UPS just dropped off our Nintendo Wii. Happy to say it appears fully functional once again - now where can I hid this thing so Xavier can’t get to it?
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Wii Are Back!
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008So Long Wii… See You Soon
Tuesday, February 19th, 2008 Two weeks ago Xavier decided that he could double his fun by inserting an extra disk into the Nintendo Wii - in effect doubling his fun right? Well, it turns out that the slot load drive isn’t a big fan of dual discs and the drive was rendered incapacitated. Two weeks later, I finally got around to calling Nintendo Support to inquire about costs for replacing the drive. As it turns out, repairs (for drives anyway) are about $50! An additional shipping fee (via FedEx) is $7.50. All in all much cheaper than trying to replace one of these highly sought after systems. Today we’ll finish packing it up and drop it into the FedEx drop box for delivery. Nintendo said 7-10 days and we should have it back. So I backed up our saved game data and Mii’s onto the Wiimote and a SD Card I had here and hopefully it comes back with the data on it. I was surprised by the apparent lack of capacity of the card (32Mb) only holds about 250 blocks of game/channel info. I expect it to hold more.
If I could offer some advice to folks who are curious, do not put two discs into your Wii as it appears to break it. I’ve heard water also has a negative effect but that is as of yet untested and unconfirmed.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thursday, November 22nd, 2007
We’re in West Dundee, IL with Patty for the holiday this year. The kids started the day with a little time playing Nintendo while Patty and Gretchen make lunch. The Turkey is over at our old house cooking away so we’ve got space for Ham and all the sides here. Chris and JP are supposed to join us later today for the big meal.
Mario & Luigi
Saturday, October 27th, 2007
Oskar and Xavier have selected their Halloween costumes. Mario and Luigi from Super Mario brothers. Since Luigi is a little taller (and a little thinner) Oskar will be Luigi and Xavier will be Mario. Oskar has also decided that I’ll be question mark blocks so that he and Xavier can hit me! Gretchen has been actively sewing up blue overalls and the rest of the costume for the boys. We’ll be sure to snap some photos of everyone in costume.
Random Update
Monday, July 3rd, 2006Okay so it’s been a while. Since the last update, the boys have graduated college, gotten married and we are grandparents. Okay, so it’s not that long, but Oskar is 5 now. Xavier walks like you wouldn’t believe and Oskar is an awsome Nintendo player. Both boys went to see Cars in the theater. I have been racing a couple of times and am doing okay. We have done lots of other fun things and are looking forward to a trip to the beach in a few weeks. In the meantime, have a look at these photos of what we’ve been up to.
