( Way, way too much detail about our new vacuum. )

For a while now I've been carrying both a work phone and a personal phone due to policies at VT. I've finally reached the point where this is becoming annoying and I figured I'll just give in a use only one phone. The problem I now face is that Verizon is my favorite carrier due to coverage (it's about the only service that works everywhere on ( Read more... )

This has been the month of sickness. It feels like I've been under the weather or downright out for the count anywhere from one to three days of every week. The whole family has been like this, but this week we've finally all been well. That is until today when I woke up feeling pretty poorly. The jury is still out, but I really hope I'm just tired ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago we lost our digital camera. Since it hasn't shown up magically on our doorstep we've decided to replace it. I asked The Internet and the consensus is that the best SLR camera under $800 is the Nikon D40. So far, I agree.

I was going to ramble on about features and specs, but anyone interested can find a much better description at one ( Read more... )

Ack, late lunch.

I purchased a navigation system (aka GPS) with some Christmas money. It was a downhill slide from "Gee look that how cheap this one is on sale" to three days of research later when I said "If I'm going to get one, it will be a good one". The good one wasn't quite as cheap. I went for a 4.3" Garmin nuvi 750, which has since dropped $ ( Read more... )

Follow up: I have broken my little helicopter a few more times but I've either learned to fly better or learned to glue better (probably the former). The big helicopter will probably have to wait given the news below.

New news:
- Maybe we'll buy some land and build a house sometime a year or so from now. Of course, that hasn't stopped us from looking ( Read more... )

I already broke my helicopter after about four flying sessions. :( However, thanks to some Loctite All Plastics CA glue I was able to fix it and it seems to be flying ok. Even though it has a breakaway rotor design the helicopter comes with a set of replacement blades as they expect that's what you'll break. Instead of breaking the obvious part for ( Read more... )

Last month I ran 25 miles on the treadmill! :)

This month I've run ZERO miles! :(

The reason for the latter is that I've been vaguely sick for nearly two weeks. It felt like the flu, but only the lethargic achy part, no fever. Hopefully I can start running again soon. I was just at the point of significantly increasing the intensity of my workouts ( Read more... )

After getting the truck back I've decided to continue to drive it until the transmission fails. Initially it really bothered me because something was broken and broken is bad, but I've gotten over that and decided that it's not going to cost any more to fix it later. Nothing else will break when it fails. Additionally, after the fluid flush the ( Read more... )