I am super stoked with my new project. I went from concept to finished piece in a little over 24 hours. I am really happy with how it turned out… I still have to make a box but the ornaments are done. I did a short run of only 20 so if you want one you will need to contact me. These are going to cost about $5 each to ship so I can’t just send them out to everyone. I was hoping to send them out to everyone on the list but those costs added up really quick.
It is that time of year. Time to get out all the decorations and light up the house. Time to overload the outlets and hope to Glob that we don’t burn down the house. It is also time to knock another idea off the list of things I’d like to do someday. I’ve learned alot over the last couple years and I am doing something that I’ve always wanted to do. We have a large ledge that we started decorating as a small village. We have 3 ceramic light-up buildings that we bought at the Leinenkugel brewery of the brewery and a few more little knicknacks that we have collected over the years. I have always wanted to print some silhouettes for a background and this year I was able to make it happen… Please ignore the wires. I still have to get some clips to organize everything but I was just too excited to not share this. I was planning on attaching these to the window...
Not much going on. It is a short week. I have made a bit of progress on this guy… Other than that I don’t have much to say. Still working on selling stuff, which is a slow and sometimes disappointing process but we are still moving forward. Until later… here is a little something from the website… pranko.com
So screens have become an issue with my girls. It is kind of a mixed bag so it’s been hard to navigate. While on their devices they are good about interacting with each other and their friends instead of just isolating themselves. They play games while Facetiming and chatting. It can be dizzying to watch. It is good to see them having fun problem-solving and playing with one another and others. The problems start when it is time to take the devices away. When taking away or even saying it is time to take a break they immediately, and often viciously, act out verbally and sometimes physically. They react the same way a food aggressive dog reacts when you get too close to their food dish. So we had to devised a credit system. To earn an hour on their devices they have to spend 2 hours offline, doing something else. There have been times I had to turn off the router and we often...
The first Christmas my wife and I spent together she gave me the first season of The Simpsons and this Homer Rubik’s Cube… Cute, right? He was so much fun to play around with. I would jumble him up and then solve him. Over and over, until one day when I wasn’t able to solve him. I worked at it and worked at it but I couldn’t solve the puzzle. Literally weeks went by and then months. I would pick Homer up any time I had a moment to spare, and that was before we had kids so I had alot of spare moments. After what was close to a year I finally solved it and had my perfect little Homer bust. I actually did a little dance. When my wife asked what the little celebration was about I smiled and showed her the puzzle. She took the puzzle and congratulated me while inspecting it. She then started to absent-mindedly twist the Rubik’s Cube while starting a...