caséta Wireless Light Switches

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Last night I got into bed and realized I forgot to turn off the bedroom light. Jessi gave me a look that questioned who was going t...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Completed a 7-Day Water Fast

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I recently completed a 7-day water fast. For one week I ate nothing and only drank water. I decided to fast for three reasons: It w...
Monday, August 01, 2016

Smart Home Adventures: The Honeywell Lyric & Ecobee3 Thermostats

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Let's start with a pro-tip: If you order something on Amazon, and then move houses before it arrives, and it happens that UPS use...
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