The Personal Blog of...

Browsing all posts from July, 2011.

Pinballs in the gameroom loft!

20110731-053722.jpg

Made room for the two new pinball machines in the upstairs gameroom loft. Moved the slot machine to the other side of the room next to the jukebox and moved the Ohio State arcade machine downstairs. I officially have no more room in the loft. By the way, I love our winding staircase, but if [...]

Continue reading...

Fingers crossed!

20110731-120055.jpg

Disassembling the pinball machines so I can get them up the winding staircase and into the gameroom loft. Wish me luck!

Continue reading...

Houston, we have Pinball!

20110730-100341.jpg

The gameroom keeps growing! Bought a 1969 “Action” pinball and a 1976 “Old Chicago” pinball. Theresa said I’ve reached my gameroom limit for a while. I’m going to have to move all of the arcade machines, jukebox and slot machine down from the loft to the garage and create a gameroom in there.

Continue reading...

Just the right size!

I knew the mini arcade would get used by the short ones.

Continue reading...

Yummy time for Tony boy.

20110729-072536.jpg

Fixing up Tony cats twice daily insulin shot and his yummy low fat / low sugar yogurt with some medicine mixed in.

Continue reading...

More for the collection…

I might be bidding on this at an auction tomorrow. I want to try and collect all of the Pac-Mac related games for my game room.

Continue reading...

Here we go again….

The network room that I just installed in our new building about 3 months ago? Well, we’ve outgrown it already. I thought I had planned for at least a years growth, but the company has exploded. Staying after work to re-wire the entire thing. Poor planning on my part. Don’t worry, it won’t happen this [...]

Continue reading...

Watch for Motorcycles!

Instead of telling someone who rides a motorcycle how dangerous it is; Look twice before switching lanes, making turns, or pulling out of a drive way. Stay on your side of the road, especially in corners. Don’t follow too closely. If DRIVERS would pay more attention to motorcycles it would not be as “dangerous” as [...]

Continue reading...

Good Tony boy!

20110727-070810.jpg

Tony boy had a blood sugar of only 271 for his morning test. Good boy Tony! Mommy and Daddy are very happy today!

Continue reading...

Yes, the United States Postal Service loves us….

One month of shipping….

Continue reading...

Brown be gone!

20110726-075021.jpg

The new sprinklers I put in earlier this month have done the job. Brown spots are gone! Time to start trimming But now I have a valve sticking open somewhere in the system. More digging to find it. Who buries sprinkler valves?

Continue reading...

New woodshop collection has begun…

20110723-054248.jpg

Sjobergs woodbench with two built in vises, 4 bench dogs and two holdfast attachments. A Dewalt jig saw, a Dewalt orbital sander and last but not least a Rockwell Jawhorse. I already have a Dewalt drill, a Dewalt rip saw and a Dewalt table saw. Now all I need is a router and I’ll be [...]

Continue reading...

I feel like I’m back in the Army…

20110720-101314.jpg

Hurry up and wait!

Continue reading...

The day has finally come!

Installing OSX Lion, see you on the other side!

Continue reading...

Typical month… uugghh…

And these are just my meetings…  

Continue reading...

My new hobby, I’m so excited!

I’ve been wanting to get into some type of wood working ever since I can remember. Well, I’m about to take the plunge. Starting on a scroll saw will allow me to start with an easy to use tool and the options of projects are endless. By the end of this month I should have [...]

Continue reading...

Home value check time…

Decided to take a peek at the values on the current homes we own. I try and do this every few months. The Green $ sign on both charts are the value when we purchased each house.  

Continue reading...

Today is….

20110714-075354.jpg

Lion day! (sometime this afternoon).

Continue reading...

40,000

20110713-074844.jpg

40,000 miles on the smart car and not single problem. Go go smart car!

Continue reading...

Aaaawwww crap!

My all time favorite Pac-Man is Baby Pac-Man. They are very hard to find in working order. This one on eBay works, is local to me and is going to sell for $500 in a few minutes. Sure wish I had the cash to spend.

Continue reading...