Josh & Becky's Adventure

It's been quite awhile since i have added anything new to this page and Becky told me that it was about time to do that. Just to inform you all we are officially in our new house. We have been here since the 15th of Janurary. We haven't had a true house-warming party yet, but we hope to have one soon.

     Well I finally have a complete engine. I bought it from another member of our club for only $50. He had no idea of its condition and was afraid that I might be getting another lemon. When I did get a chance to take it apart we found that it was in perfect shape and ready for some basic "have to" rebuid parts. Hopefully soon I can get them ordered and I will be able to start putting it back together. Becky and I had decided on a paint color "finally", but have since changed our minds. (She changed her mind) I wanted a tan body with brown fenders. She wants it now to be the same color as her car. We did see one that color at a recent car show we went to.

     That's the other thing major that has happened since my birthday. Last weekend (June 1st-3rd) we had a road trip up to Effingham Illinois. This is where Mid America Motorworks is located. This is a major place to purchase parts for VW's. We haven't orderd anything from them because people in our group say that they are expensive. Anyway it was a great trip. Only one other couple made the trip with us however, two other guys had to cancel for other reasons. We did camp out there too. We even bought a new tent for the trip. It was supposed to rain a whole bunch while we were there, but it only did a little on the last night. While there we had a cruise around town and a stop at an old tim movie theater where we watched Herbie Fully Loaded. It was a really nice trip and we hope that we can get more people to go next time.

     Well I had a very nice day out at the bug ranch for my birthday. I didn't do too much to my bug at all though. I only put on the two new tires that I had and took the other two tires off. Sometime this week I'm going to order one more tire and get them taken care of too. Today we took a drive out to Vicksburg to price the paint and actually pick the colors out that we're going to paint the car. I have to ask one of the members of the club if he can get the paint any cheaper. I also have another line on an engine, well most of one that is. This one has at least been looked at by another member and he told me to get it. After I scrounge up some other parts from some other people I might have a whole engine.

     One other thing away from the bug, I bought Becky a new digital camera for mothers day. I know that she's not a mother yet but, someday she will be and she'll be ready.

     Well we made it through our first ever car show. I'm not saying that we've never been to a car show before, I'm saying we made it through putting on our first car show. It was a huge success. We heard some great things from some of the people that we in the show and everyone seemed to have a great time. I would add some pictures here but I haven't gotten them from development yet. I guess that's what I get for having a 35mm camara still.

     As for any other news in our life, Becky just got back from a trip down to Florida. She had to attend a school for her work. She also got to hang out with her friend Heather from back home that was down for a vacation. Becky was also asked to be in her wedding. I guess it's only fitting since the guy she's marrying is the guy she met at my wife's bachlorette party.

     I can't think of anything else to add other than that I'm stuck here today because we are finally getting the Kia fixed today. It's at the shop getting the timing belt replaced and a carborator cleaning. This $500 price tag is going to suck.

     Well I still don't have a complete engine for the car. What I did buy was worth the $150 that I paid for the engine though. I spent the whole day Saturday out there at the ranch taking apart the block and pistons only to find out that the crankshaft had been driven to death and the block "might" have been repairable. On a good note, I am going down south probably on Friday to check out another car that has a compete engine in it. Me and William from our group are going in halves on it because he wants the body. Hopefully between what I have now and what I get from that I will have a fully functional engine for my bug.

     Well some new stuff has happened to us and some of it isn't the greatest of news. Becky had to fly back to New York this week because her grandfather passed away. We had been hearing that he wasn't doing so well anyway. She also had some good news in that she is going to be in a wedding for a friend of hers back home. This is the same friend that was Becky's maid of honor. That means that we'll have to plan a trip up to New York sometime next year.

     For me the news is that as a Best Buy employee we recieved out Blue Crew Buck this week. This is a bonus for basicly making the company some money. The crappy thing with it is that they have to tax it to death. With this money though I am going to be putting some new tires on the old bug and pay for the new paint job. I also needed a new computer monitor so I went out and get that taken care of today.