what our esteemed congresscritters are thinking. As far as I can tell, they have repackaged the same bill that was called a "bailout" on Monday, wrapped it in some new tax breaks and changed the name to financial rescue, or some crap like that. And now we're supposed to be happy. Look, just write me a check for $275,000 tax free and I'll pay off all my debts. Boom! problems solved, mortgage is made good, car loan is made good and I have no more debt. Everyone is happy.
Other than that, just work and home life as usual. Budget time at work, so been busting ass on that. At home, just time with the golden children and my honey. Spent a lot of time so far this week watching TV. The Mentalist, still hanging in my list for the moment. Fringe was good, if more freaky than previous. I have this vision of being 50 and still not knowing what the f-ing "Pattern" is. If it gets to that point, I'll just quit watching.
My Jeep parts are starting to arrive. The Q-tec order finally shipped, although it won't be here until Monday (of course!). Going to try and finish fixing the flat tire this weekend, finish putting oil in and draining the rear axle, and maybe get some electrical done.
Showing posts with label jeep. Show all posts
Showing posts with label jeep. Show all posts
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Jeep work (at last)
2 whole days in a row. That's right, I got off my lazy butt and worked a little on the jeep last night. Didn't get a ton of stuff done, but got the last fuel filler hose disconnected, so the only thing left to remove to work on the body lift is the steering shaft. After that, spent an hour or so farting around with the electrical. Established with certainty that I'm missing at least 1 dash wire. I'm pretty sure it's more than that, but for sure one. I think I'm going to pull the harness out again and see if numb nuts (the PO) clipped the wire off at or near the fuse box.
Tonight I'll push the jeep all the way into the garage (so I can open the hood) and get the steering shaft, the fuse box and the exhaust all fixed (hopefully). Think I'm going to try and transfer some of the used oil from the open container into my collection of milk jugs so I can take it to be recycled this weekend. That'll help with the whole garage cleaning process that I'm also working on. Then I can unpack the hydraulic jack and start engineering some process that will allow it to reach the body so I can get the body up off the frame. Complicated, isn't it?
See ya later
Tonight I'll push the jeep all the way into the garage (so I can open the hood) and get the steering shaft, the fuse box and the exhaust all fixed (hopefully). Think I'm going to try and transfer some of the used oil from the open container into my collection of milk jugs so I can take it to be recycled this weekend. That'll help with the whole garage cleaning process that I'm also working on. Then I can unpack the hydraulic jack and start engineering some process that will allow it to reach the body so I can get the body up off the frame. Complicated, isn't it?
See ya later
Friday, June 6, 2008
People are stupid
People are stupid!
come on, say it with me. It seems that the majority of "the people", aka the great unwashed masses, or the ugly americans or whatever are just not that freaking bright. I don't know if it's the strain on the educational systems, or new math or what, but they're just dumb.
I posted a while back that we had been raided by our good friends from ICE. Okay, fine, they caught us with one guy whose papers didn't check out. Out of over 300 employees, I don't think that's too bad. But one of our subs had 24 illegals picked up and everyone on the planet is writing and posting online about how "we" had 25 illegal alien employees picked up. It's just not true and it pisses me off. I'm pretty damn sure that most of the are just stirring up shit, or are seeing if they can screw up our next bid.
Assholes!
End of bitch session on this topic......
ON to the weekend. Dance recital tonight. Excited about seeing my daughter dance. NOT EXCITED about seeing the other 9 classes this idiot woman teaches dance over a 3 hour period on a Friday night. Why not break it up by age group and then let me exit stage left after an hour or so???
Honey-bunny (and the kids and the dog) are leaving Sat. I have to say that while I'll miss them, I am also loving the alone time. Serious Jeep work coming up, plus maybe a little yard work and some cooking.
Later
come on, say it with me. It seems that the majority of "the people", aka the great unwashed masses, or the ugly americans or whatever are just not that freaking bright. I don't know if it's the strain on the educational systems, or new math or what, but they're just dumb.
