Weekendlike updatery

[greatbear]

Well, I did not jump off of any bridges this weekend. Saturday morning I headed to the car dealer and voiced my displeasure regarding the truck boondoggle. I was assured by the manager that the other dealer that had the truck on their lot was not responding to calls and faxes to initiate an inventory swap. Since I had a second choice to fall back on, I asked if this one was from that same stonewalling dealer. It wasn't, so I had them try again with this one. The dealer is even further away, and this truck costs about two hundred more. And it's dark blue metallic rather than silver. It will look dirty five minutes after washing, no doubt. It is a pretty color though.

Try, try again.

The rest of Saturday was spent splitting wood, tuning and cleaning some of the outdoor equipment and tinkering in the garage.

Today we finally found something special nearby. My Mom used to lament the complete lack of a small, local bakery which made things from scratch. We were always stuck with the bakery section of the local grocery stores. Adequate at best, dismal quite often. Jeff heard of a local place called Touche Touchet via a local online friend. Today while running errands we decided to find the place and see how it was. What we found was an old-fashioned, corner bakery in a small strip of stores that have been around for over 30 years. The bakery opened last December and it slowly building a name for themselves. The baked goods were excellent, and the owners a very friendly gay couple. When they found out that Jeff was an uber-foodie chef sort, we got invited into the kitchen for a tour and gabfest about the baking business. Jeff was in his glory. They have a fantastic shop, and they will be on our short list of places to shop for goodies. If you are anywhere near the Columbia, Maryland area, by all means check 'em out.

I think Mom would have liked this place too.

Tomorrow, Jeff starts his new position. He's a bit apprehensive, justifiably so given his last job and the hell it had become. He's excited, though, and is looking forward to digging into his work. I think it's a change for the better by far.

I gotta sort through bins of parts in my garage to see if I have any parts to fix the transmission in the old truck again. I can rebuild an automatic in my sleep. But it looks like this coming weekend might involve a gonzo session remove/rebuild/replace just in case the new truck deal falls through. I got at least one more weekend vacation coming up this year. I aint about to let it go.

Comments

[fattastic.livejournal.com]

Good luck to you with the new truck.

Speaking of dirty

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the truck deal and don't worry about it looking dirty 3 seconds after getting it washed just because its blue, I have not washed mine since I got it over a year ago, true, it's teal green but still, it's looking a little dirty around the edges though. :-)

[redcub.livejournal.com]

I would be getting that other truck but not for a damn penny more. Its not your fault they can't get their shit in order, you should not have to pay for their lack of ability.

Failing that, go someplace else...or just do it anyway. These guys seem intent on fucking you over. I am not sure I would trust them at this point.

[586bc.livejournal.com]

Hopefully you tuned your equipment to A-440. That persistent upward creep of pitch is murder on us woodwind-types. Hope all went well at Jeff's job today!

[rockybear02.livejournal.com]

I hope Jeff's week is going well Phil.

Good luck with the truck

Big Hugs