cigar boxes

Carl has recently been watching youtube videos of different folks building and playing cigar box guitars. If you've never seen or heard one you should check it out! They only have 3 strings and sound like nothing I've ever heard before. Really really cool!
So he wanted to find some cigar boxes to play around with and I knew there was a cigar lounge on 72nd out here in Tacoma. (I drive by it all the time, that's the only reason I knew it existed, btw :p
We went there this morning and asked it they had any empty cigar boxes. The guy at the counter said yes and took us in the back room where there was a small shelving unit in the center that had lots of them he said we could go through and they only cost us $1.00 each! So we bought 6. We both came out of there with headaches though-the place was full of guys smoking cigars-go figure, lol.
Kyle is doing better every day since his surgery on Tuesday. Had ACL repair on his right knee. Torn tendon repaired, ligaments and a few other things done. He is wearing a brace that goes from mid-thigh to his ankle and can't take it off for a few more days. We got to loosen the ace bandage today and he takes the brace off when he is sitting on the couch. Got to keep the leg elevated too. He isn't sleeping too well wearing that brace but he can't risk bending the knee right now. So he dozes off on the couch throughout the day. Meds make him sleepy too I think.
The twins graduate from culinary school this Sunday. They are having the graduation at the school which is in Tukwila, from 10am to noon. Should be fun.