Finding Excitement in the Little Things

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So, one thing about me... I tend to get overly excited about the little things in life.  Such as, when I first got a cell phone with an actual keyboard, you know, one of those that swiveled out and had those tiny little keys to type on.  Haha.  And now the keyboard is actually on the screen instead.  I still liked that little keyboard though, it made me feel "cool." 😎

I had another one of those moments this morning on the way out of the gun show over in the next city from ours.  There was a booth advertising this metal dual charger cord with both an Apple and Android connector, but that wasn't even what drew me in. (although it was a large part, because I have a Samsung phone and then an iPad Mini, so it was convenient to have both types of connectors!)  The cords were colored.  And they had my absolute favorite shade of green!  So I just had to get one, which is what you see to the right of this text... it was like a sign or something.  (Just let me keep telling myself that.)  Though I still need an adapter to charge my phone because I forgot that the newest Samsung phones have a different one now, but the hubby says he has some extra ones somewhere around the house that I can have, although he still has yet to find one... the Apple side of the charger works fine though.

In other news... remember that reloading bench that the hubby and I were working on building awhile back, in January?  I now have an updated photo to share, of the finished product:

I'm actually pretty proud of our work on this!  From being completely made from scratch, I have to say that I like how it turned out.  Teamwork pays off in the end!  And I have to admit, this was sorta fun to make, to have a project with the hubby that allows us to spend time together on the weekends, instead of just us doing our own thing separately, which usually consists of him playing video games while I read, or play SWTOR.  Although sometimes I like that also. 

Lazy Days of ... Winter?!

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Ever have one of those days where you just want to be completely lazy and not do anything at all?!  That has been my feeling for today.  Of course, I was not able to act on it though.  The hubby wanted to put together the framing for the shelving of his reloading bench, although he's still waiting on some mounting hardware to be delivered (tomorrow), plus buying the pegboard to go behind it, so the finished product will have to wait until then.  (and the picture that I will get)  So after almost getting pelted with a flying piece of wood, that we think might have hit my car instead (no damage, thank goodness!) and handing him screws when he needed them, now I've returned to SWTOR to work on gearing up my lower level characters.

At least for another half hour or so, until I have to stop to get ready for when we have to run a couple errands, before our dinner date at Chili's with Reno and my mother-in-law.  I'm looking forward to that, simply for their chicken enchilada soup that I love so much, and cannot resist ordering every time I'm there.  Aaand now I just made myself hungry. 😋

Funny thing happened earlier also... I recently joined Discord, which is a program similar to Skype, with a focus on gaming, like Steam, where you can add other people that you play with and be able to communicate easier through voice chat and stuff.  I joined mainly because Amanda wanted to use it for communication with the [future] members & staff of the Harry Potter forum that we've been working on.  I got a random friend request the other day from someone and after some messaging back and forth, I realized that it was actually someone I knew.  I'd forgotten that I randomly connected the program to my Facebook account and added a couple people who came up.  I don't know why I connected it to Facebook though, since the photo I use on there (Alexandra Daddario, whom I've decided to use, since she's amazing) is tied to my character on the roleplay forum and will probably end up causing some slight confusion... haha.  Oh well.

The Art of Being Productive

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Well, yesterday's exhaustion was catching up with me again today.  Even though I did get a decent amount of sleep, it did not take long for me to start feeling completely drained shortly after we got started on the work in the garage this morning.  We did end up getting more of it cleaned up and out of the way though, specifically where the reloading work bench is going to go.  We got the bench built, but it's still a work in progress at this point, as the hubby wants to add a pegboard and a shelf combo behind it, to hang various gun tools and whatnot.  Here's the completed result from today's work:

I'm happy with how it turned out, looks very industrial, I think.  It's pretty cool to look at something like that and think "I made that!"  Or in my case, helped.  Haha.  I pretty much held the boards in place while he drilled the screws in.  I'm not getting near the saw, I'm happy to leave that part to him. 

I think the cold air is giving me a consistent headache that I cannot seem to get rid of.  The pain is directly above my left eye and it's really annoying.  Though I think the naproxen pills I took earlier are finally starting to work now, because the pain has reduced to only a slight throbbing every now and then.

Anyway... I'm stopping this entry here because I'm just still so tired and I feel like I'd just be babbling on about nothing if I continue.  So I am going to enjoy my glass of Old-Fashioned Egg Nog (with brandy, rum, & whisky) and wish you all a good evening! 😊  

Focusing on Organization

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So today was a completely exhausting, yet productive, day.  We spent ALL day installing the ceiling-mounted shelf that you see in the photo above.  We still have lots more to do before the garage is completely finished, but it does feel good to have this part done.  Cleaning out and disassembling the existing shelves that used to be against the wall was the most time-consuming task.  Although I did reach my step goal for the first time in about a month, without even trying!  That part feels great, but my feet are definitely telling a different tale.

A Rare Evening to Myself

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So it's 4:10pm and the hubby just left with his brother to go to an all-you-can-eat-crab-feed tonight.  I am not a fan of crab in the slightest, so I voluntarily opted not to go with them, because honestly, it would be a waste of a ticket.  So now I have the night to myself.   We slept in this morning until 8am, which is the latest we ever sleep on a weekend, and after getting some breakfast at Black Bear Diner (if you don't have one of those close to you, you're missing out!), we spent the morning breaking down boxes, in preparation for a cardboard dump run.