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How to clear a child's stuffy nose using a breast pump and a NoseFrida
A NoseFrida is great, but it is really hard on you as the parent trying to suck, and clean, and maneuver, all while your kid is fighting you as you clear their nose. Use your breast pump with it! if you don't have one, find one.
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Fish Tank Experiments - BioHome BioGravel (Going for Zero Nitrate) Video 1
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This video is showing the history and beginning phases of an experiment in fish tank filtration to be able to denitrify the tank water through bio media use. I am using BioHome BioGravel media. While I am not sponsored by BioHome or Great Wave Engineering, they did supply the materials for free for me to test on the condition that I report my findings in video. I'll gladly link to their website...
Powerwheels Autocross - Victoria learns to navigate a course
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With very little driving time, Victoria has learned how to mostly operate her powerwheels. On her 4th time driving it we have removed the limiter screw that locked her out of high gear. She is learning to stop, start, turn and even slalom a bit. I don't know how long it will be before she either burns down the tires or wants a faster car, maybe both very soon.
Powerwheels Jeep Build - Victoria's 4th Birthday.
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Stephi and I build a Powerwheels Jeep for Victoria. Follow it from box to the first drive in a quick time lapse set of shots with voiceover. I also use my new Mic for the voiceover for the first time. I need to work on setting the levels some still, but it is a massive improvement.
Back on YouTube - Where I go from here
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I've not uploaded a video since April of 2018. The reasons for this and where I'm going now on CZcams are discussed in this video.
My path to a new career
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Follow me through the long process as I worry and fret my way from one job to my new career. It's a long journey that really started years ago and has finally become a beautiful reality now. This is another long video... and I do hope the CZcams gods let this one stay up rather than yanking it... I've been working on it for months, so I hope someone gets to see it. I need to of course give than...
Sick Toddler - I'm home with my little girl today
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My daughter is sick with something that seems to have flu like symptoms. I had the pleasure of spending the day with her...despite the circumstances. We are working hard to maintain the "work / life balance" and that all gets tested hard when someone gets sick.
Surround yourself with people willing to help
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This is a short little story from Oct of 2004 when I had to call on some friends to come help me. It's important to have people around you that are willing to help. It is also important to learn the skills to take care of problems you face.
Baby Worries - How do you process your worries of the unknown?
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My wife is sick and I'm worried. I'm just rambling out some of my fears and feelings in this one. I'd like to encourage some discussion of how you deal with your worries and fears though.
How to wrap presents and make beautiful bows
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Again I'd like to say a special thank you to to Stephanie for all her hard work. As promised in the video, here are some links where you can find the materials you need to be able to take a shot at wrapping and bows as she demonstrated. It is important to scale the ribbon appropriatly to the package. In the video, you saw a 2” ribbon being used, on a smallr package we would use a 1-1/2” or poss...
Wreck Story from 2001
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There are some links below to some minimal equipment you should have in your vehicle in case of a medical emergency. Please also seek training, links below, on how and when to use these tools. RealQuickChris was talking about a car wreck in front of his house, and then asked about people's own experiences. That video can be found here: czcams.com/video/_CHDHZj3krg/video.html In the comments I m...
Christmas Tree goes up & How to make the perfect Peanutbutter and Bananna Sandwich.
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No there is no connection between the two things, they just happen to be things I was doing and wanted to share. The great mayo debate will continue in the comments section. Music: Wine, Women, and Song by Harvey Danger Permissions granted courtesy of Jeff Lin of Harvey Danger www.harveydanger.com/ All other music provided royalty free from CZcams's music library czcams.com/users/audiolibrarymusic
Snow Day 2017
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As unthinkable as it is.... We got an absolute ton of snow in georgia on 12/08/2017. The weather models had been calling it for a while, but the meterologists just wouldnt let themselves say it. Here is some peices of my drive home and a few pictures. I hope you all get to enjoy some snow yourselves if you have not already. I wish I had been able to make it to the company Christmas party, but I...
