2005 September 09 archive at SonicChicken blog

Archive for September 9th, 2005

Sep

Caitlin’s upcoming gym meets

By Jim 0 Comments

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: caitlin, gymnastics, high tech inv.

Caitlin has two more gymnastic competitions this weekend and next. A few of her fans have been asking me for details, and I’ve been embarassing myself by forgetting where, when, etc. I’m posting the information here so I can just tell people to check the blog. I get the “good Dad” points, without needing to remember anything beyond my blog’s URL and my daughter’s name–”Just search the blog for Caitlin!”

The first meet is the 2005 River City Classic, tomorrow (2005-09-10), at Byer’s Gymnastics in south Sacramento. Caitlin’s group starts at about 17:30, and I’m guessing that they will finish by 20:00. (That’d be 5:30-8:00 PM for those who can’t handle 24-hour time.)

High-Tech Invitational logo The next meet is the Girls’ High-Tech Invitational at Technique Gymnastics on Sept 17-18, 2005. Caitlin is in session 5B, so she’ll be competing on Sunday, 2005-09-18 from about 12:30-17:00 (12:30-5:00 PM).

She also has an “away” meet October 29-30, 2005 in Vallejo at North Bay Athletic Association, but we don’t have details on that yet.

Caitlin’s hand is healed up, unlike her first meet, and hopefully she’ll get over her competition jitters. If nothing else, I think she’ll be more comfortable tomorrow competing in “her” gym.

Good luck, Caitlin! Love, Dad.

Sep

Viking Hobby has no web page

By Jim 20 Comments

Categories: Uncategorized Tags: viking hobby.

I can’t find a website for Viking Hobby, only a few listings in online phone “books” and such. I give out their business cards all the time, but I need an online listing that’s easy to find and uncluttered by a bunch of advertisements. So here it is!

Viking Hobby
916-483-6885
4713 El Camino Ave.
Carmichael, Ca 95608

They’re open Monday-Friday 10:30-6:00 PM and Saturday-Sunday 11:00-5:00 PM.

If you’ve coming east on El Camino, be advised that you cannot make a left into their parking lot–the road is divided right there, so you’ll have to continue down to Greenfield Way and make a U-turn. Alternately, you can go north on Mission past El Camino, and go around the block: right on Hazelwood, right on Greenfield, right on El Camino, then into the parking lot. It sounds like a pain in the ass, but if traffic on El Camino is heavy, it’s much easier than a U-turn!

They stock boardgames,
wall of boardgames
miniatures,
racks of miniatures
models,
wall of models
historical reference material, paints and painting supplies,
historical references, paint and supplies
all kinds of good stuff!

I’ve been patronizing this store for about 25 years (!), introduced my kids to boardgaming, miniature painting, and model building here. If they don’t have what you’re looking for, they can usually order it for you reasonably quickly. Tell Jess or Mark that Jim from the Boardgames Meetup says “Hi!”