Out of sorts, dog furniture, manual crank

This week has not been much fun.  I have a project at work that has not been going all that well.  Yesterday I did a preliminary demo of the product to my boss and others in the department and it was a mess.  I don’t like when something I am involved with starts to come loose at the ends.  I need to really focus on the project to get things back in line.  The problem in this particular case is it is something that requires the efforts of others as well, perhaps the reason I often prefer to just work alone.

I just sort of feel like I have too many rods in the fire currently and I can’t rotate through them quick enough to keep from getting burned.

On my way home last night I picked up a cheap used leather ottoman via Craigslist.  One of Nicki’s favorite spots to lounge around on is a leather ottoman that Ali took with her.  It’s low enough that Nicki can still climb up on it. She seems to enjoy laying in elevated comfort.  I thought it would be cool if I could once again have something like that at the house for her.

The ottoman I got is old and blue.  It feels sort of like leather but it might be the fake stuff, not that it matters.  I found it ironic that the girl I bought it from said she was an interior designer yet the house she was living in, at least from the outside was not very stylish, complete with Xmas lights still adorning the roof line of the garage and gaudy knick knacks lining the sidewalk..

The ottoman is an inch or two higher than what Ali has but the cushioned part compresses down quite a bit so I hope Nicki can manage.  It also is not as big as the one at the apartment but I think it should be just big enough to let her snooze in comfort.

I have the dogs for a few days early next week so I am hoping the ottoman gets a good field test.  Even if Nicki doesn’t like it I know Sadie will have no issue utilizing it.

I finally finished the Walking Dead game on the 360.  Wow what an epic and different gaming experience. It really felt like I was inside of the Walking Dead tv show.  I don’t think it is a spoiler to say almost everyone winds up dead in the game, after all it is the zombie apocalypse.

I went ahead and spent 5 bucks for the sequel, 400 Days, which I expect to be equally fun.

Last night I did my first Mazda auto repair video, replacing the driver side window regulator in Cindy’s Miata.  I had already been in and out of the door a number of times so I didn’t have much issue replacing the regulator.  I was in and out in less than an hour.

Next up is the Tacoma washer reservoir replacement.