The Official Half Marathon

Posted on January 19, 2020 by Carmelo

I had to pick up my packet on Friday after work. There was thousands of people at the run today. When we got back from the cruise ship wedding, I signed up for my Rock ‘n’ Roll Arizona Half Marathon. It really got my mileage up doing the Jeff Galloway Run/Walk/Run method. I completed my training with a few months still before today, so I restarted my training and was doing two half marathon distances a month… until this month. Having dental surgery has derailed me a little bit. Also, having painful shoes for New Years derailed me too! I wasn’t going to let that stop me. I wanted to at least run a half marathon, officially, in 2020, and I did.

A big shoe at the Health & Fitness Expo packet pickup

Let’s get this run started!

Ran into Joe, he was a friend from work!

Woooooahh, I’m halfway there!

The blue mile had many photos of the fallen, it was heartbreaking. They are mostly children (young adults) who have served and gave the ultimate sacrifice. Then a line of supporters with flags.

I did it! Finish line!

Cool local band, the Gin Blossoms. They started here in Tempe

New bling for Sterling

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January 2020 Build Party and Dinner

Posted on January 12, 2020 by Carmelo

Jaime and I prepped for today’s meetup, watching some videos for what we were going to be working on. A lot of focus is going towards her Xmen outfit and my Lurtz orc. It was also a pseudo house-warming party. What a nice place!

Here are some photos from the build.

We finished out the build with going to dinner at Pho

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Good Luck Gabby!

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Carmelo

Our friend Gabby is going for another internship at Disney so we got together for dinner before she left.

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Taiyou Con

Posted on January 4, 2020 by Carmelo

Taiyou time again, our second year checking it out. We run into our friends and sat through a decent conference on cosplay. It was a good day!

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Happy New Year! Farewell 2019 and Hello 2020!

Posted on January 1, 2020 by Carmelo

Another fun-filled year has passed and we did so much stuff! It’s been our usual for the past few years to make sure we balance our busy lives with some fun times.

Last night, we dressed all fancy and went to FatCat for some dinner, dancing, and a little bit of drinks. We learned the Foxtrot and… tried our best! Once the music got a little lame, we left and went to the Sazerac, downtown, and finished the night/year/decade with some drinks and heatlamps to keep us warm.

Here are some photos from the night.

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Star Wars

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Carmelo

It was probably June or July of 1977 when I first saw Star Wars in theaters. It also might have been the re-release in 1978. I can’t remember for sure, that was a long time ago… in a galaxy far, far away.

But today, we went to see the final episode of Star Wars. It was good for what it was!

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2019 Year In Review

Posted on December 27, 2019 by Carmelo

Jaime and I did a heck of a lot this year! Some below are just Carmelo, but without going into too much detail!

1. Taiyou Con with some 105th crew
2. Skiing Sunrise with Camille
3. 105th Build Party
4. Temple Public Library FanCon
5. Dark Ones: Murder at the Vulgar Unicorn
6. Superbowl
7. Spartan Sprint
8. Fancy Tea Party
9. 105th Build Party
10. AZ Matsuri
11. Renaissance Festival
12. Glendale Folk & Heritage Festival
13. Scottish Highland Games
14. AZ Aloha Festival
15. Fred Green
16. St. Patrick’s Day
17. 105th Build Party
18. Sedona, Cottonwood, Tuzigoot, Jerome
19. Cosplay Picnic at the Park
20. Lake Pleasant
21. 105th Build Party
22. U Fest
23. Easter
24. Camille’s Birthday
25. Pat’s Run
26. Dark Ones: Fantastic Beasts & Those Who Hunt Them
27. Jake Shimabukuro
28. 105th Build Party
29. Miami
30. Wedding Cruise
31. Cayman Islands
32. Mahogany Bay
33. Belize
34. Cozumel/Chichen Itza
35. Phoenix Fan Fusion
36. New Philosophy with EO
37. Saguaro Lake
38. Father’s Day Weekend
39. Sandy’s Retirement
40. Doobie Brother’s & Santana
41. 105th Meet and Greet
42. Lake Pleasant
43. Independence Day
44. 105th Build Party
45. Family Lake Day with Brandee and Brent, Jeff and Claire
46. Karie’s Nana
47. Bartlett Lake
48. 105th Build Party
49. Knotfest
50. New Philosophy with EO
51. Isaac’s birthday
52. Dark Ones: Toga Party
53. CCSP
54. Mariah and Her Mom’s Bday
55. Lake Powell
56. Mom, Courtney, Beau, Riley visit
57. Build Party
58. Haunted Swap Meet
59. CRISC
60. Tour de Fat
61. Half Marathon Training
62. Niagara Falls
63. Michael Clayton
64. Spookulele Concert
65. Dark Ones: Dead Man’s Party
66. Tucson Comic-con
67. Kazimierz with EO and Judy
68. CISM
69. Weekend in Los Vegas
70. Jaime’s birthday Weekend
71. Thanksgiving
72. Ukulele Christmas Concert at Sam Ash
73. Glendale LibconWest
74. Glendale Glitters
75. Tom’s birthday
76. Cosplay Christmas Party
77. Victor’s 8th Birthday
78. Cholla Library Concert
79. Yucca Christmas Concert
80. Hot Chocolate 15k
81. Fancy Tea
82. Yule Ball
83. Christian Care Assisted Living Ukulele Christmas Concert
84. Christmas Party

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Christmas 2019

Posted on December 25, 2019 by Carmelo

Christmas is such a wonderful time of the year with a lot of family

 

Riley’s Baptism

 

 

Christmas Eve/Day

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Carmelo vs. the Year

Posted on December 23, 2019 by Carmelo

I started running in 2015 with the goal to just lose some weight and get some cardio going on. In 2014, we went to Hawaii and though I was a powerhouse, my cardio sucked and was horrible. I didn’t know what sort of app to get at the time, so a quick Google search led me to MapMyRun. A side quest that MapMyRun offers is a challenge against the year; in kilometers. The first year it was 1000 km, and then the last two years it has been 1018 and 1019.

Anyway, I did it!

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Christian Care Assisted Living Ukulele Christmas Concert

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Carmelo

Today we played our final venue, the Christian Care Assisted Living Facility. It was well received and people, of course, loved Jaime’s outfit.

 

 
 
 
 
 
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Mele Kalikimaka to you, and you, and you and you and you 🎶

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