16 June 2009

Motorcycles!

Well, last Saturday was the annual Thunder Ride here to raise money for Relay-For-Life and the American Cancer Society. Last year we had 219 people and 167 motorcycles participate. This year we had 197 people and no official count of bikes but since we seemed to have fewer couples and more female riders I feel confident that we had about the same number of bikes this year as last year.

M decided not to go this year on the bike ride since she had waited too long to do her part of the campsite decorations for Relay. She spent the most of the day Saturday scanning and printing pictures off to make collages for the campsite. Now I have to go and get more lumber to make some more easels for the poster boards she’s creating. I promise to get photos of all her work and post it up her for all to see!

Anniversaries:

Last Friday was M’s and mine tenth wedding anniversary. Since finances have been a bit tight we didn’t go out to eat and instead made a nice supper her at home. M is mighty damn fine cook and the only reason we like to go out for dinner is then we don’t have to clean up afterward!

As a gift M made arraignments for me to take beginner guitar lessons and I had my first lesson yesterday (Monday). I haven’t had a chance to practice yet today, but when I’m done with this post I’ll pull out the guitar and practice. I promise. I just need to toughen up my fingers. I can only practice for about 10-15 minutes before my fingertips on the left hand are just killing me!

I gave M the money it will cost her to apply for her handgun permit for our anniversary. I know that’s not very romantic but it’s what she wanted and asked me for. So don’t be getting on my case about not being romantic! Ha-Ha!

Grades:

Well I got my grades for the classes I took at the Business College. I nailed two A’s and one B. Now I have to explain the B. I got a 93.4% in the class, but they use a 7 point system. So anything below a 94% is considered a B. Which I think sucks, but I can’t really complain because that’s the grade I earned and I knew about the grading system.

I still have to tell them that I’m not coming back for the next mini-semester that begins on the 22^nd.

 This is M on the Roadblock.

This is some of the bikes on the Thunder Ride!

 A "Real Flame" paint job. These re really hard to do and probably cost a small fortune!

 I love this paint job. Personally I would have left off the flames and just stayed with the "Marbleized" base coat and topped it with a ton of clearcoat...

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