Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Goings On
Anna has a cold. Fortunately not a bad one, but her nose is a little red and irritated. The other night I put a little Vaseline on it to help it heal while she slept and she commented that she thought the Vaseline smelled like ginger. Hmm, I'm impressed that she 1) knows what ginger is, and 2) was able to make such an observation.
Last weekend was cold and we actually had snow flurries (no accumulation). Saturday morning we really boogied to get to Pierce's soccer game only to find out it had been cancelled. Apparently the whole world had checked the league website ahead of time except us. Sigh.
We went to go see "Horton Hears a Who" on Saturday. Anna really liked it; Pierce was ambivalent (the movie doesn't have any cars in it); Nora and I thought it was 'OK'. The graphics are stunning. I'd recommend it as a DVD rental. We did see a preview for the new Speed Racer movie and Pierce and Anna are VERY excited about seeing it when its released next month.
I actually mowed the lawn a week ago. Our grass is getting green and lush. Current cold weather aside, I expect I'll be mowing twice a week in the near future. Also, as relates to house maintenance, our dog has manage to damage multiple pickets in the fence (read "broke them in two"). Looks like I need to do some fence repair.
Nora's been making a lot of jewelry recently, as well as attending jewelry/bead-making classes. She's really created quite a few stunning pieces. She's contemplating creating a web-based business to sell some of her creations.
Nora and I have been working out together 3 times a week for the last month or so. The workouts are going well and we both feel a lot more physically fit. Nora's brought a level of commitment and determination to her workouts that I haven't seen in the past. I'm very proud of her.
Lastly, the selling of Ghostbusters "stuff" on eBay continues to go well. I had two sales last week. You can see them at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130212336572&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=003
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130213760611&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=003
I hope to have another pack for sale by the end of the week and I'm working on a ghost trap (here's a reverence photo: http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/reference/12/)
I hope to have mine done by the weekend -so far its coming along quite nicely.
-Eric (Dad)
Last weekend was cold and we actually had snow flurries (no accumulation). Saturday morning we really boogied to get to Pierce's soccer game only to find out it had been cancelled. Apparently the whole world had checked the league website ahead of time except us. Sigh.
We went to go see "Horton Hears a Who" on Saturday. Anna really liked it; Pierce was ambivalent (the movie doesn't have any cars in it); Nora and I thought it was 'OK'. The graphics are stunning. I'd recommend it as a DVD rental. We did see a preview for the new Speed Racer movie and Pierce and Anna are VERY excited about seeing it when its released next month.
I actually mowed the lawn a week ago. Our grass is getting green and lush. Current cold weather aside, I expect I'll be mowing twice a week in the near future. Also, as relates to house maintenance, our dog has manage to damage multiple pickets in the fence (read "broke them in two"). Looks like I need to do some fence repair.
Nora's been making a lot of jewelry recently, as well as attending jewelry/bead-making classes. She's really created quite a few stunning pieces. She's contemplating creating a web-based business to sell some of her creations.
Nora and I have been working out together 3 times a week for the last month or so. The workouts are going well and we both feel a lot more physically fit. Nora's brought a level of commitment and determination to her workouts that I haven't seen in the past. I'm very proud of her.
Lastly, the selling of Ghostbusters "stuff" on eBay continues to go well. I had two sales last week. You can see them at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130212336572&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=003
and
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130213760611&ssPageName=STRK:MESO:IT&ih=003
I hope to have another pack for sale by the end of the week and I'm working on a ghost trap (here's a reverence photo: http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/reference/12/)
I hope to have mine done by the weekend -so far its coming along quite nicely.
-Eric (Dad)
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Another Proton Pack on eBay
I finished another Proton Pack. This time I built it using thermoformed plastic. I've got three "pulls" created, but only one of them finished. No gun or electronics this time, but I think it looks pretty good. You can take a peek at:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130210352097&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003
-Eric (Dad)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130210352097&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=003
-Eric (Dad)
Easter with the Lindenbergs
We went out to see my Dad and Mary for the Easter weekend. The weather was pretty cold, but stayed clear for our drive -so we had little to complain about. It goes without saying that we had a great time. Our weekend mostly consisted of eating, with a little swimming and game playing thrown in.
We got in Friday evening in time for dinner. We went just down the road to Fridays and were seated immediately (which was good), but they had run out of milk, didn't serve non-alcoholic beer, and were out of several of the menu offerings (which was bad). But, we were all so hungry we didn't care.
We stayed at the same Comfort Inn we used for our last visit. They have a great kid's suite that's like a mini-apartment and features a separate room with bunkbeds for the kids. We spent a good few hours Saturday morning at the pool (it was much warmer than last year), and Dad and Mary got to come out and see the kids swim. Pierce's skills in the water have carried over from last summer, but Anna has regressed a little bit. She's been asking to do swim lessons this spring, and I think she's got a good point.
After spending the afternoon at my Dad's apartment, we went to the Incredible Pizza Machine for dinner. The place is like a Chucky Cheese's on steroids (to quote Nora). The food is really good (and plentiful) and the place is packed with video games, rides, skee ball, an indoor go-car track, and bumper cars. Pierce and Anna both won a lot of tickets and made surprisingly good prize choices when they redeemed them. Anna's big pic was a pair of over-size dice that light and flash when thrown. And Pierce, well he got a whoopee cushion ("Mom, would you stand up for a minute? Oh, no reason, just stand up....").
