Hey everyone, 

I just got some exciting news!  My sister, Melissa, just found out that she's having a baby Boy!

Yep, in approximately 19 1/2 weeks I'll have a nephew! (And be an Uncle for the first time)

Here's the proof:

Congrats Sis!!  I can't wait to meet him!!

In other baby-related news, Cousin Lois has announced that she is expecting baby #3! :) I love this kind of news! Congrats cousin!!

So, I'm sure you've noticed by now that I RARELY update this page anymore. Well, sorry about that.  It's because I've become addicted to Facebook  (or Crackbook as we like to call it).

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/profile.php?id=645728136&ref=name should get you to my profile. If not, just do a search for Joe Ammendolia.

Hope you're all having a great March!!

~(Uncle) Joe  :)

Hey everyone. Happy New Year!

Sorry it took me this long to write. I've been a busy guy since Christmas.

So, New Years was fun. We had a quiet one, and just hung out at the house with Edith's mom, step-dad and her Uncle Michael. We drank quite a lot, and watched movies until the ball dropped. We then watched as decrepid Dick Clark mumbled his way through the countdown. (On a side note, I really hope he'll retire after this one. Nothing against him, but it was a little depressing to watch.) Then we stayed up until about 2:30 or so.   I hope you all had a lovely New Year celebration as well.

Moving on....

I've been really enjoying my new Springfield XDm 9mm!  I took it out to my Mom's place to squeeze off the first few rounds.  I actually did pretty well for a guy who hasn't fired a handgun in over 10 years! Although I do need a LOT of practice before I'll say I'm a decent shot. My mom even fired off a round! :)

Yesterday (Sunday the 4th) we took the 2 hour drive to visit Edith's uncle Michael at his place in extreme east Tennessee. And let me tell you, it's AWESOME!  He's got some of the best property I've ever seen. And when he's finished with his house remodel, it's going to be incredible!

Uncle Michael is also a gun nut, and has quite a collection of his own. So I took the opportunity to break out my XDm and fire off some more rounds. Edith got to shoot it some as well. She put 10 rounds through the barrel, and did great!

Michael also has air pistols so the kids got to do some shooting too. Both of them did great! I enjoyed the air pistols too. I suspect it wont be long, and we'll have some air pistols of our own.

You can check out the video here and here.

Anyway, I'm off to the gym to work off some of the holiday eating. I have a LOT of work to do (as you can tell by the videos of me), so wish me luck.

Happy New Year,

Joe

It's finally here!  Christmas Eve!

Make sure you keep an eye on Santa using the Santa Tracker at http://www.noradsanta.org/en/home.html


Also, I emailed this to most of my family and friends, but just in case you didn't get it.