Setting Your Mirrors & Christmas Lights Stuff - 12.01.17
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There is no such thing as a blind spot in a regular passenger car or truck. I'll show you how to set your mirrors so you know what is beside or behind you without creating a blind spot. Stop doing Christmas lights wrong, I'll show you some tips to doing it right. If you click through the links below you will see products I used in this video. If you purchase anything on Amazon through one of th...
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The claim about Biohome filter media achieving a "full cycle" (reduction of ammonia, nitrite, AND nitrate) is a scam. Ten months ago, I "pimped my filters" according to Pondguru's instructions. The recommended amount of Biohome media for my 75g mbuna tank is 6 kilos. Since I was skeptical, I decided to go above and beyond. I added extra filters for more media capacity. In total, I have 10 kilos of Biohome media in my filters. All filters utilize the coarse/medium/fine foam configuration recommended by Pondguru. After 10 months of running filters with 10 kilos of Biohome (that's almost double the recommended amount), I have not achieved any reduction in my usual nitrate levels. My nitrate levels are the same as they were when I used a much smaller amount of much less expensive media (i.e., nitrates start at roughly 5ppm immediately after a water change and rise to approximately 30ppm over the course of a week). Conclusion: Biohome performs no better than the cheap bio media that was included with my filters. It does NOT achieve a "full cycle."
What’s the connection between the pump and Frida tubing?
this test doens't say anything. my guess is that the gravel layer is acting as the denitifyer layer and not bio home. to verify this you should have a test with the bio home filter material removed. i would expect that you see similar results.
No follow up video ??
Need a filter for Aquael Hexa 60 Aquarium
Didn’t work for me
Been using Biohome products for many years and it is simply fantastic as for nitrates you must leave it for along time also pre treat dechlorinate before adding to the tank leave 15 minutes also only feed the tank ammonia solution not food as food has other elements such as ash or in live food pathogens
I love my Bio-gravel, I'll be buying it to use as a substrate with an under gravel filter in all my tanks. I went and got 12KGs after watching your video. now a month later, the tank with bio-gravel is Super stable. Using water from a different tank that had numbers off the chart( 50% of the water was replaced), the Biogravel tank was able to get those numbers down to 0 in 3 days, even when the tests were showing the numbers at their highest at day 1.
Amazing
I thought the Biohome debate had been settled and it had a limited time period that it worked due to clogging of external pores.
Super dangerous definitely don’t do this. You can’t use the force of a pump in such a sensitive area of a baby.
I looked it up medical suction on an infant nose in hospital is up to 75 kpa, the average breast pump is 49 very gentle
@@jennyanydots6959Yeah. Done by trained professionals
In the hosp the suction is greater when you bring them in RSV positive. The doctors actually tell parents to do this b4 u end up in hosp
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There is no way in a month and a half the denitrifying bacteria established the bio media in a month and a half. The bacteria that convert nitrate to nitrogen are very slow growing. In prime conditions they only split every 8 hours. To do a good test don't change anything once your test has started. In my experience no biomedia that claims to truly complete the nitrogen cycle works. They're is simply to much oxygen available. It's a sales gimmick. Pond guru is full of it. There is a way to setup media in a filter that will complete the nitrogen cycle. For my experience with the aquarium hobby and media I have 17 aquariums and several totes with a total of around a 1000 African Cichlids. I've tried many media. The best biomedia for nitrifying bacteria is sponge. 30 ppi is the best. It's better than any ceramic or cinter. Using what I've learned on completing the nitrogen cycle I've reduced my nitrate dramatically. A 110 gallon aquarium with 45 Cichlids in it used to get to 80ppm nitrate by water change day. Now that my denitrifying media established this tank only gets to 20ppm and with time or if I removed some fish it would drop even more. Matrix doesn't work either.
