Bugs Palace!

Start off today’s update by reminding everyone of the Jack and Jill for Shannon and I this Saturday night (Aug23) from 7pm till 1am at the Jarvis Community Center in Jarvis. (From #6 highway south, through Caledonia, through Hagersville. First left after the stop lights in Jarvis). Tickets are available at the door, or if you want them early, at the Beer Store in Hagersville or at my Parents place. Hoping it will be a good turn out. Come one, come all. Bring your friends!

Next off, we are at ~17days till the wedding. Holy shit 😉 . Coming up fast. Shannon and I have been busy trying to finish getting all the stuff in order for the big day. Lots of little things to do. Luckily, due to the power restrictions, Shannon has been put on half days, which gives her some flexibility to get some of the things done. Not easy to prepare when we both work same hours as most stores. We will get there though.

FINALLY For those of you who still want to see my new truck pics, i got some for you to see. Again, sorry, but bad pics. Not so much bad pics, but more “dirty truck”. I’m aiming to give it some lovin’ this weekend. and detail it all up for the J&J. Latest updates on it (since last pictures): 4/6 drop kit replaced the old 2/4 kit. Street Scene sport mirrors, some new Carwear clear corner lights up front. and 245/40 rubber for the front tires to accommodate for the now lower stance. Also, an installed but unpainted Checkmate flush mounted toneau cover which hides my nicely laid BedRug carpet kit. The old girl is coming together. Front end needs some smoothing and painting and maybe some bags, but that won’t be for a while. BTW, the big’ 4×4 next to me belongs to Mr. Ian. . Makes my truck feel short. I love it.

No bug updates yet again. Poor girls gonna think I have abandoned her. Even though the fact is money and time to get it done for the wedding ran out, so its been put on the back burners. I’m really hoping I can persuade Alex into finishing the last bit of welding in the next few weeks, so I can Hopefully get it into the body shop this winter to get the paint put down on it. Would really like to see it road ready for next spring. Shannon and I need something to go out for our 1 year anniversary in 🙂

24 Days till the wedding. Holy shit time is flying by. Reminder AUGUST 23rd is a Jack and Jill in Jarvis for Shannon and I. 8pm-1am. Come one, come all, bring  your friends, it should be a good time! 8$ per ticket. If you want to buy early, Shannon, Myself, Alex and Donna have tickets. Donna can be found at the beer store pretty much any time, and I get around. If you want one, just ask 😉 Drop me an EMAIL to get info, directions etc.

A HUMUNGOUS thank you to my Mom, Sisters, Aunts and Grandma for putting on what was apparently an amazing shower. Everyone’s support means more then you can imagine to Shannon and I. With all the stuff going on around the wedding, trying to find the money to pay for it all, and just the stress of the whole situation, you guys have been there for us. I am curious about shower gift  rules. Can we use the stuff now, or have to wait for till married. Cause I can’t wait to have a nice cold glass of Pepsi in my swanky new chrome glasses. (Thanks Pookie, I’m surprised anyone remembers I liked them, No one ever listens to me 😉  ).

Truck goes in for an allignment tomorrow morning before work. Man I hate getting up for these 7:30/8am appointments. Makes for a very tired boy. Upside is, I will FINALLY be able to put the 20’s back on the front of my truck. This 16″ bald rubbers up front are killing me. Not to mention the squaking they do around corners being out of allignment. Put them on, and drop the lid off at Lens to be painted, and truck be done for a while. Finally.

If all goes as planned, I will give the truck a quick wash and snap some photos of it. If I don’t Aaron, Ian and Erle are likely to string me up. Sorry for the delay guys. Pics coming.

Got all my parts, and got them installed. Truck now has a 4/6 drop, sport mirrors, bedrug and a straight role pan :-). Will be putting the new (non leaking) clear corners in tomorrow. Also gotta get an alignment done and put some new tires on up front as the current 20 rubber wont fit up front. The rubber may be here this weekend. Will know tomorrow. It looks great. Hella low. Already scraped a bit testing my limits on some monster speed bumps. Hell those ones made my Nissan and cavalier scrape at stock height. I never go over them so I’m not worried. I can get in and out of my townhouse complex no problem, and those ones are about an average size speed bump. Just gotta take it easy when going over them.

Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures before the sun went down. I was too busy putting in the rug and mirrors with the help of Alex. Bed is super comfy. Laid in it for a while tonight. Pictures up tomorow, even if its still running the 16″ tires in front 😉

Wedding stuff: not too much to report here. Going to look at cakes and finalize flowers tomorrow. 37 days and counting. Ok, I’m almost thinking about starting to freak out. How can something you look so forward to be so nerve racking at the same time? I have no problem (and frankly very much looking forward to) spending the rest of my life with Shannon. Why is this one day so scary? Its just a day; right?