Author: Dustin Hartzler
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Time Blocking
I’m a huge fan of time blocking 🙂 What is time blocking? Time blocking is the act of scheduling sessions of work on a calendar. By deliberately assigning work time on a calendar, we automatically acknowledge the immutable resource of time. Several productivity writers tout the strengths of time blocking including Mike Vardy at…
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College Friends
So thankful for these friends that we do life with despite the distance. #friendsthatarefamily
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Is This Poison Ivy?
Several times last year and now once this year, I’ve gotten poison ivy. I’m highly allergic, so it’s not a good situation. The weird thing is, I haven’t been able to figure out where I got it. We don’t live near a woods, nor have I been in a woods, yet, I have the ichy…
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Memorial Day Murph
Completed my first #murph workout @bombers_crossfit this morning. Definitely a challenge. 1 mile run 100 pull ups 200 push ups 300 air squats 1 mile run Time: 44:00
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Save Money with ibotta
There’s a great app that we use to save money on grocery items without clipping coupons. It’s called ibotta and I think it’s easier to use that cutting coupons. How it works: Install the app on your phone. Browse through the items you are planning on buying that have a discount and select them. Checkout like…
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Take Cover
A tornado was spotted near our house tonight and it’s the first time we’ve had to bring kids to the basement to seek safety. Thankfully, we only got heavy rain in our neighborhood.
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Two Months Old
Here’s a few shots from little man’s two month photoshoot by dad. He certainly loves to smile.
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Still Learning Spanish
Today is the 147th day in a row that I’ve completed Spanish exercises in the DuoLingo app.
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And that’s why they play
The Cleveland Cavaliers looked impressive in the last two games of the Eastern Conference finals. Tonight, the blew a 20+ point lead. 🤔
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Almost in a Commercial
Back in February, I went with a handful of colleagues to Detroit to build websites for small businesses. During the time we were there, a video production team was filming most aspects of the weekend. I didn’t make it into one of the three commercial spots, but the side of my head is captured in…
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Going to the Post Office
When your on paternity and it’s a beautiful day and you have to entertain a three year old for a while, we will take a long bike ride to the post office instead of driving 2 minutes.
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Learning to do a proper handstand.
I need to get back to my handstand work. I was doing well until our baby disrupted our schedule.
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Happy Mother’s Day
I got to spend Mother’s Day with my amazing wife And my mom Thanks to both of them for being great part of our kiddos lives. And baby K, please learn to look at the camera for family pictures 😂
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Hey, That’s Where I Nap
My folks are in town and they both took the time to nap with baby K. I didn’t get a nap, but I got a few chores done around the house 🎉
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Usage Stats
Call me a geek, but I enjoy these emails each month when my house and car let me know how they’ve been doing.
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Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software
Wow. I wish I had read this book back when I was in college as it was much more interesting / easy to read than my college text books. It carries you along from the very fundamentals of both codes (like braille) and electric circuits in the telegraph days all the way to the web,…
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Scratched!
I’ve been an iPhone user since the iPhone 4 and have never had a case. Over the course of the life of the phone, I’ve scratched the edges, but nothing too major. Today, as we were playing in the basement, my phone got underneath a kid’s wooden rocking chair and it got quite a few…
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All Dressed Up
Baby K got to go to work with mom today, so dressing nice was necessary. Clearly it wore him out 🙂
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Gigantic Salad for lunch
My lunch salad was quite large and took me forever to eat because of the half a dozen different distractions today.
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Fully Stocked
Just got our latest shipment of grass fed beef. This is what half a cow looks like: In total we got: 20 packages of steaks (with 2 steaks per pack) 13 roasts, averaging six pounds each 20 packs of hamburger patties (6 burgers per pack) 58 pounds of ground beef That should make our weekly…
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April 2017 Recap
I’m quite certain that was April was the fastest month in history, well it seemed like it to us anyways. Here’s what happened this month: I ran the shuttle service on Mon / Wed / Fri for our daughter to go to preschool and Thu afternoons for swim lessons (got to get ready for swim…
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I Used to Be Cool
Saw this on a Honda Odyssey today on the way to church. Melody and I laughed way harder than we should have 😜
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Baby K’s newborn photos
Sorry for the delay in posting this.. it’s been a whirlwind! Can’t believe he is 5.5 weeks old now. A little bit about his birth story… About 1.5 weeks before he was born, we had little bit of a scare with our “birth plan.” I learned on a Friday afternoon that he was transverse which […]…
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Family at the park
We ventured to the park for the first time as a family of four. (Baby missed out on the fun by sleeping in the carrier the entire time 😜 )
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Late Night Editing
When a podcast comes out on Wednesday morning and it’s the first time to touch my computer all day, then I’m up editing my podcast. For a great WordPress podcast, check out Your Website Engineer.
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Didn’t Last Long
I had the fastest time for today’s CrossFit workout, until the afternoon class came in. Five rounds of 5-10-5 Shuttle Run 12 Hand release push-ups 24 Sit-ups 48 Double Unders I got the first 4 rounds of double unders unbroken and got tripped up after 32 in the final round 😢
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Mac and Gmail Hacking
I love finding new ways to speed up my work on a computer. I already do a lot of things in this video, but the main tip I picked up is to speed up the tracking of my mouse, game changer!
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One Month Already
Hard to believe that it’s been a month since little man was born. Time sure flies when you have two kids 😉
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Podcast Listening Trifecta
I’ve been listening to podcast since 2007 when I had an hour-long commute to my corporate job at Whirlpool. Upon graduation, I bought my first iPod; a 30GB video click wheel model. Since I had a long drive, 5 days a week, I would load up on financial podcasts (like the Dave Ramsey Show) and…
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Creepy Facebook
This sponsored product showed up on my Facebook feed today. Clearly I’m in their target as my last name is printed on the shirt, but still a bit creepy.
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Model S or Model 3
Unless the Tesla Model S comes down significantly in price, I think I’ll have to opt for the Model 3. I love the idea of having a battery operated car (since I have a battery powered mower), but right now the base price is much too high for me to splurge on. Here are the…
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Bike Ride for Groceries
When you live three miles away from Kroger and need an activity for a three year old, we bike to the grocery store. The ride was a bit harder with 10+ pounds of groceries in the back.
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Mounted Power
Finally got around to mounting the chargers for my new mower/leaf blowers. My goal for the spring is to organize the garage so nothing is on the floor.
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Happy Easter
Here’s the best picture we could put together of all of us as the day didn’t quite go as planned. Amongst the tears and nap of big sister and a blowout diaper from the little man, our coordinating outfits were not captured in one frame. However, we were able to celebrate the resurrection of our…
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Missing the Beach
Grandma and Grandpa came and brought a fun new outdoor toy for Easter. I think she likes it.
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Sure I can sleep here
Baby K is much better at sleeping than his big sister. He sleep thru the entire Good Friday church service.
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Here EGO
A few days ago I posted about buying a new reel mower for our grass. This wasn’t the optimal solution. If the grass was too long, the mower didn’t work right and my old battery powered Ryobi mower wasn’t holding a charge long enough to mow my whole yard. After a bit of research, I…
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I Know You’re Mad at United but… (Thoughts from a Pilot Wife About Flight 3411)
I don’t follow the news much (or ever!), but I did hear about the United story. Very informative article by a pilot’s wife.
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Melody Opening Things
I got this idea from my colleague Joel as my wife also tends to destroy things when she opens them. Here’s the most recent victim: Not sure why the box had to be mangled into an unusable state, but now I have a brick of cream cheese that’s just waiting to get smashed in my fridge 😛