I had to tear down the test tank to prepare to move, then the tank broke in the move. I've been working on my wife's CZcams videos with her, fixing a very messed up house, and working my real job. At some point I may get another test tank up for this. The media got moved into my 54 gallon tank cannister. I have seen some reduction in Nitrate from how that tank traditionally did run, but we also are now on a different water source, some fish didn't survive the move, etc. so it is inconclusive.
well I have to agree I've used all kinds of biomedia Matrix biohome Marine Pure ran each one for months and my Overstock African cichlid tank 75 gallon two large canister filters trying to find out what really work and not one ever reduced nitrates. to reduce nitrates is a very complicated situation in an aquarium. and I ran them for several months over my 27 years of being in a hobby I come to find the truth they do not work for removing nitrates. but they do work for removing ammonia and nitrites. I go to aquarium science for the real deal info.
@@aquariumhacksbymarcus5653 if you want to remove nitrate look into anoxic filtration. It works.
I concur!!
Going to be upgrading my new Biorb s filter system as the Pond Guru shows on his CZcams video. I’m using Biogravel as my substrate. I plan to plant this Biorb heavily. I’m anxious to get started.
How did the Biohome experiment go long term?
I had to tear down the test tank to prepare to move, then the tank broke in the move. I've been working on my wife's CZcams videos with her, fixing a very messed up house, and working my real job. At some point I may get another test tank up for this. The media got moved into my 54 gallon tank cannister. I have seen some reduction in Nitrate from how that tank traditionally did run, but we also are now on a different water source, some fish didn't survive the move, etc. so it is inconclusive.
I've used the maximum amount of Biohome Ultimate in all if my canisters (even running 2 canisters to add additional media). After trying about every media on the market, the tanks with Biohome are by far the most stable. I have softwater tanks with SA cichlids. My nitrates do get to about 40 ppm after 12 days with large fish, heavy bioloads and two feedings a day. With Biohome I never have extreme pH shifts nor excessive nitrates. While I haven't achieved super low nitrate levels yet (most of my tanks have been running on Biohome for at least 3 years) I am guilty of using Prime to remove chloramines. To see if I can get to full denitrification with Biohome, I'm switching to API dechlorinator and buying more bacterial beads. I don't expect any change for at least 6 months as its a slow process to achieve a full cycle.
The pond guru already spent your money, so no, you can't have it back!
It increase the PH or any water chemistry? I have discus established tank, now i want to use this Bio-Gravel as a full tank gravel.
It might cause a temporary slight increase in pH if you add a large amount all at once. If you replace 1/4 of your existing biomedia every couple of weeks with Biohome (it needs time to become seeded with bacteria) you shouldn't notice much of a shift in pH.
really liked your style of video. Looking forward to an update video!
Thanks. I've gotten 1 tank set up at the new house, and will be working to get testing going again soon.
i would hope it did something, i mean, you had 3 times the recommended amount, lol
It did, but with the shutdown of tanks to pack and move I had to stop the testing. I hope to start up testing again soon.
Yeah, right!
Did you ever up date your test on the bio gravel, i used biohome ultimate in 2 large eheim 2217's and did not reduce my nitrates, i switched to seachem pond matix and saw a difference, not a lot but better results then the biohome, which i paqid a lot of money for.
I didnt do a follow-up because I had to take the tank down getting ready for a move. I was seeing nitrate reduction. I put the media in my filter for my 54 and have seen a reduction there, but i dont have enough for a deep reduction. If you use API stress coat, it works. if you use Prime it doesnt. something in one conditioner vs another makes a big difference.
Is there a follow up?
Wow, youtube was hiding comments from me an I didnt realize I had any!! There is not a followup video right now because we are working on packing to move and I had to take the tank down. I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house.
Did the nitrite level never change?
I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house.
Do you have an update? I'm currently testing biohome in three 70 gallon tanks using different water conditioners (API Stress Coat being one). Any success?
Keep me posted! I’ve got an FX6 & and an Eheim 2217 running on a 55 gallon full sized turtle tank. Fluval bio in the FX6 and Eheim Pro in the 2217. I’m thinking about moving towards Biohome, so any luck?