We finished our visit with a very nice Easter brunch. Unfortunately, we mis-timed things a bit. Nora and I tried to get a little food from the hotel's (complimentary) break bar into Pierce and Anna early, so they'd be able to hold out for brunch. But of course they ate a big breakfast and didn't have much of an appetite for the later buffet. No worries though, the rest of us more than made up for their lack of food interest.
We didn't need to hurry home this year, dinner with the Hundelts was scheduled for the following week, so we were able to spend a bit more time visiting and Dad and Mary's home before we hit the road. My Dad has a computer he recently retired in favor of a new one, and he was kind enough to give it to me (to replace the PC in our arcade machine). So we spent some time getting it loaded to the car. I've started getting it setup and it will allow us to play a lot more games than our last PC could handle.
-Eric (Dad)
We got in Friday evening in time for dinner. We went just down the road to Fridays and were seated immediately (which was good), but they had run out of milk, didn't serve non-alcoholic beer, and were out of several of the menu offerings (which was bad). But, we were all so hungry we didn't care.
We stayed at the same Comfort Inn we used for our last visit. They have a great kid's suite that's like a mini-apartment and features a separate room with bunkbeds for the kids. We spent a good few hours Saturday morning at the pool (it was much warmer than last year), and Dad and Mary got to come out and see the kids swim. Pierce's skills in the water have carried over from last summer, but Anna has regressed a little bit. She's been asking to do swim lessons this spring, and I think she's got a good point.
After spending the afternoon at my Dad's apartment, we went to the Incredible Pizza Machine for dinner. The place is like a Chucky Cheese's on steroids (to quote Nora). The food is really good (and plentiful) and the place is packed with video games, rides, skee ball, an indoor go-car track, and bumper cars. Pierce and Anna both won a lot of tickets and made surprisingly good prize choices when they redeemed them. Anna's big pic was a pair of over-size dice that light and flash when thrown. And Pierce, well he got a whoopee cushion ("Mom, would you stand up for a minute? Oh, no reason, just stand up....").
We finished our visit with a very nice Easter brunch. Unfortunately, we mis-timed things a bit. Nora and I tried to get a little food from the hotel's (complimentary) break bar into Pierce and Anna early, so they'd be able to hold out for brunch. But of course they ate a big breakfast and didn't have much of an appetite for the later buffet. No worries though, the rest of us more than made up for their lack of food interest.
We didn't need to hurry home this year, dinner with the Hundelts was scheduled for the following week, so we were able to spend a bit more time visiting and Dad and Mary's home before we hit the road. My Dad has a computer he recently retired in favor of a new one, and he was kind enough to give it to me (to replace the PC in our arcade machine). So we spent some time getting it loaded to the car. I've started getting it setup and it will allow us to play a lot more games than our last PC could handle.
-Eric (Dad)
Moon Marble Company
Over the weekend Pierce's cub scout den had a trip to Moon Marble Company. Of course, we made a family outing of it. Moon Marble Company is located in a little town called Bonner Springs. About 20 minutes outside of where we live, you'd think you were on a different planet. The town is primarily a farming area with a tiny downtown and lots of open spaces.
Moon Marble Company is located in an old warehouse building and specializes in making custom, hand-made marbles. They vary in size from about a tangerine to upwards of a softball with prices running to the $1000s of dollars. They do shows several times a day in an area with bleachers and cameras focused on the work area so everyone can see the amazing work.
But, the marbles they make are just a small part of the experience. Of course they have tons of machine-made marbles of every type and size that they bring in from a manufacturing firm, and they have a full-size marble ring for practicing, BUT, mostly they sell brand-new, retro toys and games. Think of any toy or game you remember from as far back as the 50s-60s and they have it in pristine condition. Bobble heads of the Jetsons and the Flintstones, board and sports games that I'd forgotten all about until I saw them again. It was sooooo cool. Nora and I are talking about going there for a date night (without the kids), just so we can spend more time looking.
Pierce and Anna both enjoyed the field trip. Neither kid is that interested in marbles, but they really enjoyed seeing them made -watching a guy heat up glass until it becomes molten is pretty wild. Like their parents, they liked the toy section the most. As part of the field trip, each kid got to fill and bring home a tube of marbles that the picked from the store's massive collection.
-Eric (Dad)
Moon Marble Company is located in an old warehouse building and specializes in making custom, hand-made marbles. They vary in size from about a tangerine to upwards of a softball with prices running to the $1000s of dollars. They do shows several times a day in an area with bleachers and cameras focused on the work area so everyone can see the amazing work.
But, the marbles they make are just a small part of the experience. Of course they have tons of machine-made marbles of every type and size that they bring in from a manufacturing firm, and they have a full-size marble ring for practicing, BUT, mostly they sell brand-new, retro toys and games. Think of any toy or game you remember from as far back as the 50s-60s and they have it in pristine condition. Bobble heads of the Jetsons and the Flintstones, board and sports games that I'd forgotten all about until I saw them again. It was sooooo cool. Nora and I are talking about going there for a date night (without the kids), just so we can spend more time looking.
Pierce and Anna both enjoyed the field trip. Neither kid is that interested in marbles, but they really enjoyed seeing them made -watching a guy heat up glass until it becomes molten is pretty wild. Like their parents, they liked the toy section the most. As part of the field trip, each kid got to fill and bring home a tube of marbles that the picked from the store's massive collection.
-Eric (Dad)
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]