I sadly neglect this site far more than I wish. I’ve taken on a lot of side work, including a major role with a non-profit. So my time is pretty limited. Josh and I have a few things we need to buy that aren’t cheap. So I’m doing work on the side to help offset the cost.

My car is having it’s share of problems. We could invest some money into it and keep it in proper running order but there are some things that it won’t ever have that I really would like. Mostly safety options. I’m still looking at the Ford Fusion as a replacement but I am keeping my options open. The new Focus wagons are piquing my interest.

The second thing we need is a kitchen. The cabinets are original to the house. The house was built in the 80s, the age of laminate. We always knew we would redo the kitchen. It was part of the plan when we bought the house. We just can’t find anything we are 100% sold on.

So, I’m just going to keep working on projects as I can and try to stay sane.

So I manged to sell my iPad 1 to offset the cost of an iPad 2. I reserved it from Best Buy but after five weeks of waiting, I grew frustrated. I eventually managed to get one at one of the Apple stores. I have never been so grateful to have three Apple stores. I didn’t wait in line for four hours like some of the poor souls that I met. I waited 11 minutes in line and got mine.

So, onto the reason for the post. If you’ve seen Apple’s smart cover for the iPad, you’ll know it’s a nifty idea. However, there are a few things wrong with it. Dust gets through the folding points on the cover. That’s not the biggest problem for me though. It’s the lack of a back. I don’t want to have to baby my iPad 2. I didn’t baby my iPad 1. So, after looking around, I finally came across the Mivizu Sense for the iPad 2. I took a risk and ordered it. Overstock.com had it for under $25 so I went for it. I don’t know if they underestimated the popularity or availability but it ended up not shipping on time. So, Overstock.com actually sent me an iPad 2 screen protector and a Mivizu iPad 2 Endulge Case to hold me over until the case arrived. +1 to overstock.com for that! They sent a note along with the protector and sleeve and said it would be shipped out by the end of the next week.

Not only was it shipped out, it arrived by the end of the week! Excellent. So, after a week of using it, I made a video highlighting the smart cover-like points.  It’s below. So, if you have an iPad 2, it isn’t a bad investment. I will warn that it has a potent new case smell for the first few days. Still worth it. I found that the iPad 2, in the Sense case fits in the Endulge case! I’ve lent the Endulge case to a friend while he waits for his Mivizu case to arrive.

I was warned by someone that I might see wi-fi signal degradation with the case on it but I have yet to experience that. If any of you experience it, please let me know.

Oh, if you find it is sold out everywhere, as of this morning, you were still able to “like” their facebook page and get a coupon code so you can buy it on their website.