Spent some time over the weekend modifying some springs and brackets to get the headlights installed again on the driver side. I thought about replacing the chrome trim pieces attached to the rear C-pillars but decided against standing on my head in the trunk just to take them off again when the car is painted!
On another note the car runs amazingly well now and I filled the tank for the first time and on the way home the odometer passed into the 80,000 mile mark 
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Attached are some random photos shot at home and the Mogadore resevoir here in Ohio.
Hello everyone, I know there have not been enough updates on this page for the past month or longer. This is largely due to some life changes some of which include starting a new job at a global organization, moving out of my parents house, and getting engaged.
The new job is going very well, I am continually learning and being challenged each and everyday. I am finally getting to the point where I do not have a continuous list of questions to ask the fellow coworkers and I am sure that as time passes there will be even less. It is nice to finally be using more of my education in my daily adventures at work.
On October 25th Richelle and I celebrated two years dating together by volunteering for Angel food distribution, went to dinner and spent some time at my parents house and when we came home we found that our kitty tiggerwasn’t feeling good and he wasn’t able to go to the bathroom. So 1130 at night we took him to the emergency vet and we were faced with another unplanned bill. We however feel it was necessary and well worth the money spent to have a happy healthy kitty again.
In lesser news Richelle had a check engine light come on for the second time in less than two months on her 2001 Hyandui Elantra. (last time they relpaced the o2 sensor and transmission range sensor). This time we ran a bottle of the fuel system cleaner as well as replacing the gas gap. After putting the new gas cap on we drove the car for 5 minutes and when I restarted it the check engine light went out so I am quite confident that it was resolved by putting the new gas gap on. My pt cruiser has been running very well with no problems since I had the air conditioning fixed. It is however about due for an oil change so I will have to see if I can find a good mechanic in the tallmadge Ohio area soon. The comet has been sitting still in storage for about a month now due to the weather and the fact that I do not live 2 minutes from the storage unit. We are hoping to find an apartment or townhouse with a garage when our lease is up in July so that we can eliminate the storage costs as well as having the car close so that I can work on it more in the evenings. In the meantime I am trying to save some money for awhile and hope to have some body work and paint done to the comet within the next year or so.
In entertainment we are still enjoying the 37″ Vizio widescreen that I picked up at wal-mart a few months ago. I recently acquired a PS3 system by trading my older laptop with a friend so we are now able to watch blue ray movies as well as playing games like Grand Theft auto 4 which I have been playing a lot in the evening while I wait for Richelle to come home. A few days ago I also bought a slightly used version of Rock band I off of a user on ebay. I am excited because it will be something that Richelle and I can play together to relax after a long stressful day.
So there you have it, God’s been good to us, life goes on each day at a time. Please feel free to leave a comment!
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“Aviation is proof, that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.”
Edward “eddie” Rickenbacker Circa 1914
I first heard this quote back in school at Kent State in Dr Nettey’s Introduction to Aeronautics. At the time I didn’t think much about the quote but as time went on and I started looking at it every once in awhile I started thinking more and more about it and how true it is. Aviation DOES prove that give the will we can achieve anything we put our mind to. For example back in 1901 if you had told someone that you wanted to fly they would send you for psychiatric help. Fortunately the Wright brothers persisted and in the past 100 years airplanes have risen from being a rickity unsage structure to being a major point of transportation.
The point to this story you might ask? Is to never give up on your dreams no matter how foolish they may seem to anyone else around you. You might say that you want to be able to set up a small civilzation on mars. Though this may not be possible today perhaps someday it will happen if people persist and believe that it can be done?
What are some of your favorite quotes? How about some dreams that people have said will never come true? Any comments or thoughts are always appreciated!
That’s right ladies and gentlemen I am now engaged to Richelle Tanner the most amazing young lady that I have ever met in my entire lifetime. From the first day I met her on October 11th 2006 I knew that she was different in a very good way and we both tend to work well together. Even after being together for almost 2 years I never grow tired of spending even as little as 5 minutes with Richelle.
Not only is Richelle my lover she is also my best friend in whom I know I can confide anything and everything no matter what time of the day. Whenever I’ve had a bad day just the thought of her smile or a hug at the end of the day. Not only that she is there to care for me when I fall sick and I pitch in and try my best to nurse her back to health when she is weak. Together we make a great team.
A long time ago in December of 2005 Richelle and I were talking via AOL Instant Messenger and she was trying to cheer me up after a rather bad week and she told me that perhaps I was too focused on looking for the right person and that if I just relaxed and looked the right person may be sitting right there in front of me and I wouldn’t have even known it. Funny enough almost a year later we ended up hanging out and eventually dating. This just goes to prove that she was right and the right person was sitting in front of me all alone.
Richelle, I love the sound of your voice, the warmth of your hug, the way our hands fit together so well, how we can communicate so easily, our late night conversations and everything in between. Thank you for being with me for so long and for saying yes when I asked for your hand in marriage. I can not wait to spend the rest of my life with you by my side. Thank you for being the amazing person that you are!
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With the 2008 Olympics in full swing in Beijing China along with my new position within a global organization I figured it was time I started training to be the best “athlete” in the office.
Here we are practicing our rowing techniques…
Then we progressed to the more difficult Cubicle Hurdles…
Then we took a little breather and practiced cubicle volleyball
and then we moved on to chair racing in the open hallways
Overall I feel that we are a part of a well oiled fine tuned machine that will outplay every other office out there! Stay tuned for more footage from the Office Olympics this Fall!
Note: The videos shown above are just random videos pulled from youtube to create a funny blog and do not actually depict me or anyone I know performing the above actions.
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