This is what happens when a GMC Denali backs up into a Civic, and after dropping some serious cash to the body shop, this is what it looks like now.
As you can see I also had them replace the fender that I banged up pretty good like
almost 3 freakin' years ago.....So I started out with a wreck!! Here's the dealeo..... I was just going to make a right and the lady, who was on her cell phone, backed into me!!! Her backup lights came on and before I knew it she slammed into me!!!! I was not happy because when the trooper came she would NOT say she backed into me!!!! SOOOOOOOOOO the trooper's hands were tied and could not place blame on her for the accident!!!! Needless to say, I was not a happy camper!!! Not only am I out of $1000 for my deductible but my dang insurance premiums went up!!!!! Geez thanks!!!!!!! There is more to the story but I might sound 'mean spirited' or a bitter American if I give more details..... OH AND!!!!! I also got the truck fixed too..... Check it out... They had to replace the whole back window!!!!
On Thanksgiving I started out the day participating in the first annual 'Merritt Ln clean sweep' which consisted of one person, me....................... You see, I live on a pretty secluded road
and teenagers love coming here and drinking their little hearts out. I don't blame them...... KRIPES!?!?! Who wasn't that kid that didn't like a good place where you could go and drink without the cops coming and bustin' you!?!??!?! Exactly........ I just wish the little punks would clean up after themselves!!!!
So with the tractor, wagon, work gloves and a rake I go and clean up.
Most of the garbage is cans and glass with a hint of plastic bottles.... The last step is to take it all to the 'recycling area', or us simple folk down here in Lancaster county call it, the dump. It's just another way that I can help mother earth plus they pay you for aluminum!!! WOO HOO!!!! And ladies and gentlemen, that's how I roll!!!!! Capitalism RULES!!!!!!!
Not even a week after Thanksgiving, Grandpa McBride went to the big plant up in the sky.
He was a border line workaholic. Ahhhh hell! Who am I kidding? He was a full fledged one!!! Grandma told me that he would go to work at 4am, come home for about an hour for dinner then go back in until about 11pm!!! GEEZ MAN!!!!! Talk about the ultimate company man!!!! While I was up there I went up to see Mark and Melissa up near Cleveland. Poor Mark had to work the graveyard shift so Melissa and I hung out and she even had wine glasses with a place to write our names so we didn't pick up the wrong one!!!
And look at Singer's new toy!!!! It's a really fast tricycle!!!!! Pretty cool if ya ask me......
Oh and if your wondering, thinks are just groovy at the nuclear power plant which is right next to casa de Singer. If you ask me it's just a
very expensive way to boil water.
I then went up to see my family up in NY. I stayed at my cousin Jeff's house, he's the guy I get most of my material from to make you laugh, where I met his future wife
Kari.... I also saw my wild and wacky cousin Cassie........ As one of my other cousin's wife would say, 'bless her heart'!!!! I didn't make ya cry this time did I Cassie???????
Wanna know what there is to do up in Bolivar, NY???????? Head down to the Bolivar country club for a fish fry and drink!!!! HE HE HE HE!!! I was going to give you a link to it but they don't have a site!!! Hello 20th century!!!!! Anyways, it's where my grandpa Cawley was a member, the majority of my uncles were too and where mom and dad had there wedding reception back on Feb 15, 1969!!!!!!
Matter of fact, I don't think any of the decor has changed since then!!!! GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST!! They have been married for 40 years!!!!! That my friends is a rarity this days!!!!!!!
I had my share of the white stuff to satisfy my need for it the next 10 years and when you travel up in the stuff this is what your car looks like.....
When it snows they load up the old salt trucks and spread it EVERYWHERE to try to melt the snow and ice. This is why cars up north are a pile of rust just after a few years. So I spent the weekend cleaning every inch of it trying to get all of the salt off it.
I worked on a few things in the kitchen. My friend Steph and I went to Lowes and she helped me find new fixtures on the cabinets. I had to get a female perspective. HELLO!!! I know my limitations when it comes to that stuff..... So instead of 'I like to think of myself as being rich' gold, I have pewter color...... What do you think?
