Kitchen Cabinets

This post is a little different than most i make, but I suppose as a homeowner it now has more importance to me than it used to. These are my kitchen cabinets and as you can see there is a big difference between how the finished product looks in comparison to the previous ones. The project isn't done, but it is definitely showing progress and is starting to look pretty good i think. Can ya tell which is the before and which is the after? I can't take much of the credit for this though becuse it wouldn't have been done without the help of my friends.

Wow this sucks

Yup, it locked up again already! i freaking hate it. Well I made a computer out of all the parts i replaced (essentially its the old computer) and this one doesn't seem to be locking up yet. It makes no sense! no idea what i am gonna do with the one that locks up maybe just throw it out a window or take it to a field and pull an Office Space on it. It cost a bit of money though so i might have to charge for hits with a sledgehammer or something and it can be a computer reimbursement fund.

Computer is back!

I got a replacement motherboard from chaintech back today after they instructed me on how to destroy it rather than troubleshoot it. So it is back up and running. I also got a new power supply in the process. I have a new HD, but i haven't hooked that up yet because i want to be sure the computer will work before spending the time re-loading things again. We'll see how it goes. If you don't see any annoyed posts within the next few days chances are it finally works again!!

We'll see....

One more gone

I finally got rid of the smart squirrel. It took like 5 times of rebaiting the trap too. Finally my bro and i decided if we locked one of the doors down and put the food over there the thing would have to go over teh trigger at least 2 times to get out. Well finally it was caught this afternoon! Not sure how many more will keep coming in, but i got rid of one more hehe.

Interview

I had guard this weekend and I had an interview for a maintenance officer position that I started my application about a year ago. Fortunately we did a practice interview yesterday and i had the real interview today. I think that i worked out a few of the problems i had and that i did fairly well. I won't know if i will get the position for a while now, but at least the anxiety of the interview is over with. There is another postion i am applying for as a Communications Officer. We'll see how that one goes too. I think the practice i'm getting can't hurt and i should be able to get an officer position at some point. Hopefully sooner rather than later. Thank you all for your support!

Oh and there's another squirrel in the garage, that seems to be really good at getting food without setting off the trap....grrr.

Computer

Well it looks like i'm finding out either what was wrong with my computer or at least one other thing to look at. I emailed the motherboard manufacturer and while I was following their instructions it stopped working completely. I am using a different computer now, but i think i'll send the motherboard in as it is still under warranty. Hopefully that will fix the problems!!!

Oh and the squirrel still hasn't been back in the house!! I caught another from the garage though. Eventually my squirrel stories should come to an end, but i can see how they would be entertaining if I wasn't the one dealing with the darn things.

a few things

I think the squirrel is finally gone as I still haven't heard it since the last time I scared it out and locked it out. I also finally got the head for the eclipse taken to get checked out. Should have it back in about a week, but i'm not sure if i'll have the rest of the car ready by then.

Also I decided to give up my excessive speeding for lent as it was the only thing i could think of that would actually be a real challenge. Well driving down to Maryland to get the head dropped off (as well as pick up some used rims and tires) was tough to stay slow. The truck speedometer registers higher than it is actually going though so that helped it feel a little faster. I'm trying to stay within 5mph of the speed limit, but i'm not going to make that a hard and fast rule as sometimes going slow is more dangerous. For example when i was on 695 i was doing around 5 over or so and was being passed on both sides on a 4 lane road so that is being an obstacle. A few times i sped up without thinking, but then came back down after i realized. It definitely is keeping me focused on why I am doing it too which is good. Much better to be thinking about what God wants than to be cursing people for going to slowly.