First of all, my garage now has overhead doors. Skip and Bob helped me put the first one in and I did the second one by myself. Here is the result.....
Secondly, we bought one of those steel garden sheds and put it together on Saturday. We needed to sell our other shed to make more room in the backyard since some idiot went and put a huge garage back there. :) It will hold all of Sari's stuff (gardening tools, etc). We put it over in the side yard that was just wasted space anyway - so that is good. We know that these are not the best buildings in the world, but it will do the job for now.
And lastly....... after 7 years of faithful service (seriously - one of the best vehicles I have ever owned in terms of "no cost driving") the time has come to say goodbye to my old 1990 GMC pickup - otherwise known as "Becky" - and it is time to say a big HELLO to "Becky II" (or "Bella" or "Samantha" - I have not decided yet) :)Becky II is a 1997 GMC pickup - not really my dream truck (if it were my dream truck it would not be red like "Becky I"- I have had one of those and would have gone for something else) but it was a smart buy I think.
I bought it off of a friend of mine (Greg Temple for those who know him). It was the truck that he used for his painting company - which means two things.......
1. Greg was very particular about this truck just because that is the way he his in general, but also because it represented his company. "A nice clean truck tells people how you work" (He did not actually say that - but I can hear him saying it) :)
2. Because the company paid for everything, he fixed everything. Intake gaskets, brakes, u-joints, tires, idler arm, pitman arm, steady bearing, water pump, fuel pump, ignition switch, signal light control thinger and wiring harness in the steering wheel...... and too many other things to mention have been replaced on this truck in the past two years.
So that means either it is in tip top condition ..... or it is a total lemon that will be in the garage every other day! :)
Greg showed me all the bills and they totaled almost as much as I paid for the entire truck! As well, it was $3000 cheaper than any other 1997 in the "Auto Trader" - so I figured that I had to buy it. I could have waited and bought something else, but then I would have likely paid more and still had to fix the water pump, the fuel pump, the idler arm, the pitman arm, etc, etc on top of that. Hopefully, that is all taken care of with this one.
Becky II is also a "means to an end" as this allows us to buy some sort of camper in the future if we want. She has a hidden hitch and is wired for a trailer. It also has working A/C and it rides really nicely - so we would not be worried about taking it on holidays and pulling a camper with it. "Becky I" went to the lake a lot (3 times this spring alone) but she was not what you would call a "long hauler". :)
I do not like some of the pin striping (especially the wheat on the back) so that will have to go. I thought that I was going to throw the "topper" off right away as he also gave me some box rails that were on the truck when he bought it (I think that the rails would make it look less like an "old man" truck), but the topper has been useful so far. And since I have no place to store it in the mess that is our backyard at the moment, I think it will stay on there for now.
So, here are a couple of pictures of "Becky II"..... Anyone want to give "Becky I" a good home? She could be the girl of your dreams! :)
