In preparation for the arrival.....

...of our new garage cabinets! We finally got around to ordering some garage cabinets so that we can clean up the junk in our garage, well at least hide it. Plus we'll be able to clean out the closets in our guest rooms. I'm having a 4' workbench put in so of course you need to have outlets by the work bench. This was the project for the weekend. Not too big of a deal although my first job in wiring a new outlet from an existing light switch. I also wired another outlet to go in the upper cabinet. This way I can easily wire undercabinet lighting in the future.


Midway through the job. Here you can see a hole in the middle. This was where I was originally going to put the outlet but after making a hole, I noticed I had a pipe running behind the spot. Luckily I didn't drill into it, otherwise, you would have seen a different photo with a much larger hole.


Here's the standard before photo. Not very exciting.

8 wheeler and power tools

Well our stroller travel system arrived from albeebaby.com. The price was right at $140 for both the stroller and the car seat but it turns out that the car seat doesn't have the latest and greatest EPS foam that the newer 2007 models have. This foam which is used in bike helmets is supposed to absorb energy during an accident. The next morning after getting the stroller, Riley left us a nice little present again in the family room. I'm not sure if it's because he was scared of the stoller or because the pheromones ran out. Regardless, I put in a new pheromone bottle.


And not to get too soft with a baby coming, I had to buy a new drill and circ saw from home depot. They had these on sale for only $40. It was good timing since my old black and decker died. I have a few projects to do this weekend.

Super Club Card?

Not sure if you are like me but my wallet is full of stupid club cards so that companies can track what I'm buying. Oh and it allows you to save on items that are only on sale if you have the card. You can usually link a phone number to the account instead of carrying the card. If you don't want to give your phone number or carry the cards, you can create your own card with up to 8 bar codes at www.justoneclubcard.com. Another trick is to register another number that lots of people know. For example, our company directory number has been registered with a lot of the local stores around here. It works great because you don't have to carry anything or register to get the benefits.

How many people sit in this chair at Ikea?

POÄNG chair from Ikea with Chester testing it out. Every time we visit Ikea, we usually test out this chair and without fail, we comment, "Wow this is pretty comfortable." The sitting usually follows with bouncing in the chair too. So we finally broke down and bought one during out last visit. After taking it home and assembling it, our test of the chair illicited a much different response. "Wow this is pretty stiff." I guess having hundreds of people a day sit in the chair loosens it up. Even though it's not as bouncy as the ones in the store, it's still pretty comfortable.