I was so happy with the results that I did the, I have no idea whatcha call it, out in the living room.
For Christmas I asked for and received a new
L.E.D light for the sink......
It's all about being GREEN as much as I can!!!!! Speaking of green, that's the color of my counter tops which has been discussed by everyone who has come to visit. There is no in between....... It's like former President W Bush, either ya hate or love him. So let me ask you fine people out there, what color counter tops should I go for?????
Also the floor has seen better days as well.... The damn kids used it for their canvas!!!" Look mom! I can kinda draw a straight line!" I want to get tile and again I need your help! What color should I get and FOR THE LOVE OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY! Something that I don't have to take out a 2nd mortgage to get!
I also got my own iPod!!!!! THANKS MOM! So now all of this:
Is on this!!! YA GOTTA LOVE TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!
On New Years eve the Haver clan spent a few nights with me..... It's usually absolute mayhem but I would not want it any other way. They brought 'Rock Band' and we hooked it up to the Wii.
I felt like the tour manager for Foghat back in the 70s. I had to break up shouting matches between the rhythm guitarist Mitch, the lead guitarist Holly and the singer Heidi. It was pretty funny how competitive they all are!!! As you can see, Natalie was a backup singer/ dancer......
Don't be fooled by Mitch's innocent look. He's a cold blooded Wii bowler! This kid would whoop me and talk smack while he did it!!!!! I tell ya!!! The youth of today!!! No respect for their elders.....
The house hadn't seen that much action since, well let's see??? Oh yeah, the last time they all were all here... But it's well worth it!!!!
That same day I was informed that I had jury duty for a week in January!!!!!! Everyone told me great ways to get out of it, like showing up with a confederate hat and a shirt saying 'Guns don't kill people, I do!!!!!!! But my favorite is asking the judge, "Does the state still offer firing squads as an option for a way to be executed??????"
And now a word from our sponsor, State of South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. We had a snow storm in January...
It snows down here about every three years or so. Gotta love it because:
- No matter how little it snows, everything shuts down! It's like a snow day back when you were in school.
- The snow stays around for maybe a day or two then it all melts and you are back to normal 55 degrees!
- Did I mention EVERYTHING shuts down!?!?!
I waited till the coldest day of the year so far to go and get some of the broken concrete that I have been eying for a while. I figure that anything that would scare the poopy out of me is either dead or hibernating.
So with the truck and a shovel I went and loaded up....... Here comes one of those fancy slide shows for ya. Oh and before you say anything about "Gee???? He sure didn't put much in the back of the truck." The things were heavier than Rosie O'Donnell and as I've told you before, I'm not 18 anymore!
So I did a little at a time.
Then in February we had another dose of the white stuff with some ice mixed in with it and I didn't go to work that day because I really didn't want to slide into a ditch or something. So I started to scrap and sand the walls in my bathroom...... I had a few areas where the paint was bubbling up......
I also replaced the crappy gold light that hangs above my mirror and the knobs and hinges on the cabinets..... GOOD GOD the people before me luuuuuuuuuved them some gold didn't they??? YAHTZEE!!!! Guess where I got a nice pewter light?????? Nope not Big Lots guess again! ALDI!!!!!!!! THAT'S RIGHT!!! Aldi. Not just cheap food anymore!!!! WOO HOO!!!!!
So the big race, Daytona 500, came and went.
Beeker, I mean my friend Kyle,
made a ridiculous $100 bet with me and I won it, wanna see my shocked face?
After swappin' spit with his new buddy Boike in the shower, he decided to send the $100 in freaking dimes and shredded paper...... It took me about 2 hours to dig them all out..... But it's all good because I almost filled up a bottle with all them!!!!! Who's the joke on now buddy????
After getting my HUGE stimulus check thanks to Obama, just jerking your chain; I didn't get one so don't write your congressman asking where your check is, I decided to put an extra layer of insulation up in the attic.
