Next on my list was cleaning my music room. We are having a Gator Bowl party on Thursday, so Kristi wanted it a little neater than usual. Typically I have musical equipment strewn about. I got sidetracked playing the drums for a while, my new-old snare is just too much fun. As you might remember, I spent some time the other day cleaning it up and then put new heads and a new strainer on it. They were out of Remo Ambassador Hazy snare sides, so I had to get an Evans Hazy 300. I typically use Remo because I have had better luck tuning them for whatever reason. The Evans is fine though, and I haven't really noticed much difference. The snare is pretty dry, and has a different tone to it since it is aluminum. I really enjoy playing it, and it will be fun to figure out which styles it fits well in. Here are some before and after (mostly after) pictures of the cleaning process:
After I played drums for a while it was time for lunch, so I made an egg sandwich for me, and a grilled cheese for Kristi. We needed to go to Wal-Mart today, and she had a doctors appointment later on, so we decided to go right after lunch.We left for Wal-Mart, but stopped at the Duron paint store on the way. We have some spots on our wall that need touching up, and I found the card which lists what all was used in our house (it was built only in 2006). Our interior walls are Duron Antique White, so we picked a can up. I'm hoping the shade is pretty close, but who knows after 2 years. Also, good paint is more expensive than I thought.
On our way to Wal-Mart from the paint store, some kid was standing in front of Perkins holding a sign saying that he stole from Wal-Mart. He looked really embarrassed, and his mom was standing nearby. I wasn't sure what I thought of the discipline method, and I was wondering whether it was his parents' doing or if a judge gave him options. Either way, definitely a unique thing to see while running errands. Wal-Mart took a long time because there was much that we needed to buy, and so we had to rush home so Kristi could leave for her appointment.
Once I unloaded I commenced spackling some holes in the wall and cleaning my music room. I have never actually spackled before, but I got some advice from my dad and Chad, and I think I did a pretty good job. My music room also looks pretty sweet all organized...I wonder how many days it will take before I screw it up again. I also cleaned the bathrooms and took everything out of our old entertainment center.
Chad and Jaime came over right after Kristi got home to help me get the huge centerpiece inside...well mostly Chad I guess, Jaime was here for moral support though. After we got it in place we all left for Kristi's parents' house. They needed some help moving some furniture in their upstairs game room, so we ate dinner there and then helped them. I had to eat my dinner after everyone else though because we forgot to blow a candle out and I had to run home to do so. The house burning scares me not because of our stuff, but because our pets wouldn't be able to get out, and that would be really hard to deal with. Kristi's aunt made Fettuccine Alfredo, and it was awesome, even if I did have to eat it by myself.
We also had a chance to do a side-by-side comparison of my blues jr. and Charlie's. His is a blue tolex version, which just has a different speaker and different covering (mine is tweed). I thought they sounded very similar, maybe with mine sounding just a little warmer. Either one makes for a great little tube amp. After that we moved furniture and disassembled their ping-pong table. They wanted to get it out of the game room, so we brought it to our house! I am extremely excited as ping-pong is one of my favorite pastimes. My dad and I used to play on a regular basis, and he usually beat me. At one time we were both pretty awesome, but now I am a little rusty.
After we moved everything, Chad and I loaded the ping-pong table pieces into the van and everyone followed us home to help unload. After that Kristi and I spent a few hours staining the nicks in the entertainment center and then oiling it. I used lemon oil which I use for my guitar necks, and after all the work the thing looks like a new piece of furniture. We are both very excited about how nice it looks and how cheap it was. We need to get some decorations for the shelves, but it looks amazing already:
So that was our day. I feel pretty tired after all the activity, but I don't have to be up early to up early tomorrow, so that is good! I also am eating lunch at my favorite place with Nate to give him some sound advice, so that is even better. Maybe I'll order something different than house fried rice...and if you fell for that, then you have alot to learn...
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