04/23/2026
Well...I have not been very good about my social media this week friends.....my apologies....been kind of a tough go this week but we did manage to be productive.
For those of you who dont know, my wife and I are AVIDE dog parents.... for the last several years we have had 4 pure breed German Shepherds, one of them being a "Blue" GSD. Very rare, both parents have to have the same recessive gene.....that is transfered to the offspring and the dog would either grow blue fur or dark Grey and Black. Kimber was dark Grey and Black. We have two females, Nikita and Dakota and we had two Males, Hunter and Kimber. We lost Hunter in November, suddenly to a ruptured spleen (common among Large dogs....he was 110lbs) and this past Saturday, I put Kimber down, he had lost the ability to walk (bad hips) and he was rapidly losing weight despite having all the food he wanted....he still would not eat a full serving.
SO.... needless to say....I have been off kilter all week. To make matters worse, last week I got lit up by Poison Ivy I didnt see doing yard work and the steroids they gave me to help...have really screwed up my sleep and eating schedules....I can't sleep and Im eating everything in sight!! 😂
But like I said, we did manage to be productive, I made 2 more Thor Hammers for a long time repeat client that gives them away as going away gifts to Service members. Being a Veteran, I REALLY enjoy making them.
We repaired a broken end table, forgot to take pictures and then we got all electrical wiring run, we got the insulation up in the ceiling and walls and almost have all the sheathing up as well... so the week was not a total loss!!
My oldest Son is a Supervisory Master Electrician, and my youngest Son is a 3rd year Electrician apprentice. They do some nice clean OCD level work....Im proud to say I passed that trait on to them both.... like they say....do it right or have enough time to do it again...
