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Sat Jan 28 10:09:00 -0500 2012

Seeing is believing, my friends.  I recently had the incredible opportunity to receive LASIK eye surgery at no cost to myself and I took advantage of it.  It was the best thing to happen to me in a long time.  It may seem trivial to those of you who have perfect… Read More

Anfang die Saison!

Thu Sep 08 00:34:00 -0400 2011

Is there a direct correlation in women’s tennis between how good looking the player is and how good she is?  While I am no expert on women’s tennis, I am beginning to lean towards the answer of yes.  You see, at my local gym where I like to hoist heavy things over my head… Read More

Back at Work

Tue Aug 30 21:16:00 -0400 2011

Hello all.  After taking an unpaid full summer leave of absence I am back with a new blog and an update on all things relevant to me!  Seeing as its been a full three months since my last post, I will spent a lot time discussing what occurred during that time but I will also reflect on… Read More

A Day in the Life…

Mon May 23 18:23:00 -0400 2011

6:20 AM: The alarm is incredibly loud; I want to punch something, hard. Finally locate the phone (we don’t have a real alarm clock and I refuse to pry open my eyes) and I am tempted to throw it out the window or against a wall, but I don’t, instead I hit the snooze button and tell Jen to… Read More

A Haubrich Invasion

Mon May 23 16:38:00 -0400 2011

I do believe I have set a new record for the longest span without a blog during out time in Germany.  2011 has been a wonderful year so far for us, we have been kept very busy and have done many things on and off the handball court that we are not only proud of but excited… Read More

Grown Man Working

Thu Mar 17 07:52:00 -0400 2011

My resolution to write more often has been, to this point, completely broken.  I’m sorry.  I haven’t even come close to writing once a week, much less every two weeks and I am not only embarrassed but also ashamed.  It has been over three weeks since the… Read More

Steak and Sushi

Tue Feb 15 13:43:00 -0500 2011

Hello friends and fans, welcome to another blog from Jen and Jordan: Live in Germany!  I wanted to give everyone ample time to make it through the mega-blog of 2011 so I refrained from writing for a few weeks.  I hope everyone has been able to make their way through it and are… Read More

First Blog of 2011

Tue Jan 25 10:18:00 -0500 2011

Happy 2011 to everybody!  I took a month off from my writing duties and I want to apologize to all our faithful readers who have had nothing to read.  However, have no fear, I am back and in a big way, with more information and updates regarding the goings’ on in Jen and… Read More

Goodbye Movember!

Wed Dec 01 10:53:00 -0500 2010

Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone!!  Jen and I again had the pleasure of cooking a full Thanksgiving dinner for some select friends and current roommates of ours.  The dinner was, once again, an incredible success and this holiday is quickly becoming one of my favorite… Read More

Ups and Downs

Mon Nov 15 09:47:00 -0500 2010

The last 14 days have been a whirlwind.  So many problems that faced us before have finally been resolved but in their place more and perhaps bigger problems have surfaced.  Chasing this Olympic dream has led Jen and I on so many adventures and has put us in contact with so… Read More

USA Euro Tour Fall 2010

Tue Nov 02 10:03:00 -0400 2010

It’s a new month and a new week and I figure, time for a new blog.  It’s been almost two weeks since the last time I scribed a blog and I’m sure you have all been eagerly awaiting an update.  A lot has transpired in the last two weeks and I will do my best to fill you… Read More

Chimney Sweepers!

Tue Oct 19 19:42:00 -0400 2010

I gotta case of the Monday’s.  Don’t feel like doing much of anything so I thought I would sit down and put together a little blog, seeing as how it’s been well over two weeks since I have put our daily lives into word form for your enjoyment.  Attempting to… Read More

Weekend Update

Mon Oct 11 08:34:00 -0400 2010

So TV Mainzlar lost a heartbreaker on Saturday.  Jen's team stole the ball and scored on a fast break with 6 seconds left in the game, only to fail to get back on defense and watch as the other team, restarted, made 2 incredible passes and scored a goal with 1 second remaining on the clock.… Read More

The Rheingau

Fri Oct 01 17:24:00 -0400 2010

It’s been too long since we last got together, I’ll take the blame for that.  Been busy looking for jobs, playing some handball and enjoying Germany and all it has to offer.  It’s a balmy Thursday afternoon here in Petterweil, cold, unseasonably so as… Read More

Weekend Update

Tue Sep 21 10:51:00 -0400 2010

Hello everybody,   Hans was kind enough to find a few pics from the weekend.  We played very well, destroying TuS Dotzheim 36-22.  The guy who plays in front of me got 2 2-minutes in the first 20 minutes of the game so I got to play the last 40.  Scored 6 goals and had a… Read More

