Sun is shining in the sky, there ain\u2019t a cloud in sight. Don\u2019t you know it\u2019s a beautiful day, hey-ey-ey?<\/p>\n
The weather has been absolutely gorgeous the last week or so. I\u2019ve been trying to spend as much time outside as possible. Trying to work from home more and take a long break in the middle of the day to do stuff and then come back an sit in front of the computer in the evening. It feels like just a few weeks ago it was still winter and now it\u2019s no jacket required.<\/p>\n
Last weekend we went to a fancy party for the parents of the kids\u2019 school. It was a fun time, more than last year, mainly because we know more other parents now. Jeannie really rocked a new pair of really-high-heels she bought to stay ahead of Lizzy, combined with a new little-black-dress. Woo-hoo!<\/p>\n
Also last weekend we went upstate to visit Martin and meet my new niece Abbie. She\u2019s a very mellow baby. They’re doing great. My folks were over too. We all had alot of fun. Martin\u2019s been making great progress on making improvements to his new house.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve been making progress here too. Last week I tuned up the kids\u2019 bikes and washed and waxed Jeannie\u2019s car. It rained that night and the next morning the water was all beaded up on the paintjob. Michelle said \u201cOoh, that looks like a computer background.\u201d I didn\u2019t know exactly what she meant, but Lizzy snapped a picture of it an shaw\u2019nuff if was her desktop background that night.<\/p>\n
I also took the Mustang to a couple of local body shops. Neither of them wanted to touch the car because they specialize mainly in collisions, although they all agreed its a great car in great shape. It\u2019s true you really don\u2019t see may of them here in the northeast, although there\u2019s a guy in my neighborhood who has a Model-A Ford, and another guy who has a banana colored Ferrari. Anyway, they say I want to go restoration not just a paintjob, that I want to \u201cdo it right\u201d. I was a bit surprised; mainly the paint is dead on the roof and trunk, and there are a couple of minor dings and a tiny rust spot on one fender. I figured they could take care of that. They made the point that you don\u2019t know if there\u2019s more hidden rust, plus they\u2019d want to re-align the doors and all, and in any event they\u2019d want to take off all the chrome etc., and start with new primer on the whole car. Of course this won\u2019t be cheap, but I\u2019ll end up with a show-quality car and the money I put in will increase the car\u2019s value by even more. This was never my ambition, but I guess it\u2019s all or nothing, so I\u2019m considering it. But I\u2019m also considering just letting it be. If I go all-in, then if the engine every goes I\u2019m already committed to fixing that.<\/p>\n
The thing is, neither one knows a guy who does restorations. They both recommend I look away from the NYC area where the cost of labor ought to be cheaper. So this is back to being a research project. We\u2019ll see if I get anywhere.<\/p>\n
Oh, and Michelle spilled water on my computer and we had to take it apart and dry it out. Now the wifi doesn\u2019t work and the fan sounds like the world\u2019s tiniest jet engine.<\/p>\n
Next up: the patio project!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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