Month: April 2013

Winter Hibernation and Spring Cleaning

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Nothing exciting has happened at our place over the last few months. Though I started to paint the cabinets, I stopped when the paint color didn’t live up to my expectations. I decided to wait to make a decision, because it’s a lot of work to do twice. Because I would need to do the work inside, I decided to deep clean the house first, getting rid of junk and de-cluttering closets before tearing apart the kitchen. It’s amazing how much the two of us (mostly I) have acquired. I’ve sent many car loads to Goodwill and the dump, trying to keep only what we need. All this work will help immensely when we move again, but it’s taken a lot longer than I expected. On the bright side, it’s warm enough to paint the cabinet doors in the garage.

I have consolidated all of the remaining junk into the living room, which is currently a wreck. It’s filled with the hardest to sort items, and I’ve been procrastinating doing anything about it. Beyond this organization, there are a lot of little projects to be tackled inside too.  We’ve started to clean up our yard and get ready to establish some curb appeal. Yard work is absolutely my least favorite part of renovating, but it has to be done.

Year of Fantasy: April and FFIV

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It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. Luckily, I jumped into Final Fantasy IV while still sick last month. It seems to be moving along a lot quicker than FFIII. Perhaps that’s just because the story and gameplay is more engaging. I don’t think I’ll have much trouble finishing it before May, but I also haven’t played for the last few days.

I started playing on DS before I remembered I also had this game on PSP. Though the PSP version looked much better, I didn’t like the translation as much and missed having two screens. My favorite feature while playing on DS is seeing an overhead view of the map on the bottom screen as you explore.

Though the job system in FFIII offered flexibility, I prefer the predetermined jobs in FFIV. I also like how your party is dynamic, changing as the story progresses. Currently I am making my way back down Mt. Ordeals, which I’m guessing is about 1/3 of the way through the game. I’ve put in around 15 hours so far.

I’m hoping to get done with this one in the next two weeks, if not sooner. I played at least a third of FFIII while on the go, and I’ve heard the console games get pretty long. If I don’t try to keep ahead of the months, I’ll fall hopelessly behind when I get to the console-only games.