Day in the Life // A Photoblog by Joel Jenkins

Japan 2024; Email Archives

January 15, 2025

It’s been a few months since returning from Japan and I have just realized I don’t have any posts about that trip on here! Why? Because I did a pop-up Newsletter, that’s why. And it was so good! I loved the daily debriefing of what was done, and reviewing the photos taken that day. I will most definitely do this on any extra-adventurous adventure I go on.

For those of you that missed those emails, I’m going to link to all of them below so you can read the day-by-day happenings. The TL;DR is the weather was hot, the food was amazing, the company was enjoyable, and the experiences memorable. Want to know more? Better read about it!

And there you have it! Nine delightful, photo-filled emails to read. I hope you enjoy them! What about the next adventure, you ask? Well, it’s happening in November. Jamie and I will be heading back to Japan to (hopefully) venture out of Tokyo and get down to Central and Southern Japan to see new places. In all my previous trips I’ve never gone past Osaka and it’s time! If you signed up for the newsletter for 2024 you’ll still be on for this 2025 trip – whether you want to be or not! If you’d like to join on, fill in the form below! Thanks!

How the sausage is made

January 12, 2025

Jamie got me a meat grinder attachment for the Bosch and… I LOVE IT. I’ve wanted to grind up my own hamburger and sausage for several years now and it is just as great as you’d imagine. Unless you imagine it not being great. Either way, it was fun, we made a lot of sausage for not a lot of dollars, and I’m excited to make more! Bonus question – what movie was I watching on the iPad?

A Year of Family Dates: January

January 7, 2025

For Christmas 2024 we gave the kids a year of family dates – something fun to do every month. January started off with a new adventure – attending a Jazz Game! We bought some cheap nose bleeds that actually turned out to be just perfect for what we needed, we were on the front row and had a great view of the game! Everyone had a blast, Odin was great and easy to handle… it was a fantastic evening.

Snowball Fight!

December 26, 2024

Snow! Finally! We’ve had temps around the mid 40’s for weeks on end with more or less clear skies all day – I’m not gonna complain however Christmas doesn’t feel right without snow! We woke up to a couple inches … and went to bed without any of it left. It’s been a curiously dry season!