I posted a while back that we had been raided by our good friends from ICE. Okay, fine, they caught us with one guy whose papers didn't check out. Out of over 300 employees, I don't think that's too bad. But one of our subs had 24 illegals picked up and everyone on the planet is writing and posting online about how "we" had 25 illegal alien employees picked up. It's just not true and it pisses me off. I'm pretty damn sure that most of the are just stirring up shit, or are seeing if they can screw up our next bid.
Assholes!
End of bitch session on this topic......
ON to the weekend. Dance recital tonight. Excited about seeing my daughter dance. NOT EXCITED about seeing the other 9 classes this idiot woman teaches dance over a 3 hour period on a Friday night. Why not break it up by age group and then let me exit stage left after an hour or so???
Honey-bunny (and the kids and the dog) are leaving Sat. I have to say that while I'll miss them, I am also loving the alone time. Serious Jeep work coming up, plus maybe a little yard work and some cooking.
Later
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Success!
Updates!
Jeep-deal is done. $1,500 and it's mine all mine. Delivery this weekend by tow truck, since it doesn't run. My logic for that is "I can part it out and get my money back". I'll post pics after delivery and when I have a chance to figure out how to do it. I'll also be posting periodically on projects that I'm working on to fix/repair/upgrade the jeep. First projects include changing out ALL fluids and filters, probably the spark plugs and possibly everything under the distributor cap as well.
In-laws have finally got their RV back from the wreck it was involved in. For the record, it takes an incredibly long time to repair these stupid things.....almost exactly 5 months from the date of the accident!
Not too much to update at work. We are continuing to aggressively chase problems in the accounting software, rather than passively wait for someone to tell us how to fix, or that we need to fix. In addition, we are prototyping the sub-job functionality so we can see if this is something we really want to do.
Will also be signing the Salesforce.com agreement soon, so we can start that implementation project. Need to force our implementation consultants to cut their rates and get more reasonable.
Family is well, I was sick for the first time, so apparently the girls finally managed to come home with something I hadn't had yet. Actually, I'm still sick, but I'm gutting it out at work for the day.
That's all for the day
peace
Jeep-deal is done. $1,500 and it's mine all mine. Delivery this weekend by tow truck, since it doesn't run. My logic for that is "I can part it out and get my money back". I'll post pics after delivery and when I have a chance to figure out how to do it. I'll also be posting periodically on projects that I'm working on to fix/repair/upgrade the jeep. First projects include changing out ALL fluids and filters, probably the spark plugs and possibly everything under the distributor cap as well.
In-laws have finally got their RV back from the wreck it was involved in. For the record, it takes an incredibly long time to repair these stupid things.....almost exactly 5 months from the date of the accident!
Not too much to update at work. We are continuing to aggressively chase problems in the accounting software, rather than passively wait for someone to tell us how to fix, or that we need to fix. In addition, we are prototyping the sub-job functionality so we can see if this is something we really want to do.
Will also be signing the Salesforce.com agreement soon, so we can start that implementation project. Need to force our implementation consultants to cut their rates and get more reasonable.
Family is well, I was sick for the first time, so apparently the girls finally managed to come home with something I hadn't had yet. Actually, I'm still sick, but I'm gutting it out at work for the day.
That's all for the day
peace
Monday, April 14, 2008
Free!!
and just not enjoying it quite as much as I should...wife/kids/dog all out of town for a week. What should I do? Rock non-stop? chase girls at the local university? sit on the couch in my underwear and watch star wars on spike TV?
Well, the last one is the closest to what actually transpired yesterday after the family left. Other fun filled items include working in the garage to clean up the clutter, vacuming out the Jeep to get all the leaves and crap, going to the grocery store. Woo HOO!! Seriously though, I'm a maniac.
No Jeep available for sale in my area AND in my price range. Well, crap... at least the garage is closer to being able to accept a vehicle now. One on the east coast somewhere, but for $700 I'm a little scared of it. Going to call the guy to see how truly fucked up it is, so we'll see what happens.
