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Friday, June 25, 2004

Quick Bit

Well things are moving right along, Sunday is my last day at my current work location and we are set to close on the condo on July 1st. Very exciting times ahead. Elizabeth and myself have been looking at some wedding cake ideas online. There is quite an array of choices to be had in this department let me tell you. More later.....

Tuesday, June 22, 2004

Life Here I Come

Life has been busy as of late. Got a nasty sore throat today, hurts really bad. Left work a tad early today it was so bad. Swallowing is utter pain. No fun at all. Kind of sucks too, I haven't had a cold or flu or anything in such a long time. Guessing at least a year or so. It was a good run to be healthy.

On the work front, I am being transferred to a store closer to me. Few miles away from the apartment closer. This will definitely be nice on the gas tank and money front. Going to miss working with my friends at the store. :( Ill have to stop in time to time to say hello.

Gabe has been more than a handful to say the least. We love him to death, but wow is he uncontrollable sometimes. Most notably at night when we try to go to sleep. He jumps right into bed between the two of us and rolls around trying to play. He has also been barking and whining when we are gone to work. Not sure what we can do about that. All and all its been very trying.

Fathers Day went very well, visiting her father and brothers in the morning. We brought Gabe with us. He does so well in the car, well in my opinion at least. After we went to my parents for a while and then to see Elizabeth's mother and her boyfriend. Gabe and her mother's dog, Snowman got a long a lot better than predicted. Very good day in general.

We put a downpayment at the location we are going to have our wedding at. Very excited about this, even if it isnt displayed. Things are all falling into place.

Sunday, June 13, 2004

Plus One


The latest addition to our lovely household, Gabe! Gabe is a 9 week old male mix. Cross between a Black Mouth Cur and a Walking Hound. The later I haven't heard of though, and cant pull any hits really of the net for it. Oh well. He is very cute none the less.

Friday, June 04, 2004

Making It Go


What a time its been getting my parts together for my car.

Picked up two Dunlop tires at SamsClub after work today, got a out tie rod end & couple bulbs for the brake light at AutoZone yesterday. Fixed the brake light then too, luckily it wasn't the light harness part. Just a couple burnt out bulbs. For future reference, if anyone has a digital camera that makes movies, they are handy for testing rear lights to see if they work or not. ;) Picked up a new air filter also and replaced that. Broke some plastic clamp that connects the hose to the airbox but I rigged up a zip tie system to replace it.

Still experiencing the loud clunking and lunging problem. Not liking that.

Now all I have to do is setup a time to get the car into the shop for the installation/alignment/re-inspection job. Really hoping tomorrow I can squeeze in sometime. I shall see then I guess.

Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Rain, Rain Go Away Come Back on Friday

What a wet couple of days is has been here. Doesn't help that I hate the rain either, its just so depressing and wet. Saturday and Sunday were both sunny which was very nice, could have done without the wind being so blustery though. There is no pleasing me is there.

Work has been very slow the past four days, which us not coming anywhere near to our quota. On the upside of that I was able to get some tasks done that I wasn't able to do previously. However I am finding it mildly annoying when people assume I memorize every product that is in my department. Guess I missed that part in the job description.

Went to have my car inspected today - it failed. No real surprise, but I was hoping it might squeak by. Need a outer tie-rod on the passenger side, 2 front tires, and the third brake light bulbs are both out. Oh joy. The guy mentioned the brake light issue may be a electrical problem, as he had never really seen both bulbs out and it not be that. However I think I will try the cheaper alternative first. Also priced a the tie-rod part, found it on AutoZone's website, cheapo one being ~$15. Wonder if I could replace that myself, with all my car know how. Hehe.