Again, it's all about being efficient and saving my hard earned money so I can be taxed more by the government for taking care of the
octuplet woman and her 25 kids. Also to contribute to her having more plastic surgery in her attempt to have the lips of
Algenlina Jolie. Getting back to the insulation, it's a heck of a lot better to lay it out when it's not freakin' 105 up there!!! WATCH OUT!!!! I'm going to go
Bill Nye 'the science guy' on ya! Heat rises and no matter how cool it is outside all the heat in your house collects up in your attic and causes it to be hotter then the hubs of hell up there!!! Plus it doesn't help that you have to cover up any exposed skin. I made the mistake of being up there in the afternoon and sweating like Michael Jackson on the witness stand!!!!
You know, sometimes it really good to live in a 'Mayberry' type town because the bottom hasn't fallen out in the real estate market like say CA, NV or FL!!!!! The Mexican Princess, Soraya, helped me with a SWEEEEEEEEEEEEET refinancing!!!!!!! So that means I can save money on my mortgage and use the extra dough as 'girl money'!!! SOYAYA IN DA HOUSE!!!!!!
As you can see, I have been doing my Wii yoga every morning!!!! The HOTTIE that is my trainer says I am a 'yoga master'!!! And who's to argue with her??????? She's HOT and smart!!! HOLLA!
In case you missed it, I posted this SWEET video of Dale Jr, actually it's my nephew Charlie at Halloween 2008.
He has some sweet moves doesn't he????
Well that's what's been up with me the last 4 months...... I'm going to enjoy a Dilly Bar with the boys.... Talk to you next month....
Oh and for your information the
national debt is.................. Come on everybody!!!! Sing along! "And I'm proud to be an American................."
ONE MORE THING before I go........ Jack, the one in the middle, is Autistic and they are having an 'Autism Awareness' night at the Charlotte Checkers game this Saturday 4/4/09. If you are in the Charlotte area come and chat it up with me and buy me a beer thanking me for all of the hard work I put into this blog. We can also enjoy watching guys beat the living crap out of each other!!!! It will be better then watching somebody getting 'pepper sprayed' on COPS!
OK so it's not a picture of the actual display from inside the store, still trying to figure out my new camera phone, but I think you get the point. PBR Light! I have to watch my waist line ya know...
She's hot isn't she??????? Her first job is cutting this nasty a$$ tree down in the back yard.
My environmental scientist/arborist/genealogist/astrologist/nuclear physicist/civil engineer/chemist/nautical expert/Jedi Master in some of the finest beer on earth and all around good guy, Thompson told me that is was probably hit in the early years of it's life.
That would explain the HUGE disgusting GAP in it..... Get it? Charlie wearing a GAP sweatshirt next to a GAP in the tree!?!?!?! NEVER MIND GEEZ LOUISE!! So I feel it's my duty as a law abiding citizen of the U.S.A to take it out of it's misery! So with Marvella and my little nephew Charlie, Liz's brother Will, I cut it down...........
We ever let him drive one too...
Which is a HUGE improvement from my old phone where it took 20 MINUTES!
The 30+ years at Hysol-Dexter-Alpha-Henkel and the rest of the name changes every time they were bought out, were worth it. Not only did he get a SWEET retirement package but a son with the love of plastic! So with that homeless hitchhiker I picked up a few months ago, he just won't leave, we put the thing together.
So summer is winding down and to be honest with ya, I thought I would have had more done but with a combination of mandatory OT and injuries to my ankle, it's been kinda a waste..... You say that you knew about the OT at work but you didn't hear about the ankle..... Well, while amassing frequent-flier miles to heaven, I was helping a lady at work fix a flat tire, I fell awkwardly on my ankle while trying to loosen up one of the lug nuts, HEY! That's the name of the mascot out at Lowes Motor speedway.
When I fell I thought I broke it because it was kinda pointing in the wrong direction but the Dr. at the urgent care center said it was just sprained really bad.
CHECK IT OUT! It's from Montgomery Wards!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!! Are they even around anymore? Look at their logo, I looked online and they stopped using that one in 1968!!!! So this paint is at least 40 years old!!!!! BUT! It's unopened and if it doesn't work so what!!!!! I'm painting the garage floor not my living room walls with it!
and cleaned out the whole garage..... NOW I look like I live in the south or Emporium, PA!!!!!