Other more work related thoughts....since I was hired to replace the outgoing (retiring) CFO at this company, what to do if he chooses not to retire? Does that break our deal? He had indicated that he would hand over the CFO title and he has been outstanding in letting me handle MOST of the accounting issues as they arise. However, I still don't deal with the majority owner enough for me to have a comfort level with him and more importantly, he with me.
I'll update this later, I need to think on it more and decide how to push the issue without being a jerk. I like this job/company and dont' want to screw it up.
Well, the last one is the closest to what actually transpired yesterday after the family left. Other fun filled items include working in the garage to clean up the clutter, vacuming out the Jeep to get all the leaves and crap, going to the grocery store. Woo HOO!! Seriously though, I'm a maniac.
No Jeep available for sale in my area AND in my price range. Well, crap... at least the garage is closer to being able to accept a vehicle now. One on the east coast somewhere, but for $700 I'm a little scared of it. Going to call the guy to see how truly fucked up it is, so we'll see what happens.
Other more work related thoughts....since I was hired to replace the outgoing (retiring) CFO at this company, what to do if he chooses not to retire? Does that break our deal? He had indicated that he would hand over the CFO title and he has been outstanding in letting me handle MOST of the accounting issues as they arise. However, I still don't deal with the majority owner enough for me to have a comfort level with him and more importantly, he with me.
I'll update this later, I need to think on it more and decide how to push the issue without being a jerk. I like this job/company and dont' want to screw it up.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Jeep = NO
Well, no jeep...the one I went to look at was a giant rust bucket. Maybe if the guy lowers the price to where it makes sense, but it's going to be complicated to swap a body in a 2 car garage. Maybe I need to expand the ole price range.
My LSU update....Baseball takes 2 of 3 from 'Bama. Love it, love beating Bama in any sport at any time. This team may be coming together and doing it at the right time.
Football spring game was last week and the "O" looked pretty good. the defense, especially the 2nd string gave up a bunch of big plays, but then I think we only had 5 linebackers to spread across the whole team. Overall, this is a team with a lot of talent and if Ryan P. gets his act together, could very scary on offense. The defense looks good up front, linebacking is weak, safeties are a strong point, but I have no idea what is going to happen with the corners.
If anyone out there is using salesforce.com, please post a reply. I'd like to discuss how you like it.
Puppy is doing great. Need to figure out a way to stop the chewing, or at least redirect it to approved items and not lamp power cords!!
Peace!
My LSU update....Baseball takes 2 of 3 from 'Bama. Love it, love beating Bama in any sport at any time. This team may be coming together and doing it at the right time.
Football spring game was last week and the "O" looked pretty good. the defense, especially the 2nd string gave up a bunch of big plays, but then I think we only had 5 linebackers to spread across the whole team. Overall, this is a team with a lot of talent and if Ryan P. gets his act together, could very scary on offense. The defense looks good up front, linebacking is weak, safeties are a strong point, but I have no idea what is going to happen with the corners.
If anyone out there is using salesforce.com, please post a reply. I'd like to discuss how you like it.
Puppy is doing great. Need to figure out a way to stop the chewing, or at least redirect it to approved items and not lamp power cords!!
Peace!
Monday, March 31, 2008
Jeep, Maybe???
Son of a gun...I bitch about something and then a guy lowers his price and puts it in my range. Going to check it out tonight, if someone hasn't snapped it up already.....
Worked in the garage all day Sunday and I'm sore. More to the point, I'm pissed because I spent hours moving stuff and putting up shelves and there is very little appreciable difference in the organization of our crap. Maybe the loft storage that is next on the list will help.
Worked in the garage all day Sunday and I'm sore. More to the point, I'm pissed because I spent hours moving stuff and putting up shelves and there is very little appreciable difference in the organization of our crap. Maybe the loft storage that is next on the list will help.
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