5th times a charm!

Only 15 weeks and we are finally completed with our bathroom remodel. Needless to say we wont be recomending The Showroom to anyone that we like. It is amazing the lack of work-ethic some people have. We would go days between seeing anyone show up at our house to work on the bathroom. One story came out that the tile guy had gotten picked up on an arrest warrent so he wasn't able to come for a few days. I guess until his people could raise the bail or something like that. Exactly the kind of people you want to have access to a key to your home. Anyway, in the end a lot of the delay came down to the counter top. I guess the material we picked in combination with the fact that our walls aren't exactly square caused the counter top to be broken 4 times during installation. All it took was the owner of the company to show up and the 5th one went in without any problems. Oh, I guess there was some good news. They only lost Buster once. I came home from work one evening and was greated by Buster as usual. Later, I checked our messages and there was one from a lady claiming to have seen Buster almost a half mile away from the house. She said he got away just after she got the phone number off his collar. We still don't know how he got back to the house. Some nice neighbor must have brought him back. So, while it was pretty stressful and VERY dirty, it did turn out pretty nice.

Bathroom Renovations

We have been thinking about looking for a new house but since the market isn't spectacular we decided to stay here a few more years. So, we decided to do a little work on our master bathroom. On Thursday they gutted the existing bathroom. They are telling us it will be about 6 weeks, hopefully it doesn't take any longer then that!!!

Long Road Ahead

Well, not suprisingly, as B0b started taking the car apart he was finding more and more things he didn't like about how it had been done. So, the car is now almost completely dismantled and Bob's been hard at work fixing things to his satisfaction.

Welcoming our new arrival!!

At last!!! After months and months of scouring the Internet and farm fields between here and Kansas we finally found our car. By the way, when I use words like "we" and "our" I most likely mean "Bob" but I like to take credit for his good work now and again. So, WE located it residing in Oklahoma City, just a few weeks before our annual trip to Tulsa for the Chili Bowl. One call to good ol' Uncle Howie (a classic car guru and resident Okie) and we knew it was a goody. On our trip north, Bob went to see the newest family member first hand and paid the fella the bargain price that Uncle Howie had negotiated. He is one smooth talker! Instead of renting a car trailer to bring the vintage ride back home with us, again, Uncle Howie came through and offered to deliver the car to Houston. One small catch, we had to wait an agonizing 10 days. So, that brings us to Thursday, January 24th. Howard left the frozen north and brought our new car home. Howard's good deeds don't end there. He came over on Saturday and rebuilt the carburetor while Bob replaced the spark plugs and wires. We took a spin around town and it ran like a champ. So, now starts our jalopy journey. We have ordered an all new interior already and are having the convertible top replaced so it will look shiny and new. I'm going to try to keep up with new photos and progress reports as we fix her up.

Oh, I forgot to mention for the car people...it is a 1967 Camaro RS. It has a 350 in it that we plan to replace with another 350. (Bob's idea)