Update on our lives.

Well I guess I will update everyone on our lives and what's going on.

I have changed jobs and am now an Audi Technician at Crown Audi in Clearwater. I've been there about a month and absolutely love it. The cars are amazing and the people and environment are great and motivating which is a welcome change having endured the last year at Brandon VW. Excellent start to a new year.

Kelly is still Waiting at Bern's Steak House and is doing well. If you plan on dining there be sure to request her when you make your reservations in advance.

Her sister Kristen just got married at their parent's amazing new home here in Brooksville, and she made the cake for the event, as well as was the Matron of Honor. Kelly is amazing and takes on way too much, but always manages to knock 'em out of the park.

Bailey is doing very well in the 3rd grade and just finished his first Science project which he got an "A" on!! We are so very proud of him.

Tyler and Emmy are cute as can be and have never met a stranger in the store so I end up meeting everybody when I take them somewhere. All three of them love Spongebob, Penguins of Madagascar, Fanboy and Chumchum, Ni Hao Kai Lan, Dora, Diego, Little Einstiens, and all the current Disney icons.(you know them, I'm sure) Watching them experience life is the most amazing thing for me.

Kelly and I are living life in an unconventional way these days. "Passing ships in the night", is pretty much it. We work opposite shifts, me days, her nights. She's gone when I get of work, I'm asleep when she gets home, she's asleep when I get up to leave. Short phone calls, notes, and a few hours on days off are our together times. it's rough but we each have amazing relationships with the kids as she has them for morning stuff and lunch and I have them for evenings... dinner/bedtime/baths and such. We both work all the chores and house duties and it either piles up or gets done but we both are responsible so no one can blame the other.

I guess we are sowing the seeds and will reap the rewards of our sacrifices.

I have gotten into the mindset that I can and should fix and recycle whatever I can, to save and reduce expenses in this economy. I got a 48" HD widescreen rear projection TV from an abandoned forclosure home and found all it needed was cleaning, and a new mirror inside for the projection unit. So I took the whole thing apart, got mirror dimensions, cleaned it and got a new glass from a local glass company, "Holiga Glass" on US41 in Lutz. Beautiful, clear, smooth mirror. I reassembled it and BAM! We have a like new HD tv. Can't beat that. cost 21 dollars for a 1000 dollar TV. (I looked it up online, in 2004 it was a grand.) My brothers Sony Vaio laptop crapped out on him so I took it and disassembled it, cleaned out what looked like a decade of dust and reformatted the HDD and installed a new O.S. and BAM! "Like new" laptop.

Bottom line, unless it's physically busted up... it's gonna get the once over by me.

Anyway that's the news for now...

Audi update.

Well the Engine/Trans assy is just about out. I would have had it done, but the temperature here dropped to about 16-30 degrees for about 3 weeks during the evenings and at night. So I abandoned the whole deal until it gets warmer. My garage is not heated since I'm in Florida so it's just not gonna happen at these temps. Anyway here's a few pics of where I've paused.










































I finally decided on a wheel for the project as well. It is a factory Audi wheel that comes on the new S5 coupe. It is 19x8 and has 235/40/19 Continentals. I probably will ditch the Conti's in favor of some Yoko AVS Intermediates or Falcon Azenis 619's. What do you think?

A whole new year!

Well it's been a while since I posted here so here's a lot of updates.

It has been frigid here (for Florida) at 21 degrees overnight and highs in the 50's with the occasional 60ish.  It is supposed to "flurry" here over the weekend, but It'll flurry in Hell too if it does.

Christmas was good and kids are loaded with toys for our chaotic torture. Tyler got an automatic "tommy" style Nerf machine gun, Emmy got her first Barbie doll (from Santa) and a new Snow White dress (authentic Disney). Bailey got a Lego Star Wars set he's been working on for days now. He is ecstatic!!

Kristen (Kelly's sister) got married last night on her parents property in their new house last night and it was a great time had by all. Lots of hitches leading up to it but I guess that's true of all weddings it seems. It all came together so you'd never know of any problems. Kudos to the people behind the scenes of course!! Derek built the house and altar/platform, Georgeanne made all the food (incredibly good), Kelly made the cake (an event and masterpiece in and of itself, deserving a separate post), Kelly's friend Andy was the photog and He's amazing. Can't wait for all the pics. She and Larry are off to Japan and Tahiti for some Honey!! Have fun.

I've hit the Audi project full force!! More pics soon. I'm may be going in a different direction as I have a possible venture in the works which will affect the project in a HUGE  way.

Oh! and I got a new job!!! I'm no longer with VW and am now a Technician at Crown Audi in Clearwater. I've been there just under 2 months, and it is great. I couldn't be happier. Better products, more work, and MORE MONEY!! plus a future that doesn't exist at VW dealers in the area.

Ok, that's it for now. I'll keep it coming on a more frequent basis now, I hope.