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After a lot longer than it should have taken, my #dungeonsanddragons #carpentry project is finally on the #todonelist. Seemed like a tree bookshelf would be great to keep my frequently-referenced books out of harm's way, but good luck finding one sized for gaming books. Thank goodness for my barely adequate middle school woodshop skills! The imperfections are many. 😂 (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUArM6TlRer/?utm_medium=tumblr

Doesn't look like much yet, but once again finding myself designing and building furniture to better support my #dungeonsanddragons habit reminds me of #dennisleary's bit about drugs leading to #carpentry. #wip #itsnotahabititscoolifeelalive #imaginationisahellofadrug (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSzoGMNnpJB/?utm_medium=tumblr

'bout to do something silly. Because I can. Lol. #crackingpacks #dungeonsanddragons #DnD #oldschool #forgottenrealms #dragonlance #spelljammer #greyhawk #darksun #alqadim (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSHuh4QHyIg/?utm_medium=tumblr

Took a little break from technology to visit #nature's candy store. Perfect day for it - sunny with a strong breeze, so no mosquitoes to contend with! #eattheweeds #gatewaydrug #eatwild #wildforaging #blackraspberry #antioxidants (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ9Nl40H0A5/?utm_medium=tumblr

Really not winning any style points on this build at all unless #chaotic and #industrial are your taste. Still gotta save up for a proper graphics card, but much appreciation for @arctic.de making great quality GPU coolers such as the one extending the useful life of this spare #ASUS card. #cooledbyarctic #kingwin Lazer platinum PSU #westerndigital SSD on #rosewill 60mm fan mounting bracket #lifesgood LG BDRW drive hiding out up top in this spacious old no-name aluminum case. Now the part where I try to power it on 😅 (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ7LQIqneY_/?utm_medium=tumblr

Current status: Another long overdue project inching towards the #todonelist #AMD #ryzen5 #asrockmotherboard #crucialballistix (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ68v8WnsMJ/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sometimes I put cards on #eBay to help fund my other bad habits. Other times the USPS gets kinda sketchy and unreliable for an entire pandemic and things start to pile up until one day I realize that my trade box is full and I've got cards sitting where I could easily spill coffee on them any given morning. Time for some disaster prevention. #mtg #mtgproblems #crackingpacks (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/COzMi02n-G9/?igshid=1t7jckniv53yi

Took a little break from other projects to try and clear a few things off my side table and finally added this fix to the #todonelist. This #retrogaming #NES cartridge broke both of the pieces that hold the PCB in place. It was a former rental, so really, don't just #bekindrewind, don't hammer games into your console either! Anyway, I fixed it with #3dprinting and now you can too at: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4797698 The game is *Dungeon Magic: Sword of the Elements*, for any old-school #natsume / #taito first-person #arpg fans. (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMicWv4HHMk/?igshid=b1tgynq1inuu

#todonelist It may not look like much, but for the first time in a couple years, there's room enough in the #garage for my car. If it manages to stay that way for a couple weeks, it may be the first time in a decade or so. #aplaceformystuff #hoarderslite (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJXR6NAngkB/?igshid=16bkm87ypm26t

I keep telling myself I need to get back to Instagramming the #todonelist so I feel less like I accomplish nothing. So, bright side to the death of my beloved CRT is temporarily empty space while I wait for Amazon to arrive with an HDMI to Displayport adapter. Perfect opportunity to place a couple mounting screws to stop my #dlink 8-port switch from repeatedly falling off my desk. (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIJPfounqLj/?igshid=13ua9jml4rinl

I don't think I've opened any packs since they dropped the Player's Guide from the bundle, which is more than a year ago now, so I went a little crazy and splurged on a box of Modern Horizons. Only good foil was the Snow-Covered Forest, but hey there, #Urza, gonna be really tempted to play you. #mtg #itsnotahabititscoolifeelalive #magicthegathering #crackingpacks (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrmj6SHaj2/?igshid=13m6gshxn7t6n