I say 'poor thing' because it's not been on the road since.... Drum roll please,
SOOOOO! After that picture was taken I stumbled back to my cousin Jeff's house and 'sort of' passed out and when I woke up I realized that I had 'sort of' barfed....... Well here is the difference between me and others, I took the sheets off the bed and made a 'B' line to the washer and I also took some Febreze and sprayed the whole room..... Others would have just left it the way it was but that's not how I roll! The only mistake I made was telling Kari, who in turn, told my cousin Jeff. He made sure EVERYONE knew............. DORK!!!!!!! All day I had to endure badgering from all of the people they invited to their wedding and reception.....
WOO HOO!!! Nothing that can’t be buffed out by yours truly, I can clean a car right Steph? ANYWAYS, Jessica was her name and I could really tell she was freakin’…. I said ‘Jessica… It’s all cool….. This baby has over 120000 on it and still tickin’…. You scatched my bumber big deal…. I’m not that guy to report this to my insurance or anything…. Get back in your car and go home….. It’s all good!” See folks, that’s how I deal with life….. You do stupid stuff throughout it and you learn from it……Now if it was someone that was being a jerk or a certain person that I recently saw for the first time in like 20 years then it would have been on!!!! COPS, INSURANCE COMPANIES and FIRETRUCKS!!! Hell I would ever had the cops ‘pepper spray’ her for good measure… I bet $100 she did the speed limit the rest of the way home!!! HA HA HA HA HA!! Poor kid! Let’s hope the next person she hits is as cool as me……..
Being it was a complete wash out the last time I was at the Boike and Mese farm, I swung over to their neck of the woods with a few cases of the WORST beer NY has to offer and I was immediately placed on the tractor, with a new SWEET A$$ seat, and bush hogged their fields till sun down........ LOVE IT!!!!!! Some people have their crack, booze and any other form of addiction and there is me with my bush hoggin'!!!!!! AHHHHHH UTOPIA!!!
Also, while polishing off the deck demo, I noticed that there is a poor turtle aimlessly roaming around. I figured that I took his/her home when I removed it...... I went out there this morning and it's gone.... Either
DAMN SKIPPY!!!!!!!!!!! I proudly display this on my front porch.......
Pretty sweet huh? Grandma McBride loved her some clowns... They are kinda creepy if you ask me. She gave this to me and I really didn't know what to do with it BUT after pondering it for a while, I came up with a brilliant way to use it!
enjoy yourselves because this is a celebration!
I do have to say that the survey that I posted on my last entry went over as well as a fart in church! The last time I checked, just a few minutes ago, One person actually answered the question I asked! ONE! MY GOD!!!!!! Do I feel like THIS GUY? Damn right I do!!!
EASY there kids!!!! Don't go and call social services on me.... This was a staged picture. I just wanted to kinda freak everyone out........
Aren't this babies banned in all 50 states? I'm soooooooooooooooo going to bust this out at my next party!!!!! Sure hope no one gets impaled..... HE HE HE HE HE HE HE!!!!!!!
This also brings up another 'issue'........ I took the liberty to create a little survey that I wish all of you to take!!!!!!! It will help me in what my future of 'blogging' will hold. FOR THE LOVE OF BABY JESUS at least take the survey!!!! It consists of 1 question!!!!! THAT'S ALL!!!!!!!!
PEOPLE!!!!!! I had to take an elevator to my seat!!!!! That's how high I was!!!!!!!! So with my sixer of PBR, scanner and head set I headed up to enjoy some RACIN' and thought to myself as the cars went by, 'this is how we won the Cold War! The Soviets had nothing to compete with this!!!!'
I also watched some pretty funny 'trash' reality TV! I tell ya!!!!! When you think your life is in the crapper just watch some of that and you will say to yourself "Come to think about it, my life isn't that bad.".....It rained about 98% the time I was up there so I was very limited on what I could do.... I was all revved up to ride the tractor, front loader and anything else I could get my hands on....... DAMN RAIN !!!!!! We did have an evening where it did stop raining long enough to burn some trees and junk that Boike cleared with the front loader!
and teenagers love coming here and drinking their little hearts out. I don't blame them...... KRIPES!?!?! Who wasn't that kid that didn't like a good place where you could go and drink without the cops coming and bustin' you!?!??!?! Exactly........ I just wish the little punks would clean up after themselves!!!!
