Anyone need some fireworks?

So, HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANGIE!!!

I'm not sure if its my monitor, or the flourescent lights at work, but blogs look much better on my home computer!

Here is the lovely double crochet that Sandy was working on Tuesday.

I love pink and yellow together!

I got to spend all night sitting in a fireworks stand! Go SPV!! That may not sound like fun, but it depends on the company! I got to sit and chat with the qb's mom and dad, they are from WI, and although I am technically from IL, I was only 7 miles from the border, and my parents and some friends live in WI now, so that counts!


My hubby did some work on my bike tonite :D
The neck bearings got greased and ready,

They were also actually on the bike, with the triple trees, but there is some kind of difficulty going on with the offset neck cups :( The guy that is doing my motor is the one that suggested these, so he is supposed to stop by tonite to help, but it is 10pm and he hasn't been here yet, so I don't know if he's coming tomorrow instead or what?
Anyways, the rest of the front end stuff and the axel stuff has been sorted out and made ready.

The tap-it blocks have been removed from the bottom end (motor) and have been cleaned.

The manual has come out... and been opened!

And, because it IS a shovelhead, and it IS going to still be old school, not to mention the fact that it is MY bike hahahaha, I did manage to rattle can some stuff before I left for the fireworks stand.


I know I've said this exact phrase more than once, but here goes. Tomorrow, I will hopefully have pics of my georgeously perfect red paint! (atleast, that's what I have been told via my hubby) Altogether now, deep breath... now hold it till I post the pics hahahahah!

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Saraphina's for everyone!!

So, I took my camera to cc last night! We had a small yet prolific group, it was nice.

Mindy was there..

which was really good, cause I haven't seen her in like forever!

Jamie only has a few more weeks with us.. :(

But she brought this great blankie that she made when she was 12 I think..

beautiful! (I didn't finish my first full size blankie until I was 26ish!)

Here's Tina's Seraphina..

nice yarn choice!

Of course, since I remembered Tina's name, I couldn't remember this lady's name..

but her Saraphina is moving right along!

Sandy is working on a 63 square afgahn in three shades of blue..

this is little guy #4. She was also picking up a new trick, a pink and yellow reversable swatch made using a cro-hook that I took a picture of, but apparently I didn't load it into photobucket :(

Angie is assembling another comfort-gahn for charity :D


the squares are great, but the one she added to the mix IS the best, one of Sandy's donated squares is in there also, very nice!

We'll finish the cc pics with one more of Mindy's

cause I like the yarn, and her pigtails, and a pic of the blankie I was working on.


It was brought to my attention last night, that I have not posted any pics of my puppies! What a bad Mommy I am!
This is Schidgy (she came with the name)

She is 8ish. She's a blue healer, very smart dogs! I recomend them to anyone that doesn't have small children, they are born trying to herd things, so they try to keep everyone together, and can get kinda snippy. Very good for keeping the kids on the couch though.. "take a leg" and "get the kitty" are her favorite words.
The biggest Coco..

She is 3. We got here from Lied Animal Shelter, they labeled her a Rotweiller, but she has obvious signs of sheppard. She does not know her own size! She's a pretty good dog.. she LOVES little kids and plays really well with my baby..Emma (named after Ross and Rachele's baby.. yes I'm a Friends geek!)

She is the sweetest little crazy dog of them all! She is a 2 year old, half Malteese, half Yorkie. This mix has become a recognized breed of its own now, but I can not remember what it is. She is the only one that will play fetch.. she loves fries, and hates short humans.. including kids, Bucky, and Frank! hahahaha

Before I went to cc, the hubby and I went to Cecil's to get some bike parts :D !!!
These are the chrome split oil lines..

they deliver oil to both heads at the same time. The stock oil system sends oil to the rear head which has to fill-up and over flow into the front head. This "new" way keeps the motor cooler, very important in the blow drier, I mean in Vegas.

We also got the rest of the bolts to put the motor together..

these chrome acorn nuts will look really good since the whole motor is flat black :D
I also found some rocker arm bolts that are BRASS!! They match the pretty covers that I bought a couple monthes ago. Sweet!

Here are the bolts and dust covers that we actually went to Cecil's for ahahhaha

This is all we needed to get the frame to the point of "rolling chasis". Rock ON!

Hopefully I will have pictures of the pretty paint job to show you tonight! but I'm not holding my breath.

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Bathroom pretty :D (almost)

So, its my middle daughters birthday, she is 17! WOO HOO! We went to Lone Star for dinner.. mmmm! My son went to the bathroom just as we were getting up to leave, so we ran out to the car and started to pull out.. he came running up to the car, and he was like "nnoooo don't leave me again!!" all dramatic like! hahaha everyone in the parking lot, and all the waitress were laughing at us. I was laughing so hard.. I had to re-park the car cause I couldn't breath!