Hans' Birthday

Fri Sep 17 09:27:00 -0400 2010

Hello people.  I am busy being worthless.  Hans and I just watched an hour of handball and soccer goals, sports bloopers and hard fouls.  I was supposed to spend the afternoon looking for jobs.  It’s only funny until Jen gets home and I get in big trouble. … Read More

A Start to 2 Seasons

Thu Sep 09 09:12:00 -0400 2010

Happy start of the NFL season to you and yours.  It is a dreary Thursday morning here in the D-Land, perfect actually for a football game.  Jen has been off to work for a few hours now and I thought it prudent to get out of bed and do something with my life.  Without further ado,… Read More

Signed, Sealed, Delivered

Mon Aug 30 16:11:00 -0400 2010

Hello again, a lot has occurred since I last wrote.  I will do my best to fill you in during the next few paragraphs. Most importantly and most exciting, Jen got her chance to work out with a second league team and killed it.  The coach was very impressed with her and said… Read More

We're Back!

Tue Aug 10 12:14:00 -0400 2010

Hello again, I know it's been awhile since you last heard from us and for that I apologize but we had some pretty important stuff to take care of. When we last left off we were in the midst of moving back to the States from Germany in mid-February for reasons that include we couldn't find jobs in… Read More

Getting work done here in Germany at …

Thu May 06 10:45:00 -0400 2010

Hello to those Stateside,We are getting work done here in Germany.  After only 3 days we are making vast improvements.  I know that we would become a very, very good team giving a few missing pieces and time to play together and figure each other out.  A few of us have played together… Read More

"Halloween on Steroids"

Wed Feb 17 17:59:00 -0500 2010

Hello to all and to all, hello.  Sorry it has been so long, I think almost a full month.  That is inexcusable and therefore I will make no excuses.  A lot has happened in the past month and over the next few pages I will try and highlight those experiences in an exciting and… Read More

Pt. 1. America the Great! Pt. 2. Move over, Lance!

Wed Jan 13 11:36:00 -0500 2010

I’m not even sure where to start.  It has been over three weeks since I last sat down to chronicle Jen and I’s exciting life.  I believe the last time we posted it was a few days into our wonderful and much needed Holiday Vacay in the cold and snowy, yet beautiful, Northeastern… Read More

A young Santa Claus, Surf and Turf a …

Tue Dec 22 12:00:00 -0500 2009

The best compliment so far about my beard has, quite surprisingly, come from the person who hates it the most. Jen, and I'm sure she wishes now she hadn't said it, blurted out that I looked like a young Santa Claus whose beard hadn't yet turned white. I accepted this compliment with great enthusiasm… Read More

Junior National Team trip to Poland

Tue Dec 08 15:22:00 -0500 2009

Hey Everyone, Sorry it has taken me a while to get on here and write about Poland, but you know how things go.  I have to start by saying it was a great experience.  So many new faces to the US Handball world is great.  We need to keep it going! The facilities were… Read More

Meeting with The Man

Mon Dec 07 15:48:00 -0500 2009

Hello to all and to all, hello.  It is Monday afternoon here in gloomy Germany.  Jen and I have had a busy and interesting two weeks since the last time I sat down to write a blog.  I’ll start with the important things and go from there.  Last Thursday morning we had the… Read More

Blame it on Jen

Wed Nov 25 17:05:00 -0500 2009

First things first, to our friends and family: it's Jen fault.  It has been almost two weeks since we posted something and I am going to without a second thought blame it all on Jennifer, for she thought it pertinent to have the computer with her in Poland (she was right, of course) and leave… Read More

New Home, Burgers and Fries

Tue Nov 10 13:22:00 -0500 2009

Hey, back again.  It's been awhile again, I realize this and I am profoundly sorry, but we somehow continue to stay unbelievably busy even though we have no jobs.  My respect continues to grow for those of you who hold down a daily grind and manage to participate in a life outside of… Read More

A busy two weeks

Fri Oct 30 18:08:00 -0400 2009

Hello again from across the pond. Sorry it has been so long, it has been a busy two weeks for us. A very good and promising two weeks but busy and long. For starters, we know have Visas and are legal to stay in this great country. Hooray! The Visas are good till Jan. 22 and are provisional… Read More

Vacation Spots

Fri Oct 16 18:51:00 -0400 2009

The broken record continues to play. Another week, still no jobs, handball continues to improve, the Broncos still haven’t lost and every day is a little colder. That said, in eight days our freedom in Germany as tourists ends and we become fugitives, which I’m strangely okay with. Jen… Read More

A Gang of Dubs

Tue Oct 06 15:30:00 -0400 2009

It’s Monday here, rainy and cold. Jen is busy doing push-ups, sit-ups and band work. Exciting. We just finished watching the movie "Bank Job" with Jason Statham, it was pretty good, worth the rent.  Our teams both earned their first wins of the year on Saturday!  Jen’s team… Read More

