With the isolation going on I’ve been working hard on building the habits to become healthy. I bought a new bike which I absolutely love. The weather hasn’t been the best but I’ve gotten out on a couple good rides. I can’t wait to ride a bunch more. After a few recommendations I also purchasedContinue reading “Isolation Fitness”
Author Archives: Sandy McFadden
Building Habits
So often I’ve written these type posts, about getting started again when it comes to fitness goals and habits. This time I’m going to start at a different approach. I’ve just started reading Atomic Habits by James Clear and I’m not far in but I’m already seeing benefits and advice I can take. One ofContinue reading “Building Habits”
New Car – Hyundai Kona
For a while we’ve known it was getting close to time to pick up a new second vehicle. We have a large SUV, Chevrolet Traverse, which is an eight seater and our main family vehicle when we go anywhere all together. It is an all wheel drive and we use it most of the winterContinue reading “New Car – Hyundai Kona”
New Mini Basketball Hoop
With Alex moving out we’ve helped out with some of the furnishings for the house. One of the things was a smaller 32″ TV. When we built the house we had to inset outlets added to the walls where we intended to mount TVs. One in the then play room, and one in the thenContinue reading “New Mini Basketball Hoop”
Alex’s and Ezra’s Home
On October 29th I became a Grandfather! My oldest Alex gave birth to a beautiful boy Ezra. When I first found out the news that our family was going to be growing it took me a while to come around as I know first hand how hard it is to be a young parent. SelfishlyContinue reading “Alex’s and Ezra’s Home”
Fitness update
Back near the beginning of August I wrote about my fitness and plans to get back into a good routine and health. Today I hit a couple milestones so I thought I would give a quick update. My main goals were to keep my physical activities varied and not only doing one thing. For bothContinue reading “Fitness update”
Kentville Pumpkin People 2019
Our town has a fun tradition for the month of October. We have the Pumpkin People pop up all over. Each year is a different theme, but I really like this years especially. It is Toon Town, showcasing a bunch of classic cartoons. This morning we got up and went apple picking again with familyContinue reading “Kentville Pumpkin People 2019”
Learning React
Since my last update about my #photo-album-project I’ve been busy gathering up learning resources and have started in on some learning. A lot of the resources I’ve found are online. I’ve been scanning and bookmarking articles on MongoDB, Node.js, creating APIs and other things. A site I hadn’t come across before this is FreeCodeCamp. TheyContinue reading “Learning React”
Starting a new project
In the spirit of never stop learning I want to start a new project. It has been a long time since I learned anything new related to programming and I’ve been wanting to dust of the rust and build something for a while. Background It seems like every time I go to learn a newContinue reading “Starting a new project”
Happy 10th birthday Noah
Today may youngest child turns 10 years old. That makes me feel both old and happy. I’m so proud of all my kids and the people they are growing into. I’m sure this won’t last many more years but for now he is one of my best friends. Soon he’ll get too old and notContinue reading “Happy 10th birthday Noah”
Sandy McFadden 