Next for the Jeep

Okay, I have finally decided which winch to put on the Jeep. I have been trying to figure it out and since the Jeep is completely paid off and mine, I actually got serious and figured out which one to go with. Obviously, it was going to be a WARN winch. Best in the business. This version is a 12000 lb. winch with an air compressor attached. Here is a link to the website: http://www.warn.com/powerplant_hd.shtml . For kicks, here is a picture.

Quick Thoughts

I know I said it would be a month or so before I am able to post anything, but I had a little bit of free time so I decided to make use of it this way. I can't believe I am posting instead of something that would be helpful, time saving, and beneficial to me down the line, but oh well. You few and far between people that actually read this thing must be worth it. I really don't know how few or many people actually look at this blog and that is fine with me. I don't need or have to know everything. Sometimes being in the dark is better than having all the information. I believe that to be true on almost everything. I don't think we as the general public need or should be informed on every little thing going on. The media needs to be put in check and realize that some of what they report gets people hurt and worse, killed. I guess I am not for freedom of the press, but I am also not for being pumped with information that only the government wants us to know. I think there needs to be a balance and we need to learn a little personal responsibility. Accountability is a great thing that has been lost in this country. We need to get it back and definitely teach it to our youth.

Enough of that, the real reason I am posting tonight is because I thought I would pass along the info that has about absolutely no use or relevance to anything. I paid off my 2005 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon this week. That is right, I mailed the last payment on that bad boy. Now it is time to do some serious off-roading. For whatever reason, I couldn't bring myself to do any thing too adventurous with it while I was still paying for it. Call me crazy, but since the payoff went to GMAC if it was wrecked, I just didn't feel right going crazy with it. Now I do. I am about to add a wench to it (WARN) and maybe jack it up a bit. The lift will be later on, probably late spring. I have to put new tires on my truck and the tires I want for it are about $250 a tire. I need to change from stock on the truck because they suck up here during the winter. I went through that last year with them and I won't do that again.

Well, I gotta get back to work. Yeah, I am still at work and should be here till about midnight tonight. It SUCKS, but we all know why I can't bring myself to leave the job I hate. Truly I only hate my job 9 weeks or so out of the year. The other 43 weeks are great. Anyway, have a great rest of the week.

Final Thoughts for a While

Yes, it is true. This will be my last post for a while. Things in my life are getting insanely busy and I am am to the point in my year that I barely have enough time to sleep. We are talking 4 to 5 hours a day for 5 or so weeks. Yeah, it sucks but such is life.

I have been working on this post for a while, mainly trying to decide whether or not to actually post it. The thing is, I have been examining myself and my life. I come up short in most areas, but some I have found that I am doing better than my previous examination. The last time I did this was in January (right after I broke things off with Tiffany). I did look at things before then also and figured out which road to travel down. One thing I know about myself is the fact that I need to grow up. I have been working on it and I am getting there. You can only stay a stupid and immature kid so long. There are still things I want to change, can change, and then there are things that no matter what I do, can't be changed.

Here are the major two things in my life that I would like to change. The first one is something I have been working on, but I don't know if it will ever change. Simply put, I am tired of being alone. I know the single life has its perks, but I am ready to let it go and move on. The second change will probably never happen because I am loyal to a fault to those I love and care about. I am tired of my job and I want out. The only problem is that I do too much and have too many responsibilities and I can't abandon the family business. I know it sounds arrogant, but I am needed too much and there is no one that can do my job. If only you could see what I do day in and day out. Friends of ours have said for years now that I run the business and my dad is just there for PR. It is sad, but true.

Here is another random tidbit. I look at old friend's blogs and am filled with emotions. First it is excitement and joy and then that shifts to sadness and a slight bit of depression. I am happy for everyone and see that they are living great lives and moving forward. I am saddened because I look at where I am and it seems that I am standing still or digressing. I truly have no direction and I don't know where things will go from here in my life. All I can do is trust in GOD and follow the path HE has laid out for me.

Side note, the weather up here sucks. One day it is mid 60's and the next it is in the mid 40's. We have had more rain than I can ever remember. I am tired of our weather and wish it would turn nice for a bit. It has been a much cooler year than I can ever recall. We are suppose to get snow and rain mix most of the week. Oh what fun, not really. They are predicting above normal precipitation for the whole winter. That means a ton of early mornings headed to work to shovel snow (4:30 or 5 to get it done before we open). I appreciate everyone who reads this blog and I will do my best to post as soon as I can. Until then, have a wonderful time.

Busy

Tuesday was my last day off till Thanksgiving, and I am actually ready for our busiest time of the year to get here and get gone. Once it is over, I plan to continue what I started and take Tuesdays off. It is really quite nice to have a day to do nothing but what I want. Today I only ran 3 miles and man did it kick my butt. For whatever reason my calves tightened up and killed me the whole run. Then, my feet started to hurt during the 5 mile bike ride. Days like today make me wonder why I do it. Oh well, I will be forced into taking a month or so off because I won't have the time. I hardly have the time to sleep, let alone workout. For the next month, it is balls to the walls. Fast and furious and then nothing. Almost there, to the slower time. Granted it has already become colder here. I think our high was 54 today.

