More DVD Screeners

This week I have gotten more DVD screeners.. this is one of the huge perks of being a member of the Producer's Guild of America. This time around I got a few that I actually want to see.. like Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince which I saw twice in the theater and comes out on DVD in a few weeks but I really loved that movie. I also got Coraline and 9. I have seen 9 and enjoyed it and really wanted to see Coraline. Still have a few more weeks hopefully I'll get some more that I am wanting to see.

Home Stuff

Today while Harry was outside cleaning up the drains we have on our hillside I was putting up the toilet and towel bar up. And of course it never goes as planned. I first stated with the toilet paper bar. I got everything ready and pre-drilled the holes with our new drill, I then started to screw the plate to the side of the cabinet and realized that the screws that came with the bar were so crappy that the drill and all it's power striped them. I then had one screw almost in all the way and the other one two-thirds of the way out. I then found better screws that we had lying around and screwed in the second support piece with no issue. I had to take a pair of pliers and slowly unscrew the one that was two-thirds of the way out. It was a slow process but I manage to get that screw out. I went to the other one and sure enough as my luck would have it.. the tip broke clean off leaving the screw stuck in the cabinet. In frustration I accidentally knocked over the drill and snapped the drill bit in half. I was not a happy camper. I persevered and slowly but surely I unscrewed the broke screw from the cabinet. Once I had that out I used two better screws and had the toilet bar up in no time.

My next adventure was putting up the towel bar. There were already holes form the previous towel bar but again as my luck would have it they were horizontal and of course our new towel bar had vertical holes so I have to first drill holes and then hammer in the drywall screw supports. It wasn't as bad as the toilet bar but it wasn't a cake walk.. in the end both bar are up and look very nice. What I thought would be a half hour job turned into a two hour pain in the butt... I love home ownership.

Computer Fixes

Today I had an interview scheduled for my podcast Knights of the Guild, but currently my computer is making so much noise that it would be impossible to record said interview. So I checked out my computer and realized it was the fan/power supply that was making all the noise. I swore I would not go out shopping today (being Black Friday) but I needed a quiet computer for tonight. We ventured out to Frys and as we expected traffic and people were everywhere. We did manage to find what we needed fairly quietly which is a shock since we normally walk around for hours looking for it. And the line wasn't bad at all.. it actually wasn't a bad shopping day.. since we had luck with Fry's we went to Target to check out high chairs and clothes for Kenobi for Christmas but in the end only picked up some guest bathroom items that we needed.

I got home manage to pull apart my computer and found out that the new power supply that we got didn't actually fit my computer.. meaning the plug was on the opposite side and I had to use metal shears and cut a hole in the back of the metal plating of my computer so I could plug it in. When all was said and done the new power supply worked and my computer was humming quietly. I'm not ready for the interview.

Kenobi

While at my aunts for Thanksgiving but brother, sister in law and nephew were there. Kenobi had been up all day and wasn't in a good mood and was crying alot. For some reason every time my mom would approach him he would get upset.. we all thought it was funny but mom.. no so much. Anyways I got to finally hold him. While I was holding him I started to bounce and he started to laugh.. we caught it on camera. He's so adorable...

Happy Thanksgiving

Today Harry and I went over to my Aunt Joyce's for Thanksgiving dinner. It was just the sisters of my mom's side of the family. Joyce, Carol (my mom) and Linda. It's funny because each sister had two boys. The picture above has the mom standing in front of their boys.

It was a fun time I haven't seen my cousin Dillon or Dwayne for over 10 years. It was nice catching up and it was also fun hanging with my Aunt Joyce. Dinner was fantastic, company was fun, we played games and chatted. All in all a very nice Thanksgiving.

Jury Summons

Barely a few months in the new house and I get a Jury Summons. I have been lucky over the years with these as I have never been called in. Funny thing is the start date is 06/30/2007.. like several years ago. I'm afraid if I call the number I will have to do Jury duty and my job doesn't pay for it so it would be some major financial hardship, which you can no longer claim. Not sure what I'm going to do.

Goodies in the Mail

Today at work wasn't as horrible as it was yesterday.. it was super busy but I was in a much better mood and was handling the stress much better. On a good note when I got home I had gotten a two packages.

First one was my Star Trek Christie's Auction House Catalogues. Christies had a HUGE Star Trek prop and costume auction a few years back and you could guy the catalogue with all the pictures and information about each item. It was going for $90 and I really wanted them but couldn't bring myself to spending that much. But a few days ago I found them on Ebay for only $20 for both + $5 for shipping. I couldn't pass them up.. so I got them. Can't wait to have some free time to look through them.

The second package were my new mic stands. I've always like the swing arm mic stands.. to me they seem more professional. So I spend an hour setting both of them up.. can't wait till Jenni and I do our next podcast.

Still haven't figured out what is wrong with my computer :(

New Computer????

Got up this morning and turned n my PC.. soon as it started there was this very loud noise coming from the processor. I immediately turned it off and restarted it and it seemed fine. About a half hour into surfing the net it started again. I didn't have time to investigate. I just turned it off and figured I would have to look into it more when I got home.

Not sure what the deal is yet but it's over five years old and it might be time to replace it. Now the question is do I get a PC or a Mac???

One of THOSE days

Today was one of those days. Every person who came into my office annoyed me. Everything they said rubbed me the wrong way. It didn't help that I was at work for 12 hours but it took all my will power not to go off (which if you know me takes an awful lot). I'm normally good at letting thing run off my back but some from reason I couldn't do that today..I guess we all have THOSE days. Hope tomorrow is better.

Household duties

Well today I had planned to finish painting the master bathroom.. but I had the hardest time motivating myself.. in the end we only hung blinds in the office and guest room, which was a tough job but we spent the rest of the day hanging out and watching TV.

It's funny going into the weekend you have so many plans but putting them into action is very tough, especially after spending months and months remodeling. I know this stuff needs to get done and I'm sure it will soon enough.. just not today.