I’m thinking about trying to make the curtains fit the theme somehow.  I’ve already told my hubby that he has to help me with the curtain rods – I told him that they somehow have to have a “motorcycle feel” to them, which means that they will have to be chrome and will have to suggest either motorcyle exhaust pipes or motorcycle handlebars.  I’ll be curious to see what he can come up with!

I’m not quite sure what I will sew to hang off of the curtain rods, I’m thinking about something made from denim squares cut from old blue jeans, or maybe something made from faux leather, or maybe something from very silvery-chromy shiny fabric.  Maybe try to make some tie-backs that look like motorcycle chains…….

Suggestions welcome!!!!!

It seems that all of our vehicles need immediate repairs.  Brakes, transmission, ignition switch, starter, serpentine belts, steering, new batteries! It’s going to cost a fortune to fix them all. I’m getting discouraged about keeping up with all of the costs of living.  And yet fixing the cars costs less than buying new ones. It’s not just about the monthly payments, although all of our vehicles are paid off. It is partly because the insurance payments would go up too. The vehicles don’t LOOK old and beat up, but they are getting old. I would like to just keep driving them forever. I hope things get better soon!

I’m never quite sure whether to feign interest or tell him I’m too busy trying to drive the car to be looking at the construction equipment. I’m sure he misses running his landscaping company that we used to run a few years back before we moved. He wanted to bring all of his equipment with him, but I insisted that we would not be self-employed after we moved. So he sold the business. He wanted to sell it lock, stock and barrel all together as a turn-key business but ended up selling it piecemeal. One of his employees bought the used backhoe loader and the used bull dozer from him. His father co-signed the bank papers for him to be able to buy them from us. Instead of listing the used compact tractor for sale he did convince me that he was going to need that down here to help do the landscaping work on the three acres of land we bought down here. He did list four of the used trucks for sale in the Uncle Henry’s magazine and ended up selling three of them that way, and he decided to give the fourth one to his daughter.

At least once a week, though, he teases me that he is going to go out and spend a couple of thousand dollars on some kind of construction equipment that we don’t need. I always tell him to buy himself a new wife while he is at it!

I got my card a few days later, but I noticed in my email in-box was a rejection letter for my hubby’s card.  It turns out that he was rejected because they don’t think he is him!  They said that they rejected him based on information from a credit report company.  So I printed it off and gave it to my hubby and told him to call the credit report company, which he has been trying to do all morning long.  I am concerned that this may have something to do with an identity theft attempt! 

One of the houses that we looked at had a large garage by Future Steel Buildings off to the side of the house. My husband fell right in love with that place, and his eyes shone with excitement when we were taking the tour of the garage. He could not have cared less if there was a refrigerator or stove in the kitchen, but I’ll tell you that he fell right in love with that garage!

Well, we ended up buying a different house, but my husband has been lobbying for a new Future steel buildings garage in the back ever since we moved in. I’ve told him to get some quotes together and we’d take a look at our finances and see if we could refinance the house with a lower interest rate and get some equity out of it in order to get him that garage that he is pining away for!  I’m thinking that if I get him his garage, maybe he’ll be more inclined to do some of the automotive maintenance things that I need done to my car from time to time! Maybe he’ll even install a remote starter for me!

But when I noticed them, it gave me a great idea for a gift for my hubby for Christmas! He dearly loves his Harley Davidson, and I have several pictures of him on it. I’m thinking about making a collage of sorts, embellished with scrapbooking trinkets and putting it all in a couple of shadow boxes or  enclosed fabric bulletin boards. He can hang it on the wall in the garage near his Harley, or hang it on the wall in the bedroom. He’ll be thrilled!

I’m thinking about buying my hubby a new set of leather chaps. I can remember a time when I was dating a guy who took a spill on his bike and he was only wearing jeans. He had a really bad case of road rash! I think chaps are silly looking, but I think that they are an important safety item for bike riding.

She is going to be busy packing up everything in her house and getting ready to move up there. Thank goodness the new company is helping with moving expenses. But she says that she is selling her old car and leaving it behind so she can buy something new from a Chicago Honda Dealer when she gets to the Windy City. She sent me this link to check it out: http://www.ednapletonhonda.com

I’m so excited for her – she deserves a great job for a good company. This will give her a chance at a new life since her divorce. She can get a new apartment, that new Honda Accord she’s been wanting, and she’ll be meeting all new people.

I remember when she went up there for the interview last month. She was so sure she was going to get this job that she spent the rest of the afternoon at a Honda Dealer In Chicago, looking at new cars. She even reads the dealership’s blog now, to read up on all things Honda, I guess.

I wish I could get a new car. It sure would be nice to have something that wouldn’t be breaking down all the time. I could just call the dealer and bring it in for service instead of constantly searching for a mechanic that can do the work and can be trusted. Knock on wood, my car will hold out the rest of this year, and then after Christmas maybe I can shop around for my own new car next year.

These folks had several people around the country that would go to local automobile auctions in search of a specific car, and bid on it. If they won the auction then they would arrange for Car Shipping to take the car to an auto detailing and repair place to make sure it was in good working condition and looking as new as possible. Then the buyer would come look at the car and determine if they want it or not. If they decide to actually buy it then they pay for it and either drive it home themselves or have a Car Transport company deliver it to their own homes.

I could not believe that in this economically troubled time how many people are in the market for luxury cars right now! I’ve never been a big fan of status symbols, and I consider luxury cars to be one of the biggest status symbols ever invented.  I don’t know how I would feel working for a company like that.  I have a certain amount of disdain for people who drive status symbols.  Is that weird, or what!?