Culmination of several projects over a very long time - firewood is out of the garage and within lazy distance of the new patio fire pit/table. Now I've just got to wait for America to beat COVID-19 (or at least for @botanophilia.llc to finish kicking cancer's ass)! #todonelist #weekendwarrior #aplaceformystuff #hoarderslite #notaprepperjustprepared #ifyoubuildittheywillcome (but no time soon because #socialdistancing ) (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCRi8wsn7YI/?igshid=oawofegvufuh

Not a project, just one of the areas I avoid with the lawnmower. There were a few #monarchs, but they were camera shy or I was going to try to take video. Surprised I've had to explain to neighbors what the plants are and why they're important, even more often since I've been letting them grow in the front yard too, like there was some kind of generational disconnect in elementary school science curricula. Nice thing is they're blooming like crazy this year, so they're also super pretty. #monarch #butterfly #butterflies #milkweed Fwiw, it's not as if the neighbors are unreceptive - changes in lawn care over the past couple years mean the entire neighborhood is full of fireflies this year rather than just my yard! 😀 (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPhlzpHQJu/?igshid=1a2vrua3fah22

Lawn sweeper isn't clogging up the garage anymore. #todonelist #millertime #storage #organization #aplaceformystuff (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCPBRGNnosm/?igshid=zoi6vlgp48ce

This is the first #tabletopgaming #miniature I've painted since the 1990s. Pretty happy with the result. Between college courses and YouTube videos, I'm a lot better than I was back then. I don't think it photographed as well as it looks in person, which is really too bad when we're all still #socialdistancing on #roll20. Figure is #reaperminiatures 03667 Nonalla Ellinad Elf Wizard. Just an incredible mini. Tons of details and depth. I really wanted to try my best to do it justice, so the pictures other people shared online were a big help in picking out tiny details and planning how I wanted mine to look. In my #DnD game, this is Leshanna, the Elf-Witch of Daggerford - wood elf #warlock, adopted daughter of Darfin Floshin, and head of crime scene investigation with the #daggerford city watch. Along with her city watch uniform, she sports a Dark Shard Amulet, Book of Shadows, and a Cloak of Many Fashions made to resemble the flowing Delimbiyr River. I bought a couple different figures because I couldn't decide at first, but this one ended up suiting the character almost perfectly. Paints include various old ones (The Armory? Are they still around? From Baltimore, MD?), #badgerairbrush, #liquitex, and #vallejo. All applied by hand - somehow an actual airbrush hasn't entered my arsenal yet. #forgottenrealms #swordcoast #dungeonsanddragons #woodelf #woodelves (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRpPcrneWT/?igshid=lny9tky1ahae

Today I used my freedom to hang a #shelf I've wanted for more than 10 years. The wall is poured concrete and not quite vertical, so putting up brackets for an 8' shelf is a bit daunting. Instead, I skipped right over that step and suspended it from the ceiling. Trick was finding the right tools and hardware to make it possible (and level and safe). There's plenty wrong in the world, but we're also living in a time where we have such access to information and technology, nearly anything you can imagine is possible if you put in enough time and effort. So yeah, #floatingshelves are cool and all, but I'd like to think I'm #raisingthebar a bit. #todonelist #everythingisilluminated #ledlights #storage #organization #aplaceformystuff #homeimprovement #hoarderslite (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAoOkGfHV4W/?igshid=1pxni9hf9ug9m

Today on the #todonelist, de-stuffed one grandmother's old pillows and cut up the other grandmother's old sheets to make one huge 32" diameter pillow for this fancy shmancy pillow cover I found on Amazon. I needed something for when Mindy 🐕 insists I lay on the floor with her in the living room. She approves, but doesn't understand why I didn't make one for myself too. 😅 #reducereuse #dogsofinstagram #doglife (at Saukville (town), Wisconsin) https://www.instagram.com/p/CAlwWZHn3Q9/?igshid=7vktli9ni3ja