Interesting Decisions

Decisions, Decisions, and more Decisions. Mine are actually pretty small and stupid these days. The biggest decision I have to make most days is what to have for lunch. But I have another decision that I am trying to figure out. I can't decide whether or not to customize my 05 truck or Jeep. The Jeep would be the cheaper way to go, but oh how I love the look of a jacked up truck. I lifted my other truck, the 01 Silverado, and put bigger tires on it. 2 years later, I traded it off. I am looking at raising my Sierra 6 inches, changing wheel size from 16 to 18's and putting 35's on it. While I am there, I want to put the super charger on it, chip it, and redo the exhaust system. I got an estimate and it will only cost me 10k to do all that to the truck. Let me know what you think and which way I should go. I do know that the next thing I am adding to the Jeep is an extreme WARN winch. I already have it picked out.

Some New and Kind of Interesting Info

I almost forgot, I actually have some info that is interesting and doesn't include my past time of baseball. We have a good and busy business (I know since I do the accounting). We have gotten so busy that we might be expanding our work staff. The best part about this is that I might get help running the daily store operations. This means I get a "helper" and I would get to choose that person. There is a girl that I know that has contacted us about working for us. I am lobbying for her to get to help me out. This girl is a friend of mine, and I really like her and get along with her real well. I don't know what exactly is going to happen yet, but maybe real soon I get to work with someone I enjoy and really like being around. Yes, I have thought about asking her out, but now I don't know if I will. It might be a little inappropriate now, since I will be her boss. Feel free to give me any advise or tips. I know I can always use them and they are greatly appreciated.

Sad, But True

All of you know that I am a huge baseball fan and a die hard Yankee fan. Well, my enjoyment of the rest of the playoffs will again be diminished since those damn Yankees lost to Detroit and I won't get the pleasure of watching them long into October. I almost shed a tear today, but I noticed and realized a few things. First, Detroit deserved to win. They played harder and seemed to want to win more. For whatever reason, the Yankees just didn't seem to care and played like they deserved to win no matter what they did. Second, I am kind of happy for the Tigers since they haven't been there in so long. I think their manager is one of the best in the business. Truly, second only to Joe Torre (that might be my loyalty talking). Third, it is only baseball and it isn't like I know anyone playing or have any real money riding on it. As much as I like baseball, I can't really say how much more I will watch. Probably most games, just depends on how busy our fall gets. Now all I have to look forward to are some drastic changes to the Yankees staff, hopefully. I would love for someone in the organization to ask me my thoughts on what I would do in the off season. I have plenty of ideas and I will share them in another post.

Questions I am always asked.

Almost every day I have people ask me why I am not married and all kinds of questions about my dating life. I don't know why everyone I talk to think they need to know everything about my personal life. In a way it is flattering and at the same time it is annoying. I even have girls at the gym I go to asking me my age and why I haven't settled down. I usually say something to the affect of the right girl hasn't come into my life. The truth of the matter is that I haven't really found many girls here that I would even bother with. Most women up here want to party and a guy to pay for all their habits (not good habits). Since I don't drink, smoke, or do any kind of drugs I just don't fit into this single life that abounds here. I have had girls ask me out to the bar to go drinking numerous times and each time I turn them down and try to explain to them that that isn't my life style. It doesn't sink in though. There is actually one girl that asks me to the bar every Thursday or Friday........depending on which day I see her at the gym. All this brings me to one question: Where have all the decent women gone? Oh well, my loss. Anyway, my life is the same. No women in my life and my dating life, well it has dried up and blown away.

I Still Have Faith

As all of you know, I am a die hard Yankee fan. After Thursday's loss and a horrific performance by A-Rod, I am just left with a couple questions. When are they going to get rid of him and should the all wise Joe Torre bench him for his pathetic performance? I already know the answers to these questions. We are never going to free ourselves from this horrible situation and Torre would be sitting the highest paid pro baseball player and that isn't going to happen either. It makes me sick. I hated the trade for this guy and I told everyone in ear shot that the Yankees wouldn't win a World Series until he was gone. So far, I am correct. This isn't a happy thing for me. I would prefer to be wrong on this one. Oh well, we still have 3 games left. We shall see what happens from here. For A-Rod, it can't get much worse. I guess the same goes for us fans.

I live for this

Oh, how excited I am. I can't wait till 6:00 tonight. It is the time I have waited all year for. Baseball playoffs start tonight and my beloved Yankees are playing the Tigers. Yankees have home field advantage throughout the playoffs. I feel and hope that this year will end the 6 year championship drought. I can guaranty you that my 65 inch HD TV will be tuned to Fox tonight for game one. I really like the Yanks chances tonight after studying both pitchers. It is going to be a fun and great time tonight for me. GO YANKEES!!!

My Second Day off since X-Mas 05

Well, I am taking another day off today. This is actually pretty cool and I am really starting to like not working everyday, but it looks like I will only have one more Tuesday off before our incredibly insanely busy time starts. Guess I had better take advantage of it as much as I can. Today is filled with odd chores. I have to go and check on some property that I am responsible for. Then I am going to try and figure out whether or not I can install this remote starter for my Jeep or if I am going to have to take it to someone more qualified. My guess is the latter. Other than that, I don't have anything going on. You know something, I didn't even get my lazy butt out of bed till 10:45 this morning. It was a nice refreshing change. I did have to let Thor out about 7:30, but that didn't stop me from going right back to sleep. It is kind of nice that the biggest decision I have to make today is what to eat for lunch and whether or not to go to the gym. The choice on going to the gym depends on how much work I have to do out at the property.