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The home-buying process is more complex and intensive than I ever thought it would be. I’ve been taking a crash course on the subject through a couple of books (Home-Buying For Dummies and The Idiot’s Guide To Buying and Selling a Home), and reading articles on some websites, especially the Realtor.com and HomeAdvisor websites. I […]

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Nothing new from me today…. but check out this great review of Spider-Man. Can’t wait to see this movie!

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We offically kicked off our house-hunt yesterday and together with our realtor, looked at a couple of houses in the township we want to live in. The first house we looked at yesterday was actually the second one we looked at overall. It’s a huge 4BR/2.5BTH house with a good-sized yard. First impression: Nice! The […]

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Updates to the site – more pics from Marj & Zoe’s birthday party, courtesy of Marj. I’ve started reading “Home Buying for Dummies” by Eric Tyson, MBA and Ray Brown. I decided to get this book based on all the great reviews it has on Amazon.Com’s site. It’s very informative and fun to read at […]

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Echo & The Bunnymen – “Live In Liverpool” Echo and the Bunnymen, ever since it was reformed by Will Sergeant and Ian McCulloch, have been on a roll since their “comeback” heralded by 1997’s “Evergreen”. Last year’s “Flowers” was one of my favorite albums of the year and one of their best ever. Needless to […]

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Zoe had a very happy birthday weekend! Her celebration started off with a daycare party at ACCA. The delicious menu consisted of baked macaroni, embutido, cake and others goodies (courtesy of Aileen). The caregivers were impressed by Aileen’s cooking, especially her great embutido! “It tastes kinda like meatloaf, but different!”, said one of the daycare […]

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PLATOON (Pioneer Spec. Ed. Widescreen Laserdisc) I’ve always been a fan of Oliver Stone’s movies. One of my favorite movies is “JFK”. I loved his previous Vietnam movies “Born On The Fourth Of July” and “Heaven and Earth”, but I never liked his supposed magnum-opus, Platoon. The first and only time I ever watched it […]

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Quote of the day – “Whenever things are coming your way, you’re in the wrong lane”

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Our daughter Zoe is turning two tomorrow! It seems like only yesterday that she was still a small, fragile baby. I can still remember the day she was born like it was yesterday. Aileen, Mommy Digna, and I spent the beginning of the day counting the minutes between contractions. Then, after remembering Dr. Williams’ advice […]

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Seems like I’m not the only one who has a bad case of insomnia, the article here says that only 30% of people in the US get the needed 8 hours of sleep at night. These are the recommended ways to get a better night’s sleep: The National Sleep Foundation suggests the following tips. • […]

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