So this is now the 3rd year of me using the “Power of Technology” also known ast “PoT” and thus all I have to do is edit a few pages and not worry about feeling guilty about using the printer at work. Some of you that have never experienced this “Rave” may not now some history.. These invitations used to be gargantuan. Some people looked forward to them.. Most however just threw them in the trash..
To Find out more go to the Chappell Family X-MAS Rave page by Clicking Here
But I can catch Metal! F@%&!!!!!!!!! Ok so Today after getting up and
looking outside and realizing it’s wet outside and not what the forecast
was the day before (partly sunny).. I decided to hop in the truck and
head to a motorcycle superstore. (more…)
We actually arrived late in the day on Saturday. I discovered that
Towing your pride and joy for 14 and a half hours is rather stressful.
Towards the end the tongue loosened up on the trailer side. It’s really
fine but to watch the bike moving more than it was in the rearview
mirror was a little disconcerting. I’ll have it fixed before we go home. (more…)
So this past weekend with the rain coming in heavily on Saturday it put a real damper on me doing any work on the trailer. With my daughter’s birthday party on Sunday afternoon I was concerned about time but with a bunch of help on Saturday my wife was nice enough to assure me all I should need to do on Sunday was help carry in groceries and hang the piñata. So order of the day was to set up the bounce house which had my son in his clothes for the first time ever on a weekend before 8 O’clock AM and then get to Lowes, then come back in build the trailer. (more…)
One of the Perks of getting into a small company when it’s growing and staying with it after it has taken legs and gets absorbed by a large company is that You tend to be well known…..Especially if you are loud mouthed Dork like me…. But again, that has it’s perks. Like when the VP of your division walks up to you and says: ” Hey go see my assistant and tell her you and your wife are going with us to see Star Wars in Concert.” (more…)
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So a few weeks ago the wheels were put in motion of whether or not we were going to load up the family and head down to NC for Thanksgiving to visit my In-Laws. To be honest at first I was not really looking forward to driving for 17 hours and getting there and realizing that every dam road I’m on down there is begging for my motorcycle to be ridden on them. At time you’re driving along and suddenly I can picture my below me wrestling this curve to submission… But then Dawn gave me a budget… (more…)
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The motorcycle had not been started in a long time. I went out to start it and of course as all VFR’s do when they sit for too long. The battery was dead.. F%$#! So I hooked up the battery charger and proceeded to ride my other trusty stead. A 2006 Husqvarna 1832 Riding Lawn Mower.. Yeah.. That baby corners like an elephant on roller-skates. After using the Lawnmower as the lazy way to blow the leaves that I had picked up last week back to the side I walked up to the bike and she started right up ready to go.. (more…)
So I’m on Facebook…
http://www.facebook.com/MrJoelieC
Most of you know this maybe a few of you do not. Hence, the above link but I digress. (more…)
Since last Friday’s plan to spend the day chasing the kids around for the “holloweenie thing” got dashed by a bout of a “102.7 Degree Fever” for CJ meant I had to spend time alone while CJ slept it off and contemplate: Clean the house? Or: Rebuild the blog I broke a year ago? (more…)