Poker Table #3

If I'm allowed to say this, I think this was my best poker table yet! I had decided I wanted something that was unusual and different... Something perfect for home games, but unique enough to call my own. So, I came up with attempting an Octagon shape, but I was unable to find one that had the excellent soft cushions that I liked on the oval tables. The final outcome was difficult, but I think it worked out perfectly! I ended up with a table for 8 that was big enough to fit 8 people very comfortably, with nice soft cushions. The most tedious part was putting together the 8 individual cushions. Unfortunately before the table was even complete someone wanted to buy it.. But for the record here is a pic of the unfinished table with a full 8 people on it


and the Final Product..



Man, I really miss that table....

Bad Luck at poker

So, last night I decided it was time to get out and play some poker. Holy Crap was that a mistake. Not only did I loose, but I was the first one to go out... But worse than that I was only in there for 4 hands. The real kicker here was on my last hand I had pocket Aces! Oh, guess it just wasn't in the cards for me last night lol....

The Bakery Saga Continues...

I finally got around to putting together some more photo's of the progress we've made on the shop. In some very good news, Friday was Opening Day!! After a lots of hard work the Carrabelle Bakery (Cakes By Amy) is NOW OPEN!! Soon to come is a web site... Once the Website is online and up and running I will provide the link here.

This collection of photos is basically what the shop looks like now. With a few minor changes such as we have added Lot's of shelves, and there have been some minor re-arrangements in the kitchen.

So, what are you waiting for... Come on by and see us! :)

The Bakery Saga Begins....

We have not been very good at taking great photos of our progress on getting the bakery prepared, but I figured I'd throw together some slide shows of what we have done so far.

First we have the beginning...

Next we have our current progress up to now...

What we are missing is the wonderful 2-5 days of mudding and tapping that Amy did. It would have made a hilarious pic too since she came home each day looking like Casper the ghost..

Tail of the Rubber Pup

This past Wednesday while working in the shed, I heard the our dog Zoey yelping like crazy. I walked outside to find Levi getting out of his truck looking very concerned. Then the dog limped over to the shed, crawled underneath it and remained there for the next 30 min. Levi had explained that he did see the dog and was driving slow in order to avoid her, but that he knew for sure that he had run her over. My first though of course was that this was it for the poor neurotic ankle biter, and that she would soon be entering into eternal sleep. I contacted the vet in Crafordville and inquired about euthanization preparing for the worst. Before I left for the vet I decided it would be a good idea to let little bobby know what was going on:

Me: Son, I have to take Zoey to the vet because she was run over by a truck today
Bobby: Is she going to be ok?
Me: I'm not sure, that's why I'm taking her to the vet. I just wanted to let you know that she might not make it home.
Bobby: She looks ok..
Me: Yes, she does.. But if her injuries are really bad we may have to put her to sleep.
Bobby: For how long?
Me: Permanently.
Bobby: YOUR GOING TO JUST KILL HER?
Me: Well son, if her injuries insider her are really bad it would be better. We won't know until the vet checks her out. I just wanted you to be aware of what was going on and that she might not be coming back.
Bobby: Ok, I understand. She's going to be fine though.
Me: Ok. I'm off to the vet then..

After the physical exam ($30) the veterinarian stated she was unable to tell if anything was broken, but that it appeared there was not any internal bleeding. X-rays would be another $100. After the x-rays she found that her pelvis was broken, but not much out of alignment and he leg was broken but not out of place at all. The Vet had already mentioned that if her hip was broken there was not much we could do, but that it was a good sign that Zoey was active and moving around.

So, $130 later.... It seems that not only is our Neurotic Ankle Biter a mean little dog, she is also made of rubber. I guess this is the type of dog that simply refuses to be killed :)

Devil burns baby! WTF!!

Ok folks, I don't rant much on this blog... But what the hell is this bull shit! Not only is this incredibly stupid, but what is equally insane is that this "girl"/wife is trying to blame the DEVIL for her husbands actions!!! I seriously hope that not only are the parents rights severed, but that they are BOTH thrown in jail. Maybe they should be forced to spend 10-20 seconds in a Microwave!!!!!

(CBS) HOUSTON A woman blames the devil and not her husband for severely burning their infant daughter after the 2-month-old was put in a microwave, a Houston television station reported.
Eva Marie Mauldin said Satan compelled her 19-year-old husband, Joshua Royce Mauldin, to microwave their daughter May 10 because the devil disapproved of Joshua's efforts to become a preacher.
"Satan saw my husband as a threat. Satan attacked him because he saw (Joshua) as a threat," Eva Mauldin told CBS affiliate station KHOU-TV in Houston.
A Galveston County grand jury indicted Joshua Mauldin last week on child injury charges after hearing evidence that he placed his daughter in a motel microwave for 10 to 20 seconds.
The infant, Ana Marie, remains hospitalized. She suffered burns on the left side of her face and to her left hand, police said.
Eva Marie Mauldin, the girl's 20-year-old mother, told the television station that her husband is "not the monster people are making him out to be."
"That was not my husband; my husband is a wonderful father," she said. "Satan was working through his weaknesses."
Eva Maudlin described those weaknesses as an undisclosed mental disability, and that her efforts to get help for him have failed.
Police said Joshua Mauldin told them he put Ana Marie in the microwave because he was under stress. The family had arrived in Galveston the day before.

What gets me the most about this shit, is that SHE KNEW her husband had a mental problem. Just think about this for a moment. This is how a microwave oven works:

A microwave oven uses microwaves to heat food. Microwaves are radio waves. In the case of microwave ovens, the commonly used radio wave frequency is roughly 2,500 megahertz (2.5 gigahertz). Radio waves in this frequency range have an interesting property: they are absorbed by water, fats and sugars. When they are absorbed they are converted directly into atomic motion -- HEAT. In microwave cooking, the radio waves penetrate the food and excite water and fat molecules pretty much evenly throughout the food. There is heat everywhere all at once because the molecules are all excited together.

Basically, This 2 MONTH old baby was "COOKED" from the inside!! And NO I don't care that it was only for 10-20 seconds.... The fact is he placed this 2 month old child inside a microwave, set the timer and turned it ON! Imagine putting out a match on your cheek... Now imagine that flame being ignited inside you... probably starting with your eyes since there is more water there that would initially get converted to HEAT! This is a despicable crime against a child.... Mental disability or not this moron should never be allowed near a child again! Joshua Mauldin IS a MONSTER and his wife Eva Maudlin is just as crazy! This was not the "Devil" this was Joshua's immaturity and irresponsibility showing. What the hell kind of stress was he facing after just 2 months of having a baby he was this stressed?!?! There is NO Excuse for this type of behavior and it should not be tolerated! Blaming it on the devil is a very SICK joke, one that allows them to try and "Claim" he has been cured! It's utter bullshit and not worthy of another thought. This man is a sick person and should be committed at the very least, but imprisonment would be much more fitting.

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WildFires! Wow!!

Here is a snapshot of all the wildfires or wildfire "Incidents" that have been happening in florida recently. Click Here to check out the website directly.