By Piers the Deaf on 10/20/2006

Not that my life is slowing down again for the winter, I find that my usual hermit behaviors are coming back.  During the spring/summer I am incredibly active.  We go out and camp, hang with friends, etc.  But as winter draws near and it gets dark earlier, I find myself feeling less desire to do things.  Now I sit at home and just want to unwind.  The only difference is, this year, that I want to do things on the weekends.

I have this fun game called Roborally.  Unfortunately, it seems nearly impossible to get people to play it with me.  It's best played with 4+ players and usually after a few drinks to make it more chaotic.  One of my goals this winter is to get a group together to play!  If I can't, then I'm going to program my own version of the game and force my friends to play online! Hah.

Oh well, enough rambling. A quick summary of my life. Mathew is now 9, wow! Everyone is relatively healthy (Ally did get sick, but it...

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By Algar on 10/9/2006 10:07 PM

Okay, here's the scoop.  I'm thinking to build 10+ of the leather / steel basket hilts, but now stainless steel and polished.

I figure that by buying the raw materials and setting up jigs, it'll be easy to knock out a bunch, since I'm already going to make 3 just for the wife and I.

Should I follow through on the extra 7 and try to sell them to recover the cost, or keep them as possible war chest donations and such.

Either way, I hope to get the materials next weekend (10/14), and get started now that the garage is clear.

Gotta get the proto and measure out the stock to figure out how much to buy, and pick up a roll of stainless wire.

Then there is the decision to make on leather color and what desing to carve.

Black on polished stainless steel...  ooohhh....  oops.

 

By Alyssandra on Friday, October 06, 2006 11:05 AM

Well I am still trying to get over this cold I have had since before banner war....I still can't really use my left arm that I hurt at banner war.....and I can't believe my son is about to turn 9!!!!! I don't feel old enough to have a nine year old for one thing...and I don't feel like I have had him for nine years already...That's halfway to him being an adult!!!! Time fly's