All Alone

For the past two weeks I had been all alone at the house, just me and the dogs. Nicole took a two week vacation while attending two of her best friends weddings. Before Nicole left I had mixed feelings about living two weeks without her, I was excited that I would have tons of free time to do pointless things, like play video games.


I was also concerned that I would be extremely bored and lazy. This picture of Buddy explains how I felt most of the time.

Aside from spending my time on school stuff I had lots of free time to get things done. However I did not get as much video game playing in, I only got through a couple levels of the new 007 game I got for the Wii. I always enjoy creating things and experimenting, Nicole usually gives me a hard time about wanting to build things myself. So with her being gone for the two weeks I gave a few things a try. The project that i spent most of my time on was a Night Stand. Previously Nicole and I had a cardboard box with a scrap piece of wood on top. I started this project with a trip to Home Depot and came home with a several pieces of wood, a hand jigsaw, and some of useful supplies. I really didnt have a plan or layout for how I was going to do this but I laid it out in my mind and began to measure and cut the wood. This is what I came up with.

At first I was going to just leave it like this, but I still had some time to kill before Nicole would be coming home. And in the end it looks like this:


The Night Stand was not my only project but it was the main one that I worked on while I was here by myself. I also converted a broken TV Dinner Table and an old pillow into a lap desk, worked on my my mountain bike, and attempted some food creations. One edible project that I cooked up was one that I had never attempted before but was always interested in trying.

Bacon wrapped Chicken!

This came out better then I expected and at the same time not as good as I had hoped. I thought the bacon would never stay wrapped around the chicken, but it did. I also expected the chicken to be rich in bacon flavor, but it wasn't. I cut the chicken into finger bite size pieces and cut the bacon strips in half. After wrapping the chicken I cooked it up, next time I think I will season or marinate the chicken prior to wrapping. Any Suggestions as to how I can give the chicken more flavor? To go along with the Chicken Bacon Bites, I heated up some Honey Baked Beans. The bites were great dipped in the bean juice! I am sure this was not the healthiest meal I could have made, but it was a fun kitchen project that tasted good.

When the weather was nice I spent a lot of time sitting on the front porch hanging out with my boys.


Although I got some projects done while Nicole was gone I am very glad that she is back. Our 3 bedroom apartment and king size bed is to big for me alone.

--Brian