One ice hockey game done today, and one more to go. Bubs’ team is playing in the AAHA tourney this weekend in Voorhees. They won handily last night, 8-0 (Bubs got an assist) and this morning, they lost in an OT shootout 3-2. We have to get up early again tomorrow for another 7:30am game. And yes, every time we have these early games, this commercial plays in my head…

Oh and I just discovered this… yes, that’s my patio umbrella that apparently decided to fly up into a tree while we were away at Disney! Thankfully, no damage was done to the house or the umbrella.

Movie Reviews…

13 – this was pretty good for a bad movie.

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We headed down to Millville, NJ to pick up our new (to us) kitchen table. It needs some staining, but it fits nicely in the kitchen and it will be nice to eat meals at a real table for once…

On the way home, Abbe and I stopped at Penza’s Pie’s and picked up this bad boy… if you’ve never had their pies, you seriously have lived an unfulfilled life…

Today my Dad would have been 67. Happy birthday Dad, miss you and love you everyday.

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You know, for first days back from vacation… yesterday wasn’t horrible at all. It was busy, but I didn’t have any emergency fires to put out, but I did (and still do) have plenty of work to take care of.

And in the midst of a busy (but not crazy) first day back from vacation, I was able to sneak up onto my roof and clean out my gutters, drop off Mom’s car (and fail miserably at fixing her laptop – wow, I hate PCs), and Abbe and I got in a short run too.

A big congrats to Jim Thome for hitting his 600th home run of his career last night, becoming only the 8th member of the 600 club. While he was with the Phils, he tossed a ball to me at the Vet. That ball is in a case in my son’s room. Thome is definitely one of the good guys in baseball, this 40 year old is very happy to see that 40 year old reach a big milestone.

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Both kids had a great first day of camp. I got the headlight replaced in my truck (much easier when I have the correct bulb). The water heater is operational again. We headed over to Mom’s for a swim and some dinner. And then the kids got to meet the neighbors new dog cat, Rocco.

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First day of Medford Lakes Summer Camp is here. The kids are mostly raring to go. Bubs is going to be helping out in the crafts section indoors for the first week of camp until he gets his cast off next Wednesday. We met the arts and crafts directory and assistant this morning and Bubs is going to be in good hands – super nice people and Bubs can be a really good helper. I’m sure come Wednesday Bubs will be ready to get on his bike, try some archery, go fishing, and get in the water… you know all the stuff he was excited about in the big kids camp.

During our trip to Pa, Abbe’s Dad inadvertently backed into my truck and knocked my headlight a little bit. We stopped for a replacement bulb and then discovered we got the wrong bulb even though the part number matched. No biggie though. I’m hoping I can get the right halogen bulb today and then see if Chad can take care of the broken housing on my turn signal (the low beams on the driver’s side is the only thing non-operational).

The other problem I will be dealing with today will be my water heater pilot not igniting. Abbe went to shower yesterday and discovered we had no hot water. After unwrapping the water heater and trying the pilot a few times with no spark, I’m going to have to call in the pros. It looks like it’s the piezo ignitor that is failing. It appears that the previous homeowner replaced it once before. I really hope this isn’t a bigger problem.

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