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  • Ryker work

    Ryker work

    I have been doing a little work for Ryker, some custom lettering on his outfits, I think they have turned out pretty cute. Still working on my placement and getting things ‘just perfect’… Getting better for sure and I have found a new trick – if you draw a chalk line straight down the middle…

  • Top of the world

    Top of the world

    Everyone has fun when we go ‘park hopping’ in the neighborhood! There are several great parks that we hit up in out tour, today Jake was able to conquer the climbing rocks! I would climb up there too but with my luck, I would fall off and break a hip. So I will stay right…

  • Complete!

    Complete!

    I think my solar system is complete, at least the shed part. I still have to dig a trench, bury some conduit and wire to bring it into the garage and basement. I am going to do one 20amp circuit downstairs to run my servers down there, and one int he garage to run the…

  • Sound Shelf

    Sound Shelf

    I built me a little ‘Sound Shelf’ to hold all of my precious sound equipment in the garage. I put it pretty high up on the wall so it is out of the way, and safe from all the happenings on the ground. 3 pieces of wood, hand crafted and cut to precision – long…

  • 1 million stitches

    1 million stitches

    I cannot believe I am almost at 1 million stitches. Wow 932252 stitches,. that is a lot of work! I have seen people selling their machines with half of that usage on them. I guess I am going to work my way to the top, like always, practice, practice, practice. I remember my first couple…

  • Cisco Hat

    Cisco Hat

    Ok I think I finally have it all dialed in – I can do hats now, and they are consistently coming out nice! I run all the off colors for practice, then I will end up wearing them around too – if you see me in a purple Cisco hat – say hi! Ha ha!…

  • Fuzzy’s

    Fuzzy’s

    Me and Natalie having fun a Fuzzy’s while waiting on mom to finish her manicure and pedicure… Killing the time with a cold beer. I got my feet and toes done, I had been having an issue with my left foot – I think it was a damn ingrown toenail, what the hell. And the…

  • Ricoma Training

    Ricoma Training

    I finished my final Ricoma Training and it was awesome! There were supposed to be 3 other students in the class, and well – they were no-shows so it was just me and the instructor. It was great because he asked me what I wanted to focus on and really work on. I immediately said…

  • First bead in 20 years

    First bead in 20 years

    I have been working on my new Mig welder I picked up at the pawn shop. Getting all the parts and pieces I need to make it complete again. This is my initial test (No gas valve yet so just a hot weld) on some test metal. First time I have ran a bead in…

  • Solar Power

    Solar Power

    I have been working on and expanding my solar power out int he shed. I replaced two 175 watt panels with four 325 watt panels for a total of 1.38 kilowatts (kW) of output!!! I have one 320ah battery and one more on the way to up my “storage” of all of this free electricity.…