Bugs Palace!

Wow. What a fantastic night. Shannon and I just got home from the legion in Hagersville, where we and many family and friends got together tonight to celebrate my Grandmas 65th Birthday party. And celebrate we did.  I don’t know who to thank for what since I didn’t help with any of the planning. All I know was Shannon made some deserts and Mike/Mallory took care of the music. Good job to all three of you. And since I don’t know who else did what, I will just say thanks to everyone who made tonight happen. You all know who you are and what you did, so Thanks 🙂  I know Grandma truly appreciated and had a wonderful time. And that after all is all that was important.

And since I have no more individual thank yous to be done, and also cause I am one tired  kid, I’m heading to bed. However, I leave you now with PHOTOS from tonight’s event. Enjoy. There’s about 110, so take your time 🙂

Welcome back sports fans. Been 9 days since the springs went on and man do I love the feel. She’s low, but not too low that I’m scraping on stuff. Gonna be a bit of a snow plow come winter on those days we get lots of snow, but due to the weight of my fat ride, that shouldn’t be an issue once I toss on some snow tires.

Went to see Shone up at Car Craze in Nelles Corners today about getting the alignment done and also to get my muffler remove and a straight pipe installed. This guy does some fantastic work. The car sounds awesome. Not too loud, but has a nice low rumble to it now and the sound of the turbo whine comes through ever so slightly. I love it. Once I get the rear valance for Shannons Jetta, she too will be going to visit Shone.

Speaking of which, if you need any maintenance or performance work (especially great for custom work), go see Shone Foster at Car Craze. He owns the place. Tell him Jamie with the black TDI sent you. He will help you out with anything you could need with a great price. He is on the Old Fess’ garage at Nelles corners (Corner of #3 highway and Indian line).  Monday to Friday 8-6 and Saturday 8-noon. All the latest equipment and diagnostics. Does everything from rim and wheels to custom headers, exhaust systems and turbo upgrades. From what I gather, you name it he does it. Except for paint/body work. Damn it 🙂

I forgot to post about last weekend.  I’ve been slacking off really badly. Last Saturday was Fisherville Funday. As most of you know, my whole family goes to Aunt Val and Uncle Bretts for fun and food and also to celebrate my Grandma Armstrongs birthday. This year was as fun as always. Except I think I over did it on the weight machine. Done ignore weights for 3 years and sit down and cold and try to butterfly nearly the entire stack. I did it. Mind you think I broke a tit in the process 🙂 Happy Birthday Grandma, and Thanks Wilson’s for a great time!

Going tonight to the legion for a birthday party for Grandma as well. Should be fun! If I have the energy, I will post more later

Wahoooo. Golf has FINALLY got its new suspension installed. I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Paul. AKA DropFrog. Paul and I spent the better part of today pulling apart and rebuilding the suspension on my TDI today. (6-7 hours in total). Actually, Paul did most the work, I assisted and learned as much as I could. All in all things went pretty smoothly. Snags here and there which added some time but no real problems. Mainly just our short mindedness which kept us looking for tools which we had just put down. Thanks Paul, I owe you big time!

I would also like to say thanks to Matt for the use of his spring compressors. They did the trick!

Here is a quick picture of the finished product. And HERE is the gallery of installation pictures. Some didn’t turn out so well. I moved the camera too quickly and got some blur, and also some glare in other shots.

When I got home today, I was welcomed with a huge surprise. My dad (who for some reason I thought was at work today) made some major headway on the deck. Its really starting to shape up. Floor is getting really close to being done. I think he and I are spending some time tomorrow hopefully getting a whack more done. Pictures of the deck coming soon. Thanks Dad. Your the best!