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The other weekend the kids were out of the house, and Nicole and I did some housekeeping; along the way, a project came up to build something to hold sports medals and trophies. Using some scrap wood that Nicole had from another project and purchasing some hooks, I could put together a shelf that would hold the trophies and allow for the hanging of the medal. While working on this and altering the scrap wood shelf, it reminded me of the times I used to tinker in my grandpa’s garage when I was younger and how doing so really allowed me to build things. At the time, I would never have thought that taking things apart to see how they worked would give me a better understanding in the future of not only making something out of nothing but repairing things such as the time the pull start on the mower broke.

I have been waiting for a couple of years for MetroNet to finally complete the construction of their all-fiber network here in Okemos, and a couple of days ago, they came out to complete the installation at my house. While I have been a Comcast/Xfinity customer since moving back to Michigan, I can’t say I was ever happy. Whether it was issues with their upstream/downstream speeds, outages, pointing fingers at me for network issues, or simply the ridiculous cost of their service, I am glad to wipe my hands off them.

While I would like to say I have been a " longtime" Apple Watch user, it has only been a few years… well, since the Series 3, which was my first dive into the world of Apple Watches. I was never much for watches, and the last thing I wanted was another accessory I had to put on in the morning, charge, care for, etc. Still, I figured back then why not, as the analytics alone were interesting to me, enough so that eating the cost of the watch seemed worth it to me. ...

Another thing I got done over this productive weekend was installing Fender Flares onto my 2013 Chevy Silverado. While I am not the biggest fan of Fender Flares, it was the most affordable option to coverup some bodywork that I had to perform on the rear wheel wells; it was either that or replaced the entire bed of the truck, which would be quite the investment on a nine-year-old truck. The rear mounts didn’t fit 100% as advertised, so I had to get some self-tapping metal screws to secure the rear flares to the truck’s body. Guess I won’t be removing them anytime soon. ...

So today concludes the 100 days of blogging part two! While it was a struggle at times, I was able to conclude this exercise with a total of 95 posts as of today! 95 I am kind of in awe that I got that many, even with times when I thought I was way behind … until next time! Now back to your regular scheduled program.