@@dad3562 it’s a hard thing to answer. My API Stress Coat tank consistently has fewer nitrates than my other two tanks. One also has a BCB canister going but I haven’t seen any difference with that in my second tank. So far tanks get 50% water changes weekly and the first one mentioned gets about 10 ppm less nitrates than the others. That’s it for now. When on lockdown (my tanks are in my classroom) I would go in every three weeks for a 50% water change. All three tanks would rarely get into the red zone (40 ppm or more) so that’s positive. However the feeding amount was also reduced so that is a factor. I’ll let you know in a couple more months if you’re interested. Just reply so I know. Good luck!
@@chriscaragiannis6783 way cool! Way cool, I’ll definitely hit you up. Be safe
I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house. I've torn down all the tanks other than my 54 gallon right now. Sorry for the major delay in response, youtube NEVER told me I had any comments.
@@mattadulting thanks for sharing. I’ve only seen a consistent lower nitrate level in the tank I’m testing with the API stress coat. The ones with Prime and API 52D water conditioner consistently get higher nitrate levels. I’ll give it a few more months before any data is dependable as it takes upwards of 6 months for the bacteria to build up in bio home from what I’ve read. Can’t wait for the follow up video to see what you will observe. Thanks for sharing!
I have been using bio home for a couple years now. I use the bio home ultimate in my filter, and I also mix bio gravel in with my existing substrate which is just plain 6mm gravel & the bio gravel blends in perfectly. It can take several months to see the FULL cycle establish, and at that, you need to run alot of bio home to achieve it. I didn't even start to notice any nitrate reduction until I put the bio gravel in my substrate, prior to this I was just running the ultimate in the filter. Several months on, I don't have lower nitrates but I have noticed my nitrate levels remain "maintained" & no longer creep up to excessive levels, it hangs around 50ppm and stays there and I have noticed a massive increase in my fishes overall health, not a single health problem for 2 years, I can't remember the last time I saw a fish flash/flick/scratch in my tank.
you mean when you stared usiing bio gravel it helped you to reduce the nitrate? if yes then at what number it reduced ?
@@rahulpawartube yes I believe because the bio gravel is mixed with your substrate, the low oxygen environment is good for the nitrate reducing bacteria. My tanks nitrate never dropped lower, but instead is maintained at the same number as it no longer rising, it stays at 50ppm
@@UncalBertExcretes ohh thanks
Have you tried an anoxic BCB filter
I have not but I do plan to once I set up the new tanks at my new house.
@@mattadulting I did a small one on a 3.5 nano tank and I’m running zeros across the board but I have to dose fertilizer every other day
Been thinking about making bcb basket for cannister been watching dr Novak sounds like it is kitty litter and laterite .biohome really never did anything cannister filters push to much water thru .any feed back on bcb
@@jlmm3968 with the bcb basket you don’t want to push the water through the baskets I think you just need to let the water flow around it in the filter
@@tantaros420 been watching this guy dr Novak and he show how to set up a cannister filter and just like u said let water flow around it in filter, Tried all the hype on matrix biohome etc etc , nothing really worked to reduce nitrates,I have an overstocked cichlid tank I do 70 percent water changes weekly , not that I really care about nitrates but when your in the hobby for awhile and u here all these magic potions that get rid of nitrates it makes u want to try it .I’ll give this bcb media a shot.
You never made part 2! How did it go?
I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house. I've torn down all the tanks other than my 54 gallon right now. Sorry for the major delay in response, youtube NEVER told me I had any comments.
@@mattadulting I was hoping you would reply, interested to see what the verdict was. I bought 2kg of it but didnt use it in the end
@@lostmangos That tank was actually hovering at 5PPM nitrate all the time. I would feed every day and was overfeeding the fish that was living in it. no matter what, 5 PPM nitrate. I did do a few water changes just to refresh minerals and such, but it was stable.
@@mattadulting what about your kh and ph? How did you stop those sliding without regular water changes?
@@lostmangos ph stayed right at 7. I never was testing kh but will be at the next house. I do plan to eventually set up auto water change. I'm not doing this to avoid water changes, but to make it more stable overall.
How do you feel about prime effecting the filter bacteria? From what I have read that is as controversial as the nitrate/full cycle claim
I stopped using prime so I would not mess with the results of the test. I'm not a biochemist, so I would have to lean on someone that is.
