Working on the Car

Well James spent his Saturday night working with Curtis on the old 93 Tempo. We started around 7 PM and was driving away by 1:10 in the morning. We got a lot of work done on the car (well who am I kidding, Curtis did all the hard work...I was the monkey) and I'm really happy that we finished it all in one night.

We replaced the Valve Cover Gasket (it looks like it goes on the engine block and inside it holds the pistons of the car. By the spark plugs) and that was actually a fast fix...the whole thing was done in about 30 minutes.
The Spark Plugs were changed easily and we changed the Distributor Cap and Rotor ( I actually got to do that. It was easy and a good thing too.) New spark plug wires were put on and then it was time to handle the big project...

...The Water Pump was a big challenge to replace. It wasn't hard to find but it was hard to reach as it is in the middle of the car (other car crap was on top and below it). After a few hours where Curtis pulled the water pump, cleaned the surfaces that needed to be put together and then put the new one back in place and make sure it is tight, it was about 11:30 at night.

After a break (the sealant needed to set for a bit) we went out and put on the new Serpentine belt (we took the old one off when we did the water pump and it was worn so it needed to be replaced anyways). No problem as I have small hands and can wedge them in small places.

We filled new coolant into the car (as we had to drain it to work on the water pump) and tested it out. Man I haven't seen the car run so well in a long time. Just goes to show what some work on it will do.

I actually had a lot of fun working on the car with Curtis and getting to talk and getting to know him some more...I should if he is going to be my future brother-in-law.

Mario Party

We've had our wii for almost a year now ( 11 months I guess) and though that entire time I think my favorite 2 player game on there is Mario Party 8.
Jacqui and myself have come to play the 2 player battle games before I was going to work. It's nice because a good game takes less then 30 minutes and you never know how it's going to end. The multiple boards that we can play are a lot of fun and I think my favorite is becoming Koopa's Tycoon Town. This reminds me of Monopoly where you invest in Hotels to get Stars ( stars being what you need to win the game )

I must say that playing it on Zack and Lindsay's 40 inch tv is much better then one one half that size.

This game has also become a good way to play on the Wii with my sister. Spending time with family is a good thing right?

New Computer

Well I'm pleased to say that I have a new computer. Jacqui let me get a Dell Inspiron 1521. I've been wanting one for a few years now and I'm so happy that the day has come.

We purchased it at Wal-mart for $599.97 plus tax. I was looking at the dell website and building the same computer would cost over $1100 dollars. What a price change for the same computer.

Zack I'll need you to come over and set up a home network so I can share files and the printer. I keep having a problem with it.

Here's some specs on the computer for those who care.

Key Features

• SMART: Windows Vista® Home Premium Operating System
• LARGE: 15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA LCD TrueLife Display
• FAST: 1.8GHz AMD Athalon Dual Core TK-55
• POWERFUL: 1GB DDR2 533 MHz Memory
• HUGE: 120 GB SATA 5400 RPM Hard Drive provides sufficient memory storage
  for all your music, videos and files
• CREATE: CDs and DVDs with the Super-Multi Dual-layer Drive
• VISUAL: ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 with 256MB HyperMemory™ Video Card bring images to life

I'm very Happy now!

Over the Holiday Season

Well over the holiday season we had a lot of fun. Here's some pictures with captions.

Jocelyn at her 19th Birthday Party. Let the drinks begin!

Jacqui and I at Jocelyn's party.

Leanne with Jocelyn at her Party.

Jocelyn Singing after about 20 drinks!

We got to see Mark just before Christmas. This is him with his cool new Truck. Best Truck Ever!

We went to the lake after boxing day and came home on new years day. Here is a wonderful view of the snowy lake.

Jocelyn and her dad ( Jacqui's dad too! ) came ice fishing for the day. Here is afish Joc caught. I guess she used to kiss fish all the time as a kid.

What is new years without fireworks?

And more fireworks...ok it was 6 PM on the 31st when we shot them off but it was cold out and dark already. It was new years somewhere right?

Busy busy

Well we haven't updated in a while......I guess we've been busy. Whats new? We painted the living room, kitchen, and bar of our place. Potentially we'll do the bedrooms too but I think we're done for now. We went to Edmonton for a weekend about a month ago and had an awesome time visiting friends and shopping. For the long weekend (last weekend) we went to the lake-it was a blast but there is a lot more snow there! Oh, and we're re-upholstering our living room chairs.

Halloween

Snow at the Lake