Impala Daydreaming.

 So for awhile now, I have been day dreaming. Dreaming about owning a new Impala. I have written about my Impala before here.

 I have been dreaming about the engine, rims, tires, and stereo. If I could go back in time I would have prevented the wreck of my Impala.

 I have the color picked out for the new one: "Inferno Orange". Inferno Orange is the color they use on the new styled Avalanche truck. I won't post a picture of the Inferno Orange, because sometimes it looks red, instead of orange. The chrome trim along side of the Impala, has a white insert. I would paint the white section: "White Diamond", with pearl in it. White diamond is the color they use on Escalades.

 For the "SS" emblem, I would want to use two of the Mini Cooper's red "S".

 Instead of this:

 I want to use the 1962's Impala emblem, instead of the 64's. I like the cursive style writing. Can you tell I am sticking to the Chevrolet theme? I can picture these colors in my head. The white pearl would set off the orange perfectly. Then I could do black interior with either white or orange accents. Or just say fuck it, and have orange interior with white accents. I haven't figured that part out yet. I would want a 327 engine again, with a 5 speed automatic transmission. I would do the disc brake conversion, and new suspension.

 I am still up the air about what rims and tires I want to use. I want to have fender skirts. Fender skirts, prevent some rims from fitting in the wheel well. The original tires on this car were called "bias plies". Bias plies are very hard rubber with very small traction grooves. They do have radial style bias plies. That might be an option. Obviously from the color selection, and the interior, I'm not really going for stock. I don't think 20's would look good with fender skirts though. And I don't think they would fit with the skirt on.

 There is just so many different things I would like to do for this project. The only thing preventing me from doing it is money, and a garage big enough to fit this in, ha ha.There are different things I can't even think of, so I'm just gonna end this here, ha ha. You get the basic picture of what I want to do.

 Till next time.

Cell phone pic Thursday 2-16-12

 I got a present for Valentine's Day from "the cats". Ha ha, I love this stuff.

Yes it is a pawn from Chess. I saw this and I thought it would look good on our game shelf.

Yes, we do like Scrabble, ha ha.

 I think it turned out pretty good.

Valentine's Day.

 So here it is again Valentine's Day. When you were younger, it was a day you got candy at school. It was a day you found out if any girls liked you, or just felt obligated. I have mixed emotions for Valentine's Day. When I was younger I wasn't "cool" or "popular". So that meant I never really got any Valentine's. I got a few here and there but nothing like the other kids. Years later I heard that class' were making kids a list of every student in class and all the kids had to give everyone a Valentine's. To me that is a good thing. It means that some little kid won't go home and cry because no one likes them for whatever reason.

 So cut to being "grown up". Now this Valentine's Day thing, gets even harder. You had to have money to take someone on a date. Like a dinner and a movie. Then get them Flowers, candy, a card, and a stuffed animal. Then after all that, you have to make sure they feel special. This is a lot of work. Some guys think that this process ends when you have a steady girlfriend, or wife. There is a little less pressure, but if you don't do all you can, they will remember this day for years to come. This can be a good thing, and a bad thing. The good is if you try harder then you did the year before, they will notice. The bad, if you don't try, they notice. So step up your game, it's worth it in the long run.

 Melissa, and I, went out on our Valentine's Day, date on Saturday. We went to the Olive Garden, and we went to go see the movie, "The Vow". It was really nice to catch up with her, and to have good conversations. I'm not saying we don't do that anyways, but some times you see it better in this type of setting.

 This year I tried something a little different. I tried to buy her some little things, and make her a home made Valentine. I saw a picture of this a couple months ago. And that's when I got the inspiration of doing this for Melissa. I studied the pictures, to find out how I wanted to attempt this. I changed mine up to make it more personal. I know Melissa, might have seen this picture also. Then I got her, her favorite seasonal treats. I just hope that she likes all of this. (I am writing this before Valentine's Day, and posting it after, so Melissa doesn't see what I made or got for her.)

 Make your Valentine's Day, a special one too.

I think I should have used a darker back ground for the tiles? But I don't know what color I would have used to make it still look good.

I noticed that some of the tiles were darker in color. There really wasn't a big selection of tiles to  choose from.

 Update as of last night. So Melissa did love this picture frame. She says now she will have to find a place to hang it. Try something new and you never know, it might be their new favorite thing you did for them.

Cellphone pic Thursday 2-9-12

Cellphone pic Thursday 2-2-12

Snow Storm 2012 Day 4!

 So it is day 4 of the snow storm. This has been one hell of a journey of bullshit! I was stuck at work for 2 nights. I was prepared with stuff, but damn. Days 1 here, 2 here, and 3 here.  That was the most horrible shit I have been through in so long. My wife was home by herself the whole time. We had spotty power outages. Luckily it wasn't as bad as some places I have heard about. Well today is the good part. I actually got to go home last night. I had my beautiful wife waiting for me with a home cooked meal, and some fresh baked cupcakes. That is a damn good welcome home if I have ever seen one. I had a nice hot shower this morning. I just feel better than I have. I'm still trying to get back to normal with like the routines, and just knowing I will be able to leave. I know people did and do have it worse but that was about as much as I could take.

Here is to the raining weekend.

Snow Storm 2012 Day 3!

 Damn am I getting tired of writing that! So here it is. It is 7:21 AM. I am at work because I was stuck here again because of the snow. Oh and I am working 16 hours today. I told you about Days 1 here and 2 here . I have been sleeping at my building for the last two nights. I am hoping and praying that I will be able to go home tonight. If I don't, I really think I am gonna go crazy like "The Shining" movie. "All work and no play makes Ben a dull guy". Ha ha. No really it's not that bad, but I am ready to be home.

 If anything cool happens today I will update this post because obviously this is to damn early for a blog that encompass' the day. (Did I really just use that big of word this early in the morning? Damn I must be still sleeping. Ha ha)

This is what the outside of my building looked like this morning. All that snow now equals pure compact ice.

Frozen branches.

Frozen Starbucks. But hot coffee goodness is what I needed.