Anywho, I got alot of work done on my main bathroom on Saterday!!! woo hoo!
I didn't tell my hubby what I was doing work on, I just told him that I was going to drastically change something, he was convinced that I painted "his" fireplace all weekend! He was very happy to see that his brick is still unpainted.. so far haha!

So, I still need to do something with the floor, install the door, touch up some paint, and replace the light switch and electrical plug, but for now, lets move right long to the pics..

Here is the toilet in the hall.


Too funny, had to take a pic.

Here's the old torn up door, did I mention my house spent the first 32 years of its life as a rental?



How many colors has this bathroom been?



Margie 28ish - tile 0



I even tore off all the old molding!



Toilet no leaky!!! yeah!!! I was so nervous about taking it out to remove the tile, but it had to be done to do the floor right.. but its all good! Its alot easier than you would think!


Like my wainscoating?

Here's the new door frame :D



I cut a whole in the wall..



to make some built in shelves. The bathrooms are so small, they are both getting this up-grade!



They didn't turn out too bad for a beginner! I learned some valuable lessons for the built ins that are going to go into the master bathroom :D haha

And, here is the crown molding..


This is the corner that worked! hahaha I will need to do some more work on the other corner, that is the light fixture that I installed before we moved in :D I have one like it for the master bath, but since it has not been painted yet, it has not been installed.

I cleaned and etched the floor, but it did not get as pretty as I hoped it would :( I think that I am going to have to go with a couple different shades of stain to cover it nicely.. I have to get something figured out before I can tear up the rest of the old ugly tile with the "I hope its supposed to be that dark, cause other wise that's grose" grout!



On Sunday, the wife of the guy that my hubby was out of town with, invited me to come over and hang in the pool, we had a cook out, it was very nice. I would like to say.. "Thanks for the VERY yummy steak!", Now I will send her a link to here so she can read that hahahahaha!

OH.. and my bestest friend back in IL has jumped on my "go to the gym" band wagon!!!
She is doing very well!! Rock on!! "why" indeed!

And now I'm all caught up!! Sweet! I'm going to go pack my gym bag and go to bed!

Late :D

PS. 41 people have been here!??! I think it must be counting some of you 2 or 3 times or something!! If you have time post a comment so I can see how many of you there really are :D Sweet!!

Really quick bike stuff :D

So, I am just about running out the door to meet my bf Suzie for diner, but I wanted to leave ya'll with some pics, and a movie if I can get it to post..!

My buddy from work finished the forward controls that I started altering a while ago. The before pics are here. (at the bottom) And here are the after pics! :D

http://butthenimnobody.blogspot.com/2007/05/cc-lmao.html



They are way awsome, yes? Here is a during video!



Thanks buddy! He said, "I've never had anyone want me to mess up thier chrome before, but OK".

I'm supposed to go pick up my new and improved paint job tomorrow sometime, you know there will be pics of that up here finally! :D

I have other big plans for tomorrow too!! I will be working on remodeling my main bathroom!! (Did I mention my hubby is out of town this weekend hahaha!) I'll do what I want! hahaha We'll see what I can get done without breaking anything! The kids will have to use the bathroom in my bedroom till its done, so there's some motivation not to go too far!! hahah

Well, I don't want to leave Suzie waiting!

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Fashion or Masochism??

So, did that get your attention as well as Sex, Sex, Sex? hahhahaha HI JAMIE!!

So, at one time or another, I have been thought to be a lesbian. The reasons given for thinking it are; my job, my type A personality, the fact that I ride my own motorcycle, and the fact that I wear comfortable shoes! Now, I know many straight women that have these same wonderful characteristics, but don't get me started on that.

Oh yeah, my point, there it is!! hahaha! If comfortable shoes are truely a sign of sexual preference, then I have seen the straightest woman EVER!!

So, if you look closely at my "lochness monster" quaility phone pic, you can see that this woman has a knee brace and an ankle brace on her left leg, but she's not going to let that stop her from wearing 4" stelletoes to work all day!!! No sirry bob!

DAMN that's straight!!

Now, I found it funny when I saw her yesterday, but when she did it again today, I couldn't resist taking a pic. and asking her about it. Sorry, that's how I roll hahahhaah!

She said, "yeah my leg hurts, but it hurts in comfy shoes too! I feel naked without my heels." She then tried to explain that she needs to look "professional" since she works in the offices and all.

I tried to nicely hint that "crazy" was more the look she was accomplishing, and what office does she work in where foot fetish shoe wear is "professional"?! She just laughed at me (common response) and went on her way... Very good sence of humor! I like this crazy lady :D

Late. :D