I've heard it's not an issue but switching to API to test for myself.
DID IT WORK ?? if 3 times the media doesnot do the trick..
I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house. I've torn down all the tanks other than my 54 gallon right now. Sorry for the major delay in response, youtube NEVER told me I had any comments.
@@mattadulting please upload the follow up video..
@@FireGate_13 I need to get another test tank. The 10 didn't survive the move. I'm thinking I'll do a larger one...use a dosing pump to add ammonia regularly once cycled, and have it as a split tank (make it 2 separate tanks in 1), 1 traditional filter, 1 biohome filter. Let them go head to head in matching conditions.
@@mattadulting nice idea..
biogravel is the best i think out of all the biohomes
Hi Matt. Thanks for sharing the video. Starting the aquarium hobby ourselves with my 12 yo son and wife. The whole nitrogen cycle is keeping us busy as well. We have two 50 liter (12 gallon) tanks. Appreciate all the good info. Found Richards channel a few months and started modifying our filter and pumps as well. Looking forward to the follow up video. Kind regards from the Netherlands. Bill & family.
I know your comment was a year ago Bill, but I’ll take the chance you might see this reply. I saw you mentioned starting the hobby with your son. I know he’s probably 13 years old now, but creating cool & fun tanks & picking out & homing interesting & cool fish was something I did with my son when he was little. I had no idea at the time, but it instilled a life long passion in the hobby in my son. He’s 25 now & has so many cool tanks at his house! I involved him in all the aspects of creating & caring for the tanks & fish & on his own he’s done a ton of his own researching on his own. So what started as a fun hobby turned into a really educational experience & a lifelong passion for him. I hope you & your son are still creating tanks together!
Update please. Very keen to see your results
I actually DID see a massive reduction in nitrates, but now have to start over once I move to the new house. I've torn down all the tanks other than my 54 gallon right now. Sorry for the major delay in response, youtube NEVER told me I had any comments.
Good to hear you had progress. Im doing a test on 2 tanks. Stopped using prime, and have 2kg of matrix in one tank vs 2 kg of biohome in another. Only been 4 months so time will tell. Very small load on one tank and overstocked on the other. I will let you know. Overstock has the biohome. Every week up from 5 to 20ppm and 50% water change weekly. Understocked was virtually up 5 ppm per week.
TBH, 6 weeks is a good indicator of where it should be, but you really need another 4 weeks to know where it really will end up in terms of nitrates and its removal. Looking forward to the follow up video. Also, in your description, you should list how much you added daily to the tank and what were the levels of all three as the days accumulated.
It did end up doing a Nitrate reduction. with overfeeding and no waterchanges it stayed at 5PPM all the time. i began doing water changes once a month. I now have the tank torn down for a move and will set it back up once we sell the house and move in to the next.
Matt, Well done. Your videos are much better produced than mine. I was happy to see you were able to get results similar to my testing with the Delta 60 I upgraded using BioGravel recently. I'm curious, how much of which type of food did you feed the tank to get it to cycle. My test tank was only 4 gallon and I started testing with 5 grams of crushed koi food. I quickly realized that this was too much. Nitrites went through the roof. I didn't feed for several days and did some water changes to try to get things under control and then started feeding 0.5 grams per day until I got the filter cycled. I then gradually increased the feeding until I started to see nitrite. It took a surprising amount of feed to bring out the nitrite. Like you I was pleasantly surprised to see the nitrates weren't that bad. I'm anxious to see your results to see how low you can get the nitrates with your livestock in the tank and how long it takes. Keep up the good work. Stay safe, and... Happy Fish Keeping, Don
Sorry for the major delay in response. youtue was not telling me there was activity and I didnt come check it. this video has actually been getting a lot of views! the tank ended up stable at 5PPM nitrate no matter how much i fed. I was overfeeding (just not to the point of causing bloat) and it was still maintaining 5PPM nitrate. I have had to tear down the tanks in preparation for selling my house and moving. the biogravl is in the fluval 406 running my 54 gallon right now to keep it alive. I will set up the test tank again once we successfully move.
