Another one of Colt's toys

Colt had been talking about upgrading TV's for a little while now, and we would always look at them at Fry's or Best Buy when we were there. All the new TV's are not much bigger than the one he had except for a few that you are going to pay a fortune for right now. I asked him why upgrade if you are going to have to upgrade again later? About a week after his birthday, we went and got a projector for our living room. We had talked about getting one before, and he had been doing a lot of researching before we went and got it. The night we got it, he built a mount out of some scrap material he had in the garage and we had our TV on our wall! He borrowed his parent's pull down screen to see what it was going to look like. Then after even more research and talking on forums, the next weekend, he made his own screen. He bought a piece of plastic, mixed about 14 different paints, painted the plastic, and then covered wood in felt and we had a screen. The recipe of paint he mixed had a blueish tint so he added more white, and it looks great and handles light great! He's such a handy husband!

We didn't have a ladder so instead he stacked our step stool on our kitchen table. Real safe.

He was so happy as you can probably tell since he is displaying it!

And now this is what our living room looks like.

Mixing up the paint to make his screen

And building the border of the screen. I actually got to help a little with this part of it.

And putting the last coat of paint on the screen. Supposively a gray tinted screen holds light more than a white one. I learn something everyday with all his little hobbies and him being in medical school!

David helping Colt hang the screen

And the finished product

It took a little to get used to watching our TV shows on it but I think it's grew on me, and it is really neat to play Wii on and watch movies on! We should be done with TV's and upgrades for a while now!



Free Holiday Cards... yes I said FREE!

I actually was just about to order our Christmas cards last night because the deal on the site I was looking at ended tomorrow. I ended up waiting because it was still pretty expensive. I am glad that I waited! This morning I read about the Shutterfly giveaway on the Johnson's  blog! Shutterfly is giving away 50 FREE holiday cards to bloggers! My husband was like are you sure there’s not a minimum you have to buy to get them free?? It sounds too good to be true!

I’ve used Shutterfly in the past to print 4x6 pictures. They were great quality, and I was very pleased! They have all types of holiday cards, invitations, calendars and even personalized gifts with lots of designs to choose from.

Follow the links below to check out their holiday cards.

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 photo Christmas cards:  http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery

To get your own free holiday cards go here and follow the steps! It's easy, and you can't beat the deal!

World Series - I didn't go.. but my hubby did!

I'm a little late posting this, but the Rangers went to the World Series this year for the first time ever! The division series against the Yankees was probably more exciting to me than the World Series against the Giants, but it was all very exciting! We used to go every summer when I was growing up and Nolan Ryan played but since then, I don't think I've been to a game. Colt and I almost went to the last division game against the Yankees. We were going to buy tickets and then we backed out, but even watching it at home was great! I had made the statement that if they made it to the World Series game, we were going, but then I found out how much tickets cost and we changed our mind! The Rangers lost game 1 and 2 in San Francisco, they won game 3 at home and then lost game 4. Game 5, which ended up being the last game of the series, Colt's stepdad got the two of them tickets to go to the game! I was home from work and Colt looked at me and said "you're going to be so mad!" I kinda threw a fit at first. Colt even went and bought me a ticket on ebay because of it. I told him I wasn't paying that much to go though, and I made him request a refund for them. I did throw a fit at first, but it didn't mean I had changed my mind and wanted to pay that much to go! Luckily he was able to get the refund! He had a great time, and I'm glad he got to go to a World Series game! I think he took more videos than anything, but here are a few pics that he took while he was there.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

The Rangers lost the World Series, but they did great, and it definitely seems like everyone in the area are Rangers fans now!

November

I think I am done catching up and blogging about everything that's been going on lately.

Here's my November desktop!

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Colt's Birthday

Colt's birthday is on Halloween, and he turned 23 this year! I had bought him a watch a couple weeks before because he needed one for school, and I ordered him some more Under Armour pants. I ordered the wrong ones so he got them early too!

The Rangers Game 4 of the World Series was on TV that night so he invited a few people over to watch the game. Colt did a little yardwork earlier in the day while I was grocery shopping and making a German Chocolate Cake for his birthday. We had lunch with his parents and Gerald and Allison at Chili's, and then it was home to make Taco Soup for everyone for dinner. It was a busy and fun day! 

The birthday boy!

He didn't want to blow out his candles.

Lindsey, Katie and Lainie

Brock and Lindsey supporting Pritchard college!

Katie and Adam

Lainie and Ryan

Colt and I

I had to let the dogs in and put their yearly costumes on for a second. Alex wasn't cooperative at all this year. I think there was too much other stuff going on for them to be still. Lucky was a spider, and Alex was a devil again.

Jarren holding Lucky with his costume on

Nicci, Davallen and Jacob stopped by while they were trick-or-treating!

I tried to get a pic of Alex with her costume on but this is about as good as it got!

Here's a pic of them both last Halloween though!

Happy Birthday to Colt, and thanks to everyone that came over to celebrate and to watch the game!!