Bugs Palace!

Sorry for all the down time lately. WordPress apparently ate itself over the last week. After Kevin checked things out, and found nothing actually broken, I ended up upgrading to the latest WordPress, and it seems to have fixed the Cpu usage problems. Long story short, it’s updated, and I think finally fixed. I’m not positive, but there appears to be very little changed from the updates.

EDIT: So sql died last night. Guess it aint fixed 100% yet.

Couple quick updates now that the site is working again. Happy Birthdays go out to Shannon, Uncle Brett and Myself.  Better late then never 🙂

Congrats to Melanie and Jeremy Colbert. They were married  yesturday at in Grimsby yesturday. Awesome party, and great time was had by all. Especially me, who got to drink for free on my birthday 😉

So many more details could be given, but I am exhausted, and don’t have the ambition to go into them any further 🙂

All I’ve got to say is thank you. Thank you to my parents for an incredible week. My Mom and Dad took Donna, Katie, Grant, Shannon Chewie, Bekka and myself on a fantastic family trip to Kissimmee Florida for March Break this year. It has been about 10 years since we all went away on a family vacation. I’m pretty sure I speak for everyone when I say we had a fantastic time. The weather was great, Disney Parks never dissapoint (even when you get rain on the one visit), and all in all everything was super.  Thanks for everything guys.  Pictures to come. A lot of them. Hopefully by this weekend. 

There is sooo much more I could say, but I will leave it short and sweet this time. Mainly cause I’m still tired from the trip.

EDIT HERE Are the photos from Florida. If you got 6 months, feel free to check them out. They are broken into 3 groups. Moms camera, Grants camera, My camera.

Wow, some real progress going on with the beetle over the past week or so. I’ve spent a whack of money on parts and materials which are needed to proceed with the restoration. Last weekend, I was able to get Paul over to finish up the paint work in the boot and engine bay area, and Brian came over on Sunday to teach me how drum brakes work. Now I see them in action, its pretty straight forward. Seeing how little road time this car will actually see, I wonder if I will ever need to do another brake job. Coming along somewhat quickly now. Once the parts show up, things should go even quicker. Pics and detailed right up are HERE on my restoration page.

Mini got a new engine damper installed this month. Took me about half an hour to do. Very straight forward install. And worth while too. Shifting feels so much firmer, and accelerating feels more planted. Sounds odd, but it feels good when the go-pedal is being pushed firmly. I would say modification wise, the MINI is pretty close to complete. Over the next couple years, I’d like to add a Milltek header and some GIAC programming but thats about it. Otherwise, I’m very happy with the car, and will just drive it until its paid off

Shannon has been a spoiled girl so far this year. Her windows are now tinted 20% all around, fog lights have been installed, and her new Eibach springs are sititng in the garage next to her 18″ wheels, waiting for spring so they can all be installed. Cosmetically, I would say the Jetta is complete. Now all she needs is a chip and downpipe for performance, and it will be as fast as it looks. Then again, its already pretty quick now.