Megaman Legends 3... Canceled

Yes, it is very sad news. I just found out last night. I was so disappointed. I was going to buy a 3DS just for this game! The Legends Series was one of my favorites of the Mega Man games.  Capcom says it was because of "lack of support/interest" come on! What is that?  There are plenty of people who were looking forward to it (not to mention Megaman Universe, which was also canceled)! Part of the problem was there wasn't enough publicity, I mean unless you follow this stuff actively or heard it by word of mouth you probably didn't know anything about it.  Oh well, Capcom is really missing out.

On a good note though, my wife and I went to see Transformers 3 last night and it was Amazing!! I wasn't expecting it to be that good. We saw it in 3D (that was all the theater had that late) and I am very impressed with the advancements made in 3D technology. It actually looks like all the commercials said it would back in the day with those blue and red glasses!  So if you havent seen Transformers 3 yet, you definitely should!

Found one!

Well I just found the official Blogger app for Android. Gonna give it a shot and see how it does :) now I really wish I had my G1 keyboard :/

Compassion + Mobile Updates!

Here is a video of the child sponsored by Shaun Groves, it just shows one of the many Amazing ways God uses Compassion International! http://youtu.be/ZKqg2HjdrIQ

Definitely pray about it, and if you feel led, get involved! <3




Yes, it has been a while. So I figured since I'm on my phone a lot, why not use this new feature that Blogger has and link my phone to my account? So I did! Now I can post short updates to keep you all tuned in! I'm also going to try and find a mobile app for blogger so I can post full messages on the go! Also don't forget to check my twitter feed on the right for updates!

AT&T = Bad

I just read that as of yesterday, AT&T is going to cap their DSL users, not just their cell phone users. You can read about it here: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/13/atandt-will-cap-dsl-u-verse-internet-and-impose-overage-fees/

Thanks for the tip Ethan!

I understand wanting to charge those who use more a higher fee, but I think they should also lower the cost of those who don't come anywhere near that cap limit. It should work both ways. I am not a big fan of internet caps. Which is why I have had my cell phone service with T-Mobile for years now. I had considered switching to AT&T for better cell coverage, but now I will never switch to AT&T for anything!!! If AT&T buys out T-Mobile like they are wanting (hopefully the government will prevent this), I will be switching to Verizon, which everyone that knows me knows it's like a sin! Or possibly Sprint, you know, go with the underdog

So for those of you who don't like Caps on your usage, you should leave AT&T, and fast! Boycott them! We should not let AT&T control the market, it's not fair.

What do you think?

Food Lion Auto Fair

Well this past weekend was the Food Lion Auto Fair at the Charlotte Motor Speedway (which is really in Concord, so don't know why it's called Charlotte Motor Speedway and not Concord??? oh well), and fortunately my wife and I were able to finally go!!! They had a lot of cars already there, and they were still bringing some in while we were there! We had a great time and hopefully we can go again next time! It only costs $10 per person to get in, pretty sweet deal. Here are some pictures of some of my favorite cars there:

If you want to see more images you can go here

The News..

Hello dear readers! I hope everyone is doing well! Sorry for the break between updates. My wife and I have been doing pretty good lately. I just wanted to post a quick update before we leave for the day.

Well first off, for those who don't already know, my wife and I are having a baby! Yep! so we're excited about that, gotta lot of getting ready to do ;)

I have had a really busy week with work, well no busier than usual I'm just working harder at doing better. I've been out of state for work 3 days in a row which has been rough. And I've been doing pretty good about getting up earlier this week too! So I've just gotta stick with it so it will become habit ;)

There's been other small things going on, but not really worth mentioning right now I guess. If you want to stay more up to date with the things going on in my life, you can follow me on twitter! http://twitter.com/benjaguy or just visit my blog and look on the right side =) So anyways just wanted to tell y'all the news!

Homemade Laundry Detergent

My wife and I have been watching a show about The Duggar Family, who when it was recorded had 17 children, now they have 19! They are really thrifty (gotta be to take care of all those kids =P ), so on one episode they were showing how they made their own laundry detergent for really cheap! My wife and I wanted to try it out, so last night, that's what we did. =)


Here is the recipe:


4 Cups - hot tap water

1 Fels-Naptha soap bar

1 Cup - Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda*

½ Cup Borax

- Grate bar of soap and add to saucepan with water.

-Stir continually over medium-low heat until soap dissolves and is melted.

-Fill a 5 gallon bucket half full of hot tap water. Add melted soap, washing soda and Borax. Stir well until all powder is dissolved. Fill bucket to top with more hot water. Stir, cover and let sit overnight to thicken.

-Stir and fill a used, clean, laundry soap dispenser half full with soap and then fill rest of way with water. Shake before each use. (will gel)

-Optional: You can add 10-15 drops of essential oil per 2 gallons. Add once soap has cooled. Ideas: lavender, rosemary, tea tree oil.

-Yield: Liquid soap recipe makes 10 gallons.

-Top Load Machine- 5/8 Cup per load (Approx. 180 loads)

-Front Load Machines- ¼ Cup per load (Approx. 640 loads)

*Arm & Hammer "Super Washing Soda" - in some stores or may be purchased online here (at Meijer.com). Baking Soda will not work, nor will Arm & Hammer Detergent - It must be sodium carbonate!!

We just washed a load of laundry with it today and it works great! It may be hard to find some of the ingredients so the Duggar's have included links to sites where they buy theirs. I found everything I needed at Harris Teeter.

Here was the cost of each item at Harris Teeter:
Borax $4.75 (it's $1.25 cheaper at Walmart)
Arm & Hammer Super Washing Soda $2.95
Fels-Naptha Soap Bar $1.39

Considering that this yields 10 gallons and you only use a little of the Borax and A&H SWS, you'll have plenty of those to last several more buckets full. So it's practically dirt cheap!!! I even got the bucket free from the Hardee's I used to work at =P (it's one of the buckets they get pickles in, had to wash it a couple of times to get the smell out).

We also made some of this with my parents! They love watching the Duggar's, actually they are the ones that got me started ^_^ I like watching the show because of their Christian values, and a lot of their beliefs are similar to my own. Who knows, the Lord may bless us with 19 kids =P

If you visit their site they have more of their favorite recipes you can use! My parents had made the Tater Tot Casserole from their site, and it was delicious!!!