It's Official

As of today, I am officially the owner of a truck. It took me 10 years to get one, but it's finally in the driveway. Well, the neighbors driveway. Turns out that a 2 wheel drive truck in a snow storm isn't the best. It sure turned out to be a great sled though. I owned the truck for 3 hours, got it stuck in two driveways due to a lack of weight in the bed and best of all, parked it in my parents driveway, (well, half way up since it couldn't make it all the way up) only to later find it out in the road. Hence the sled comment.

I know, it sounds like a bad situation, but I bought it as a work truck to get materials and deliver my furniture and cabinets, so it's going to be awesome! I'm really happy with it and very proud. It even came with a cat slipper glued to the roof of it. It was some kind of joke by the guy who sold it to me. He's really weird. Hard to explain, but he's weird enough to glue a cat slipper to the roof of a truck.

So anyway, I now have a truck and I am super happy. Now I just need to put a thousand pounds of sand in the back so I can drive it around PA til the roads melt off.

Snow. Who needs it.

By the way, the cat is in the garbage.

Ski Dummy Race 2010

Well, I have mixed feelings about this one.

Last year, two of my friends and I competed in Seven Springs' ski dummy competition. It's a pretty ridiculous competition, but usually that is the only type of competition that I get myself involved in.

This year was much simpler than last. This time we didn't use a water jet, a MIG welder, or even an angle grinder. This year we built it somewhat Macgyver style. A couple feet of PVC, a few nuts and bolts, a little cardboard, and of course...duct tape. Tons of duct tape.

Last year, three of us built the dummy in about 1 1/2 days and managed to win a trophy. This year, we had a little trouble getting together because of everyone's busy schedules, so I ended up building it alone in about 12 hours. I nearly scrapped the plans of competing about five times, but my ever-supportive wife pushed me to finish it up.

Results...

1 person, 12 hours, 2 trophies. Not too shabby.

To be completely honest, it was pretty lame this year. I only had one guy competing against me. I'm still proud of the fact that my dummies have been the only ones to finish the race two years in a row.

Even though I left the competition feeling a little let down by the turnout and a little overcompensated with trophies, I'm glad that I did it again this year. Plus, we all went out for breakfast afterward again and the food was awesome. You can't beat a good breakfast day.