Crunch time

Wed Sep 30 11:39:00 -0400 2009

Hello to all and everybody, grab a drink and prepare yourself for another installment of "Live from Germany." Two more games, two more in the L column. Jen and I both lost our games on Saturday, however, I got to play and Jen didn’t receive a red card, two positives. Jen’s squad was… Read More

A check-in from the 'Heart of Europe'

Tue Sep 29 14:19:00 -0400 2009

What’s going on, stateside homies?  Another check-in from your friends living in the heart of Europe (it says this on a sign on the outskirts of the town we live in). I'm watching Jen practice again, hooray. Here it goes:Handball! Jen and I are a collective 0 for 3 in our European… Read More

We are both improving greatly

Mon Sep 21 16:16:00 -0400 2009

Hello, everybody! Sorry it has been so long; we have encountered more Internet trouble which is unbelievably frustrating. I can’t even remember the last time we wrote, early last week I think. So, quick updates, we still have no jobs, either one of us. Both teams are searching for us now,… Read More

I am the best golfer in Germany

Tue Sep 08 22:15:00 -0400 2009

What a weekend!  We woke up Saturday morning to find a text from Jen’s coach that said to meet them at the gym at 11 to do some shopping. They took us to a shop in Weil am Rhein that is a small sponsor of the club. The owner of the shop gave each of the girls 200 Euro’s worth of… Read More

I found a team: ESV Weil

Thu Aug 27 16:14:00 -0400 2009

We have been checking the website whenever our Internet is fast enough to load it. Very happy to read about all the plans for the fall, the camps and the trips. It's exciting to see how great a job the Federation is doing in following through and creating opportunities for US handball players. I… Read More

Jen's defense is looking good

Mon Aug 24 18:24:00 -0400 2009

We have now been living in Germany for a month. We still have no jobs and I have no team but things are going well. We have been working for Jen's coach, helping him close a store. We have been working 12-hour days in the hot non-air-conditioned store, but it is good money and our only source of… Read More

In Germany & Waiting for Handball Se …

Tue Aug 11 12:59:00 -0400 2009

My fiancée Jen and I have been in Germany for three weeks today. We have had our ups and downs, trials and tribulations, but mostly we have enjoyed ourselves and had fun. We have no jobs yet so we fill our days looking for jobs, learning Deutsch and watching MTV and CNN (the only two English… Read More

Finale

Sun Jun 07 18:46:00 -0400 2009

Tag, This will be the last blog from Lübek. The organization and the running of the tournament were incredible. The people behind the scenes were amazing. The hotel and staff were great. I am still relatively new to USA Handball but I think that trips like this are definitely worth the… Read More

Handball Heaven and Ireland

Sat Jun 06 11:24:00 -0400 2009

Heyo, All the days have run together. I think it is Saturday but I don't really care; I'm in a handball heaven. Training in the morning and playing at night has been great, I think I've learned more this week than I did in the previous 10 months I have been playing. The Bad Schwartau team was… Read More

Tonight we play Bad Schwartau

Fri Jun 05 12:47:00 -0400 2009

Dropped a tough one last night. We played well for the first 15 minutes or so, then Luxembourg started playing a lopsided 4-2 and we couldn't beat it. Moral is still good, I think everybody was bummed about taking a loss. However, for most of us, it was our first official international game. The… Read More

Getting ready for the Rumble in the Strand

Thu Jun 04 11:48:00 -0400 2009

Middle of day four here in Lübek; the weather has cooled down a bit but it is still very nice. We just finished eating lunch. I'm pretty sure everybody is heading for a pre-game nap and meditation. Everyone, even old man Ortega, is excited and ready to play. We worked on positional movements… Read More

Mitwoch

Wed Jun 03 15:05:00 -0400 2009

Today has been yet another good day. We enjoyed two lighter practices, mostly working on passing, plays and combinations. Making sure our bodies are ready for tomorrow's showdown yet also staying in shape and performing our main goal of the trip, which is to get better all around as players and as a… Read More

Zwei Tag/Day 2: Scrimmage against Neustadt

Tue Jun 02 19:33:00 -0400 2009

'Hallo' again from Germany, U.S.A. 30, Neustadt 20. We played well this eveing and posted our first win together as a team. The game was a lot of fun. The opponents were good guys and the refs didn't give us a home job. Our defense was stellar; we are able to put Thomas Giordano, Jason… Read More

Midday Update from Deutschland

Tue Jun 02 13:09:00 -0400 2009

We eat like kings! The hotel has an amazing spread prepared for us three times a day: meat, pasta, bread, potatoes, salad, desserts. I am very impressed and full; we just finished lunch. This morning's training session went very well. We got loose, did a couple of goalie drills than did an up and… Read More