Author Archives: Carmelo

Christmas 2021: Part 1

We did an early home Christmas because Jaime was going to spend time with her family and I was going to spend time with mine. So we opened presents up early.

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A Christmas Brunch

I was able to get away from work, though tethered to my phone, to spend some time with our friends for brunch before the holidays and getaways and new year. We went thrift store shopping afterwards and didn’t get much, … Continue reading

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Tombstone Wedding

Our friend Leanne married her best friend, Dylan, who coincidentally is the twin of our of our cosplay friend, Johanna. We stayed in Tombstone for the wedding, which was super cute. Unfortunately, I had to work due to a world … Continue reading

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Glendale Glitters 2021

As usual, our city of Glendale, AZ puts up a nice lightshow. There definitely wasn’t as much people and things going on this year due to pandemic stuff. Which is good, because it’s normally so busy and packed. At the … Continue reading

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Disneyland Birthday

For our birthdays, we decided to celebrate with Mickey, for his birthday! He’s 93. It was an excellent and much needed vacation and we spoiled ourselves! Treat yo’self! I think I ate churros every day! It’s a small world, as … Continue reading

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Fall Party

Our friends had a fall party and it was a great time. Food, learned about loofah sponges, and there was some axe throwing as well!

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Dark Ones: Gnarly Roots of Halloween

It was weird to not have Mariah at the party… It was supposed to be at her house and that had to get canceled. We still showed up and had some fun at the other location. It was a fun … Continue reading

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Lynx Lake 2nd Annual

We are going to make this a regular thing, ever since Brent’s 50th last year. We watched and helped out with so much fishing with the kids and friends, that I think we might even start doing it ourselves for … Continue reading

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Foundations of Purple Teaming

As part of my new role of Senior Director over the Security Operations Center, it made sense to learn more about Purple Teaming and this training was free and came with a cool certificate, so I got that going for … Continue reading

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Foundations of Purple Teaming

As part of my new role of Senior Director over the Security Operations Center, it made sense to learn more about Purple Teaming and this training was free and came with a cool certificate, so I did it.

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