XBox 360 Setup

Our new Xbox 360 from Christmas was hooked up to our main TV. But usually the TV is being used. Plus that meant my Wii was disconnected (I use the Wii to view Netflix videos). My solution was to buy another big screen TV, which I did. But I was sick. So setup had to wait.

Slowly I started cleaning out the basement. It was a mess down there. Kit Kat helped me move a dresser to hold the TV. I assembled the TV this week. It had been in its box for a while. Then I hooked everything up. One bad coax cable had me puzzled for a day.

Today I finally moved down the XBox 360 to the basement TV. I played my Finaly Fantasy XIII game. It is sweet. Still need to arrange the furniture by the TV, and do some final cleanup. But the gaming system is a go.

Little Kat had been on restriction for the last week because he hid some laundry he was supposed to do. But I think he gets electronics priviledges back today. I bet he will be down there playing his new Skyrim game for XBox 360. He also bought Rage fort he XBox 360 as well. We are definitely reading to take full advantage of the XBox.

New Dragons

We recently got two new couches in the living room. That caused us to reorganize the furniture. Now this caused two parts of the wall to become exposed. All the other walls have dragon posters on them. Momoko told me we needed new dragon posters.

I got the dragon posters from Amazon. They came in a secure container. Then I found that we did not have any more thumb tacks to put up the posters. Momoko picked up some tacks. I had been working on the wallpaper in the bathroom. So I put Momoko and Kit Kat on the job to put up the new posters.

One of the posters was a bit wild. There was a dragon with a naked fairy on it. I had Momoko and Kit Kat put that poster in the a spot where it would blend in. Kit Kat got a chair in a tight corner to stand high enough to mount the next poster.

The final poster was next to one of the windows. There was no easy way to fit a chair in there. Kit Kat tried to stand up on the recliner. The thing tried to recline when she was on top. All I heard was a scream. Luckily she got ahold of something and did not fall off. Our living room is now complete. Two new sofas. Two new dragon posters.

Dinner Meeting

Today I planned to meet an old coworker for dinner. We were to eat Chinese at a mall by his house. I was pleasantly surprised that traffic was light. Got there real early. The mall was nice. It is in an upscale neighborhood. They have nice furniture to sit in while you wait. I waited outside the Chinese food restaurant.

While waiting, I saw a kid and his mom board a mall train. It is a little train that rides through the mall. I was annoyed that the front door to the Chinese food place had a squeaky door. People kept coming in and out.

When I first entered the mall, I went to the mall directory to figure out how to get to the Chinese food restaurant. I was surprised that the map did not accurately show the shape of the mall. Come on guys. I was still able to find the place. You could tell this was an upscale mall. Everybody was dressed very fashionably. A number of people were speaking foreign languages. I got the feel that there were many European people in the area.

The Weekend

The whole family woke up early Saturday. Kit Kat had to sell girl scout cookies at the post office. The rest of the family drove to a new housing development I saw on the Internet.

We spied this single family house development. All the houses had 2 car garages that I want. This development was near the first elementary school I attended.

Momoko, Little Kat, and I then went to Burger King. It was still breakfast time there. We waited until this furniture store nearby opened. Then we sat down on all kinds of sectional sofas.

Later we picked Kit Kat up. And we had to get some Mexican food. This was turning into a busy weekend. And it was only early Saturday afternoon.

Let it Snow

The snow came to our area today. At first we were supposed to get 2 inches. It looks more like 6+ inches outside. And it is still snowing.

Kit Kat went to spend the night with some friends from school. Little Kat built two pieces of furniture Momoko got for him. They will sit next to his desk and hold his supplies.

I braved the snow to get dinner for me and my brother. The snow was dry and fluffy. I cleared off my car. When I was done, I ran around the side of my car and took a fall. Luckily I was heavily dressed, so my clothes absorbed the fall.

As soon as Little Kat cleans up from his furniture building operation, we are going to play some Mario Bros on the Wii.

Carpet Cleaners

This Thanksgiving we are having company over for dinner. So Mamma Kat decided it was time to get the carpets cleaned. Usually we do this ourselves. We have a carpet cleaning machine. However the last time we did it, the results were not that good.

Mamma Kat decided to let the professionals do our carpets. They will come and move the furniture themselves. We did have to do a little cleaning first. We took most of the little stuff out of the rooms that were getting cleaned. Then we ran the normal sweeper there to get rid of the dust.

The carpet cleaning team is scheduled to arrive early tomorrow morning. That should give it plenty of time to dry before the Thanksgiving festivities begin. Go team.