That was too close ...

I went to Harbor Freight yesterday, and I'm in the store about one minute -- I hear pandamonium outside: A woman was carjacked at gunpoint right outside the door! Before I understood what was going on, the perp was turning East on Fletcher in the poor woman's blue car! She's OK and the sherriffs were there pretty quickly.

I always thought that I would fight back in a situation like that -- which is a stupid idea. I have second-guessed my not jumping into my car to try to follow the goons in the lady's car. I have since reasoned that they would have given me the slip pretty quickly. Yeah, that's the ticket ...

Guac-A-Mole Update ...

Well, I have six days off in a row! Woo-hoo! I don't go back to work until the 21st! I have been doing a little soldering on the scoreboard circuit, and I bought the wood for the display board.


I also ordered some hardware from McMaster-Carr. Some things that should be found anywhere aren't! That really pisses me off!


I hope to have more of an update soon. It's getting too close to Caiden's birthday!

'Pokes Smash Sooners

Well, that wasn't good! It was 44 to 10.

But the Sooners had a pretty good year. We were Number One for awhile. As it turned out, the sports writers were correct in down-rating us in mid-season.

I hope that the injured players heal, and we come back stronger next year.   Maybe ... maybe ...

A Little Progress ...

Well, I made some progress today. I was hoping to finish one of the characters so that I could test the air compressor and its installation. It turns out that the right-angle brackets I bought are too long. Also the 4-40 1" screws for the two switches are too short. I found some 1 and 1/4" screws, but I had to drill extra holes to make everything line up. I found two wood screws to mount the air cylinder to the top plate and I have everything together on that first character. I ran out of time though because today is Thanksgiving and I have to help Cheryl cook. So we took a nap, and overslept about a half an hour. We got it all done though -- just Cheryl and me! We did the same salt brine technique on the turkey and it turned out great! It wasn't "wangy" to Cheryl (she pretty much hates turkey) and it wasn't too salty for me. Before we ate, I called Marty and Brian. Brian didn't answer (he's a busy guy) and I spoke with Marty for a few minutes. She did the cooking this year and it turned out great, as I knew it would! Then I called my sister Judy. They had a great Thanksgiving meal! She is making progress on the Guac characters! This year Cheryl added Grand Manier to her CBS (cranberry sauce) and it is a keeper! Her dressing and gravy turned out fabulous as usual. We got done with supper and had it all cleaned up by 2100. Cheryl is fast asleep on the couch. I don't know how I would live without her! She is my everything! I have to work tomorrow, so I'll try to work on the project on Saturday. Later ...

Guac-A-Mole ...

As I mentioned earlier, I'm working on a variation of the classic "Whack-A-Mole" game for my grandkids. I got the idea from the Instructables site here. He uses the "Veggie-Tales" characters. We're calling our version "Guac-A-Mole" -- it's going to have peppers, onions, and other vegetables as the "moles."

Although I'm supposed to finish it in time for this Christmas, I'm way behind. More updates to follow.

Boomer Sooner!

Way to Go SOONERS!!!

That's right! The Sooners looked awesome tonight! Rest up guys: Florida State in two weeks!

First Sooner Game of 2011

All right! It's finally here! We are up 30 to 7 on Tulsa at the half! Cheryl is asleep on the couch, and by yells of "Boomer Sooner" are not bothering her at all!

I have started working on "Guac-A-Mole", which is our version of Whac-A-Veggie."

More on this later this weekend. GO SOONERS!!!