Chair Shopping +1

Little Kat, my brother, and I went chair shopping today. My living room chair is losing its support. And I want to be able to sit on a chair while watchng movies with my bro. Also I will be moving Little Kat's chair from the basement. So he wanted to have a say in the new chairs I am thinking about buying.

We went to the store that has the best sales people. They also have a lot of chairs. We were able to eliminate over half the chairs in the store by skipping any chairs that were rockers. We also discounted the sliders. That left stationary recliners.

The first thing we did was sit in all the recliners that did not rock or slide. Then we had a list of chairs that felt right. Next I eliminated any chairs that were outrageously expensive. Some of those Little Kat called "kingly chairs". This got us down to just a few.

Little Kat and my bro likes a chair that cost $850. I liked another one that went for $650. Together with tax and delivery, the cost was going to be $1700. Ouch. That was a lot higher than I had planned to spend. They were having a 30% sale that ended today. The sale would bring the price down to about $1250.

I never make a purchase this high without sleeping on it first. There will be other sales. The only question is whether I am willing to spend $600 per chair on average. Those chairs were really nice. My bro and I would only sit on them once a week. Little Kat is always sitting in his chair playing video games when we let him.

Got some thinking to do here.

Computer Build Plans +1

Last Christmas, Little Kat and I had planned to build our own computer. For some reason the plans fell through. We ended up with no new computer. Little Kat was without a server for his Minecraft game.

Recently I saw a class called PC Assembly. They give you a list of parts to buy. Then they teach you to put together a computer from basic parts. Sounded like a winner. Turns out a friend of mine was taking the class this semester. Apparently the teachers are really good.

I thought perhaps Little Kat and I could take the class together. That way we could get the experts to teach us. Then I heard some bad news. My friend spent over $1000 on just the parts for the commputer. Ouch. So now my plan is to get my work to pay for the class and the parts.

I researched the college offering the class. Unfortunately Little Kat is just too young to attend the school. You got to be a prodigy to get in that young. My latest plan is to go and learn the building process. Then I will come home and teach Little Kat what I learn. Maybe we can even disassemble and reassemble the thing.

If Little Kat has his way, I will buy some high quality parts and we will build a high performance gaming computer together.

Just in Time for Easter +1

We watched Momoko's Netflix pick earlier this week. It was the Muppets Movie. Wasn't all that bad. We were in a hurry to send that movie back in the mail. Momoko wanted to get the movie "Hop" in time for Easter.

Just got an email from Netflix today. Next pick - Hop. Estimated delivery - Friday. Win.

Warm Bodies +1

Today was a hectic day at work. My boss is leaving for a few weeks. I needed to talk with him today. Who knew the conversation would last all the way through lunch? I ended up going out for lunch around 2pm. Luckily I had a cup of noodles to snack on in the morning.

At night, the family finished reading the book Lucky T. We have been reading it together for a while. Sometimes we ready aloud, taking turns on each page. Other times we read separately for a chapter or two. The next book on the list is Warm Bodies. Yeah it was made into a movie. Everyone in the family except me saw the movie. Hey. At least Little Kat will be interested in it.

Kit Kat proposed a future book that costs $12 for the eBook version. That seems steep. My recommendation costs $4 for the electronic version. We are settling on the book that Momoko recommended. That book has an eBook version, but it sucks. The images do not align with the text correctly. So I am buying 4 copies of the print version. I never feel like it is a wsste of money if we get the hardback or paperback version.

Doomsday Prepping Crash Course +1

Just finished reading an electronic book titled Doomsday Prepping Crash Course. It was a short book. However it taught me that I need to start preparing now. First goal is to get started. Second goal is to get some drinkable water. Today at lunch, I took a drive out to Walmart. They did not have large packs of small water bottles. Had to settle for the 16 ounze water bottles. Compared price per ounce. Got the cheapest one.

Next I needed to get some food that would not spoil. My first thought was to get some Ramen noodles. They had some 12 packs for cheap. Yes. I picked up beef and chicken flavor. Now I need to determine whether it is time to join a Sam's Club or BJ's to get a better rate. I figure I picked up enough for the whole family to live on for 6 days. That is not enough.

The important thing is to just get started. Challenge accepted.

Let It Snow +1

It snowed here last night. Momoko and Little Kat had a two hour delay in school opening. Kit Kat had her morning classes cancelled. She was happy because one of her morning classes was supposed to have a test. I had to go to work at normal time. That's how it goes when you work at home.

At lunch time, I went outside to survey the damage. My car was covered in snow. So was the whole driveway. It was time to clean off the snow. I first took care of my car. Then I saw Kit Kat come out of the house. She drove to school. I could not use the snow blower on the driveway because the snow was too wet. The snow blower works best if it is fluffy dry snow.

Luckily we have all kinds of snow shovels. I chose the big one that has good handles to pick up the snow. Pushing the snow was easy. Picking it up and throwing it to the side was hard. This was very wet snow. It was hard to scrape up the tracks left by the tires of Kit Kat's car. After an hour or so, I was done. I spread a bunch of rock salt and went to lunch.

There were a lot of people at Roy Rogers for it being a snow day. I got a seat and ate my meal quickly. Then I headed home. I figured I was already sweaty from shoveling snow, I should work out on the exercise machines. I skipped the weight lifting portion of my exercise. I already got more than enough of that lifting the heavy snow.

Let's hope this is the last of the snow for the season.

Messy Cat +1

Yesterday the family cleaned the basement so my bro and I could watch movies down there. Most of the mess came from Little Kat being alone down there playing video games. The family took the hit. We did the cleanup work. Then I told Little Kat to make sure the basement remains clean.

Today I paid some bills. Then I went to use the exercise equipment in the basement. There were controllers on the floor. There were shoes thrown about. It was the work of Little Kat. I tried to find him. But he was busy upstairs. Eventually he came downstairs and I told him about the fail.

Time to set this boy straight. I am not going to be picking up after him each week. Either he gets with the program, or he will be banned from the basement. And that is the only location where he can play his Xbox 360 games he gets from GameFly. I am positive I can command his attention and get him to change his ways.