I'm here because I was interested to know what you did for work. Do you mention this somewhere in a video?
I'm in the security industry.
Little girls! That’s awesome. Every parent has their tales of similar things.
Big ol' thumbs up there, pardner! Welcome back to the Tube Of Folly. I'm excited to see some fishies! 🐠🐟
"I'm where I belong" is such an AWESOME feeling, isn't it?
AirborneSurfer, yes it is
Congratulations, buddy! Glad everything is moving forward for you!
AirborneSurfer, and I'm glad you have your thing moving forward. I'm also glad im able to put videos up again. Considering how few views this has though.... I'm thinking they aren't notifying subscribers about it's posting or something. I guess that's what i get for posting a video the YT uppers disagree with.
Matt : Adulting Thanks, buddy! It takes a LONG time to get in front of people's eyes. There's definitely a lot to be said for notifications, but I wouldn't worry about it too much. Even still, I don't get the views from YT directly that I do from hustling my videos in various other places. It's all about that active promotion; you can't expect CZcams to do the work for you, sadly.
My nephew got real bad sick right around the same time. Poor kid. I trust everyone is feeling better now!
AirborneSurfer, much. Thank you
She ended up with a double ear infection
Always look for the helpers. Always be ready to be one, too. 💪
It's all the nature of anxiety, my friend. It hits us all. I'm hoping everything is going well for you now!
So THAT'S how you do those bows! Man, I do good to make sure there isn't a whole roll of tape on the package. This is next-level stuff right here!
AirborneSurfer after compiling the video from her footage, i then wrapped and put bows on her presents. It's not actually that hard to do the bows once you get going.
It's always hard seeing your kids sick knowing there is not much you can do and they don't really understand why you can fix it and make it better. What a morning..
RealQuickChris so true. At least she can somewhat indicate how she feels and what she needs now. When she was younger and sick it was horrible. She just screamed
let's make this a real quick comment. my two cents. lighting to avoid glare on your glasses I talked about this briefly in one of my videos but dont ask me what one. think angles, if your lights are up high the light bouncing off your glasses will bounce under your camera lens if the lights are close to your camera the light will bounce off your glasses back into the camera lens so get your lights up high above your camera. play with it you will get it or maybe I will make a video lol. B. I can't worry about what I cant control. I can think about what could happen and plan how I will react. if i can prevent anything from happening then I better prepare to do that. I know I can and will go through whatever is in my path in life. I dont know if that made any sense. happy everything is okay and hope she is felling better soon.
RealQuickChris yeah... The light thing she got me is a light ring with a cell phone mount in the middle. I need to move the mount to something else and run the light on it's own. Problem then is that i was getting hard shadows from lighting so far above. My glasses lense shape is a bit wild so you get that reflection from a broad set of angles. Light can reflect off the outer it inter surface and they are not aligned with each other in the slightest.
Just an amazing story, my friend. One of those crazy stories that only seems to happen on television. You're one of the helpers, man, and that's something to be commended! "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'" --Fred Rogers
Yeah, my packages never look this good LOL the first couple turn out all right and then I start getting impatient. Thanks for sharing my friend.
From the south. No mayo. Yelch!
Just amazing. Gnarly how that snow just kept coming down! I think the official count was 12" in Cobb County--breaking the record previously set during the Blizzard of 1993! Glad we all fared pretty well despite the power failures. Speaking of: thanks again for all your help during the storm! There shall be stories told for generations of the gallant hero who kept the heat on at Granny's house! 🎵The hero of Canton, the man they call...Matt.🎵
I just wrapped all the gifts yesterday thinking I would be of great help. (I was wrong) this video would have made it easier and not sitting on the floor to do it Would have been a smart move. Nice video thanks for sharing.
RealQuickChris well... Sorry i couldn't help sooner. I'm having fun playing with the video edits and was happy my wife wanted to get involved
RealQuickChris you should know better than to sit on the floor for more than a few minutes by now
I know I know. after trying to wrap the gifts and now watching your video I will be better equipped lol