Access... Well, the basement door is always closed, and I can close off the area where the majority of my collection will reside, as well as the room my office is in. The "open" areas in the basement after you go down the stairs are the gym and the den. We'll just have to be careful, but they shouldn't be down there without supervision anyway. As for the family room, yeah, the TV screen gets touched a lot and my Xbox 360 gets turned on and off a lot, sometime even when it's being used. That's life and will get 2X more challenging with number 2 on the way.
As for the video stuff, I do have big plans for that. At the same time though, I have big plans for a lot of things. I have to be careful to keep my ambitions under control though and not overwhelm myself into inactivity, if that makes sense. There are so many things that I want to do that excite me, that I just don't have time to address them all. I need to stay focused in the short-term on the book, where I hope I don't lose my contract, and Armchair Arcade. Once the former lets up, I'll be free to go into those other areas.
As for the cheeky mansion comment... Well, to my wife and me, it is a "mansion", but to someone else with real money, it's "eh". We did get lucky though, as it's a 10 year old house that has the multi-room finished basement with that partially unfinished part in its own room, dining room, living room, family room, big kitchen with an island and eat-in area for a large table, 4 bedrooms, laundry room, 2.5 baths, including our master bathroom with jacuzzi tub and separate shower and twin sinks, two car garage with attic and high ceilings and a separate workshop area, as well as a big above ground pool (unopened as of yet) and almost half an acre of property. For my ambitions, this is our dream house. Christina feels the same way. Like I said, we lucked into it, particularly since we're in New Jersey, where house prices are ridiculous and variable based on area. For each of our moves we've had to go further and further south, until at our present point, sort of south-west New Jersey. It will not be easy and will most certainly be an extreme financial struggle, but I'm of the belief that you don't necessarily buy the house you can easily afford now, you buy one you think you'll be able to easily afford within a few years of hard work.
So yeah, I'm very excited about it, but also quite scared in many ways too. It's a lot to handle, Christina is going on maternity leave in a matter of weeks, and I already have no free time. I believe I'll get through it though, and that's half the battle...
Access... Well, the basement door is always closed, and I can close off the area where the majority of my collection will reside, as well as the room my office is in. The "open" areas in the basement after you go down the stairs are the gym and the den. We'll just have to be careful, but they shouldn't be down there without supervision anyway. As for the family room, yeah, the TV screen gets touched a lot and my Xbox 360 gets turned on and off a lot, sometime even when it's being used. That's life and will get 2X more challenging with number 2 on the way.
As for the video stuff, I do have big plans for that. At the same time though, I have big plans for a lot of things. I have to be careful to keep my ambitions under control though and not overwhelm myself into inactivity, if that makes sense. There are so many things that I want to do that excite me, that I just don't have time to address them all. I need to stay focused in the short-term on the book, where I hope I don't lose my contract, and Armchair Arcade. Once the former lets up, I'll be free to go into those other areas.
As for the cheeky mansion comment... Well, to my wife and me, it is a "mansion", but to someone else with real money, it's "eh". We did get lucky though, as it's a 10 year old house that has the multi-room finished basement with that partially unfinished part in its own room, dining room, living room, family room, big kitchen with an island and eat-in area for a large table, 4 bedrooms, laundry room, 2.5 baths, including our master bathroom with jacuzzi tub and separate shower and twin sinks, two car garage with attic and high ceilings and a separate workshop area, as well as a big above ground pool (unopened as of yet) and almost half an acre of property. For my ambitions, this is our dream house. Christina feels the same way. Like I said, we lucked into it, particularly since we're in New Jersey, where house prices are ridiculous and variable based on area. For each of our moves we've had to go further and further south, until at our present point, sort of south-west New Jersey. It will not be easy and will most certainly be an extreme financial struggle, but I'm of the belief that you don't necessarily buy the house you can easily afford now, you buy one you think you'll be able to easily afford within a few years of hard work.
So yeah, I'm very excited about it, but also quite scared in many ways too. It's a lot to handle, Christina is going on maternity leave in a matter of weeks, and I already have no free time. I believe I'll get through it though, and that's half the battle...
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.
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Bill Loguidice, Managing Director
Armchair Arcade, Inc.