Well we hit Home Depot and spent all but about $7 of the $250. I bought myself a new Ryobi circular saw, drill & multi-angle light and an 1/4 sheet hand sander so I can do the shelves myself and not have to wait for the guy to cut the wood for me or have to borrow someone else's tools anymore. I thought about grabbing this set but I don't think I would use all the tools and it was $200.
This coming week is supposed to be nice outside so I can do some more work on the shelves I built. I am going to sand them and then stain them and I am also going to use my dremel with the router bits to make them a bit more decorative. I am not really a DIY kind of guy but since I have been unable to work I am trying to find something to keep myself busy as well as something that will benefit us all like the shelves in the bathroom and rec room. Next I was thinking of some cubbies for the back wall as extra storage space or maybe a large footlocker for the bigger toys.
I also got myself some 900mhz wireless speakers that also have some headphones which are perfect for when the baby is sleeping. I went with the 900mhz as my wireless network is 2.4ghz as are the phones (which was a bad idea!!!). I need to buy some 5.8GHZ but I just spent $200 on the other ones as they are expandable and have a built in PBX which works great as I have a second line for my office. I almost forgot the most important thing, the little George Foreman grill. I had a large one way back when but after years of use it died on me. It works great as my youngest tends to only like hamburgers/chickenburgers. Normally not a problem but firing up the grill for one burger is a pain in the butt as well as expensive. Now I have one that is perfect for 2 burgers or a few Salmon filets.
My took my son to the stores where he got gift cards for and he bought himself the 3rd Season of The Simpsons, Tommy Boy, The Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again and Drop Dead Gorgeous. He also bought himself a Texas Hold'Em set. Not the same one as in the picture but I could not find the one he bought. While some people would frown on teaching their kid poker I have no problem with it. I dealt Poker and Craps for Harrah's Casino for 3 years and there are some tough math skills involved in working out the odds of a hand. I am hoping I can get through to him this way as nothing else seems to work with math and him. Worse comes to worst, when he goes away to college or the military I won't have to worry about him getting his paycheck or loan money taken. LOL!
Even doing all the walking around the pain was not to bad when we got home. I would say about a 5 or so and the numbness and throbbing in my leg was also minimal. One thing I have noticed an increase in lately is the "spasms" that cause my legs to suddenly just kick out. It is not painful but it is totally annoying. It generally occurs when I am sleeping or just sitting in the recliner but more and more lately it is happening whenever and today I about busted my ass in Home Depot when it happened.
When we made it home I got the boys some dinner and set about getting the batteries to the tools charged and the wireless speakers working. That proved no small feat as I had used all the audio outs on my amp and the only other option was to use the headphone jack. I did some shuffling around and amazingly everything works, including the wireless. Now I need to find another set of wireless headphones.
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