Wanna know what there is to do up in Bolivar, NY???????? Head down to the Bolivar country club for a fish fry and drink!!!! HE HE HE HE!!! I was going to give you a link to it but they don't have a site!!! Hello 20th century!!!!! Anyways, it's where my grandpa Cawley was a member, the majority of my uncles were too and where mom and dad had there wedding reception back on Feb 15, 1969!!!!!!
Matter of fact, I don't think any of the decor has changed since then!!!! GREAT CAESAR'S GHOST!! They have been married for 40 years!!!!! That my friends is a rarity this days!!!!!!!
Also the floor has seen better days as well.... The damn kids used it for their canvas!!!" Look mom! I can kinda draw a straight line!" I want to get tile and again I need your help! What color should I get and FOR THE LOVE OF PETER, PAUL AND MARY! Something that I don't have to take out a 2nd mortgage to get!
Is on this!!! YA GOTTA LOVE TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!
made a ridiculous $100 bet with me and I won it, wanna see my shocked face?
After swappin' spit with his new buddy Boike in the shower, he decided to send the $100 in freaking dimes and shredded paper...... It took me about 2 hours to dig them all out..... But it's all good because I almost filled up a bottle with all them!!!!! Who's the joke on now buddy????
That's a sweet mullet isn't it?? Business in the front and PARTY in the back!!!!
Sooo?? Let me ask you fine people out there, what woman DOESN'T look great on their wedding day???? OK maybe this one is the exception...
Pretty hot huh!!!! I only hang out with girls that win beauty pageants!!! We went hiking and I fell and sprained my knee pretty bad but I was half way down the mountain and I had to put on my big boy britches and limp the rest of the way down..... It was a wake up call for me... I needed to start working out again and stretching. So I went and bought myself a Wii Fit and I highly recommend that anyone reading this to go out and get one!!!! So every morning I workout. I can now do yoga and I'm not a hack-e-sack kickin' hippie!!!! "Let's do a drum circle dude..".
So to fight all the dang erosion I dumped a bunch of mulch on both sides and don't tell Boike but I planted some ivy too.... He thinks I have a problem with my love of the stuff...
It should be a blast!!! I'll be seeing people from my hometown that I have not seen in years..... And then i'll be heading over to see my grandparents...... I'll talk more about that later.... All I can say is the cycle of life sure can suck.....
That's my truck at the time being used to knock a wall down. MMMMM To be young and care free again!!!!!
OK...... The first thing I had to do was have all the utility lines marked so we didn't accidentally rupture the gas line while digging!!! KABOOM!!!! Get this..... I went to this web site in the morning and filled in my info... I was thinking it would take them at least a week to come out and mark them all but to my amazement, when I came home from work that afternoon they were all marked!!!! SWEET!!!!
I unloaded it and I was off faster than a prom dress..... I started working on the side of the house where I keep the boat. Remember this?
Well that is what happens when your tires are sitting on the ground. The soil sucks all the moisture out of them... I leveled it and I will be having a load of gravel dumped in there.
We started out bright and early the next morning by taking out all the RR ties I put in there last year...
Don't let the looks fool ya. I took this picture when I first put them in and you're right, I had a pretty good lookin' start to it but trust me. It was a downward spiral after that.... Anyways, we took them all and threw them in the back yard for the time being.
And now it's this...
So up next was spreading some seed then hay. We got rye and top millet because the stuff grows fast and helps fight erosion. We also used a few of the bails and steaked them where the water runs so they slow the flow down which also helps with erosion. Don't worry, they are not permanent. I'll keep them in there until there is a good cover of grass and the dirt is compacted enough.
When you realize all the stuff you can get accomplished when you rent one it's a no brainer..... It's money well spent.....
Being that Boike was the only person who actually responded to my request for what the heck I should do with the side yard, he won the magnet/'to do' list.... I do not have a picture of him accepting his award, HECK I even forgot to bring it up with me when I was up there. I guess I will mail it to him. His suggestion was to lay stone down...
