Just Got A New Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow Case

Some of you may not know this but I'm a pretty avid hunter, specifically with a crossbow. I have published several Squidoo lenses on crossbows, but my favorite is the Barnett Quad 400 crossbow.

I just ordered and received a new case for my bow and it's really good. Lightweight, padded, easy to carry, and with enough room and pockets to carry all of my accessories too.

I just updated the particular lens with info on this case.

You can check it out as well as all the other info on this crossbow at the following links.

1. Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow Reviews
2. Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow Case
3. My Other Crossbow Lenses
4. Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow Video
5. What Are Your Thoughts On The Barnett Quad 400 Crossbow?

Time To Get Healthy

You may not know this but I've lost about 30 pounds. I still have another 20 to go but it seems I've hit the dreaded plateau. So I'm going to get past it the best way I know how. I'm going to start jogging.

It seems like the wrong time of year to do that because it can get pretty cold around here in the winter. Maybe I'll go out and get myself a treadmill, I'm not sure yet. I'm going to try running around the neighborhood first.

I really wasn't sure where to start, but I found this site and it's a pretty good way to begin.

http://benefitsofrunning.net

Now to get a good new pair of shoes for running in (my old Nike's are pretty beat up), and some sweats and off I go. I'll let you know if it helps drop the pounds.

Flour Sack Towels?

Seems like I've been in a publishing mood lately. So now I'm going to tell you a little bit about something my wife has been doing. Seems she recently found a new hobby. She has been spending a lot of time embroidering flour sack towels.

What are flour sack towels? I'm glad you asked, because I just put up a page on these wonderful little things over on Squidoo. Where else would you think I would put it. Check it out here. Flour Sack Towels.

Anyway, she's gotten really good at it. So good in fact that now our neighbors and relatives are asking her to make some of these towels for them. Perhaps she should start charging. Sounds like a good way to make a little side income at home.

Oh, and flour sack towels have a pretty amazing story behind them. Head on over to the link above to find out more.

Those Darn Raccoons

It seems like anytime something happens in my life I feel compelled to tell everyone about it via a Squidoo lens. Such is the case here.

Here's the situation. Our dog food bowl in the yard seemed to be getting empty awfully fast. This had been going on for a month or so but our dog certainly wasn't getting any fatter. It couldn't have been the neighbors dogs because there's no way for them to get in to or out of our yard. Naturally my first thought was that my dog was sick.

That is until one evening I saw this furry creature wearing a bandit mask coming up to the bowl. A raccoon had been eating all the food.

If I lived in the country I might have gotten out the shotgun and taken care of the problem that way. OK so not really, but it makes me sound big and bad. Anyway, I began researching ways to get rid of raccoons without trapping them. The result (besides the raccoon now being gone) is this lens: Raccoon Repellent.

Go ahead and check it out.

I Want A Cargo Van

I don't own a business that demands the use of a cargo van, so it would seem pretty silly of me to want one of these vans. But I do. They're big and you can just do so much with them.

If I got one, I would use it for road trips. The really cool thing I found out is that you can basically do whatever you want in the back of these things. If you want to set it up for camping, you can do that. Of course you can set it up for business too. What you plan to do with it determines what cargo van accessories you get. And I was pretty amazed by what's available.

For me, back seating, insulation, and a storage cabinet are a must. You can make this thing like a mini RV. I wouldn't take it cross country, but it would be great while traveling to my kid's out of town baseball tournaments and other things like that.

Of course I will get a roof rack too, just in case I want to take it on my next ski vacations. Which by the way, would be my first. But it sounds good.

Oh well, I'm probably just dreaming anyway.

Anyone want to join me?

My New Desk

I love my computer. My wife hates it. Actually she just hates seeing it on that big table on the living room.

Well I'm nothing if not good at compromise so I found a way to take up less space. I purchased a small corner computer desk. I've been so impressed by the way it opens up the room that I decided to put up a quick website detailing the advantages of this marvelous little table. You can check it out here...

http://cornercomputertable.net

I got one with a hutch because I have a lot of stuff, but the hutch has cabinet doors so it keeps a lot of things hidden. Thus I'm hearing less complaints about how hideous my stuff looks in the room.

If you're looking for a way to open up space in whatever room your computer is in, you may want to think about getting one of these.

My Backyard Putting Green

I admit the title of this post is a little misleading. I don't actually have one yet, but one of my goals is to have a backyard putting green installed at my home by next spring.

This is quite an undertaking so I've been doing a ton of research. I'm serious when I say I've spent hours surfing the net to find out everything I could find about getting one of these greens in my yard. I was shocked at the number of possibilities... and at the cost.

I figured I might as well save others who might be considering adding a golf green to their yard by documenting all my findings. The result is a new Squidoo lens.

If you're a golfer I hope you'll check it out at Backyard Putting Green.