Been alittle while

I've been super busy both at work and working on some stuff for the apartment. For the work side, I got to put in my first IP Office and we worked 2 new cable jobs. Nothing all that exciting but it felt good to use the information I just learned. Even got to ninja rig my first paging system in on the IP Office job.

For the not work, after getting a spare bed we needed an night stand, instead of buying one I wanted to try and make one. It was slow going at first, but I'm almost done with it now.

I got the first coat of stain on the top tonight, I'll sand it down and do a get some clear lacquer on it before attaching to the base. Over all for my first attempt at making furnature I am pretty happy with it. I learned quite a bit as I am sure I will on all my projects. the 2nd one.. you need 2 nightstands after all will be alittle different. For the geek side of me, I think I am going to add wireless charging to them but I haven't desided that yet.

Amy and I are on the same page for my next project, a chest for the end of the bed. Hope or Blanket chest.

Project almost done

I got in my woodworking today. Its coming along pretty well. I need more practice with a jig saw. Its not finished yet, humidity picked up and only got 1 cost of paint on. Tomorrow I should be able to sand and get a 2nd coat on. Not sure if I'll need a 3rd.

That was pretty much my day, watched some HGTV in the morning then spent most of the day in the garage. The evening Amy and I watched the Grammy's .... It was one of the better I could remember recently. Being a hard rock / metal fan there isn't muchbfor me there. Bring on the Golden Gods!

Got Glass... and adventures in shopping

My Google glass shipped yesterday, and I should have them Monday... YAY!!!

Today Amy did a whirlwind tour of furniture stores. We needed to find a spare bed, not a huge rush our first planned visitor isn't till the end of March when my Mom comes down before her cruise. We also walked around the Sawgrass mall for a while before heading out, racked up almost 14k steps in total. We ended up going with a simple platform bed from rooms to go, and they had a deal on a good matress so we got that as well. Really the only thing left to buy is a dining room set, well tables and chairs anyway. Oh and a BBQ cause a BBQ would be really nice.

Tomorrow I'm going to attempt my first wood working project..
Click here if you want to see

I'll post some pictures if it comes out well, be the first time I am doing something like this since doing my crafts merit badges in boy scouts. For some reason since we've moved I've been itching to do some crafts. I blame finally having a garage. I'm going to start working on my 40k army and painting again as well.

New tools (toys)

Got myself a hackzall (sawzall) it's a Milwaukee M12 goes with the system I got with my drill. I have to cut in 20 outlets tomorrow at the wiring job were doing, this should cut off a few min each at least. Also got some much needed kneepads.

Why the kneepads are needed is because, Over 10 years ago now, I dislocated my knee working a motor vehicle accident. It was a bit of stupidity on my part, I was in my turnout gear. The first aid squad was really overwhelmed, 1 rig for 3 cars, so being an EMT I offered to help. Getting in the back of a car to hold stabilization on a vic I over extended and boom... Hit the ground in pain that I can't even begin to describe. Got checked out at the hospital where the knee got reset my knee. But I still required surgery to repair some damage.

One of the coolest things this week is that I got to connect with an old friend. She poped up on my fitbit list. I added her and we've been chatting and razing each other to be more active. I got my 10k+ steps for the day. Still waiting to see what she came in at.

Started strong... But

Then I managed to miss a few days. 😈
So the biggest news I got was yesterday I got invited to the Google glass beta. It's a decent amount of money but I decided to get one. So I'm pretty excited about that. New tech is always fun especially from Google. I got into the cr48 beta for chromebook and we still use it everyday.

I also got another round of bragging about how nice Florida is as the polar vortex hammers the north east.  Mom for about 9 inches of snow and it was -1° when she got up.

Amy had Monday off, I had office work. Got the windshield in the work truck replaced. Last 2 days I've been working at an ins company. The customer contact is one of those "knows enough to be dangerous". I just keep my head down and complete my tasks. I'll be wiring the rest of the week, so yay workout!

Sleepy Sunday

Nothing much went on today. Slept in and recovered from last night. Caught up on some DVR from the last week.

Went for a nice walk with Amy in the afternoon. Then settled in for some football.

Missed yesterday... but that's cause I didn't get home till today

Last night we had our Company holiday party, and we were out really late, and I was way to drunk to post anything up.

We got picked up by a party bus, and were off to the Capital Grille in Boca. It was amazing, appetizers were good, I got a the Dry Aged Sirloin Steak it was out of  this world, cooked perfectly medium rare, just the right amount of seasoning, just melted in your mouth. After that we hit a club for a few hours, kicked back had a good time people watching the Boca club scene. 

I went and played some 40k, earlier in the day... It was not a fun time, to say the least.

Thats about all that I can remember from yesterday :-) 
Amy did put her car wash it to some good use... now I just need to get her to wash my jeep and work truck