Monday @ 5:00

And I'm homeward bound after a long day.

The Falcon - ready to race?

Chad spent so much time on this car last year trying to get it ready to race. He was able to take it out a few times. He has high hopes for this season. I keep trying to talk him into just using it as a pace car. We'll see.

Horsing around

Here Kitty

This is my neighbors cat.

He doesn't like his picture taken.

Or maybe he does, I just need to do it right.

New ride

Just yesterday, I was walking the lot at work, thinking about getting a new car.

And then this little beauty was sitting on the showroom floor today when I got back from lunch.

What do ya think?

How about for the race track?

Maybe I could sneak it in with the mini stocks.

I think it would be a blast.

Fish face

I was trying to take a picture of one of the 3 day old babies swimming around in my tank when this one swam right up and posed. I just couldn't resist.
I think this is the momma.

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Chabing

Life

and the junk in it.

Red rock station

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Men at work

Chicken on a stick

Oh say can you say?

365 Resolution

Fishes at work

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Hot flash be gone

Couldn't resist

See yesterday.

The End.

Today was a great day

It was so nice outside today that we decided to go fishing.

We drove by our new church building on the way out of town.We'll have our 1st services there on January 30th.

I usually don't like the drive to Las Vegas, but it was in the 60's today and we were able to ride with the windows down for a bit.

I love this view of the City.  Las Vegas will always be my home away from home.

Lunch first, at the Silverton Casino. The buffet was overpriced, but a good change from the same old stuff you get in Pahrump.

We really wanted fish, but I'm pretty sure that Bass Pro Shop at the Silverton would have a problem with us trying to catch theirs.

Which is really too bad, because they have some pretty awesome fish.

We decided to shop for a bit at Kohl's,  where we bought a can opener and a Dr. Seuss book. (oh darn, no pictures. ha.)

Finally, we finished up our fishing trip at Petsmart. Where Chad got new fish for his tank and I got a 5 gallon tank to put on my desk at work.

If you click to enlarge, you can see the gold specks on this Dalmatian Molly

I love fishing!

Today was a great day!

Would the real Scion please stand up

My Office Wall

Trying to redeem myself

I thought about making this a long story short, but in the end, I decided that I would need to do some explaining in order for this to be a real redemption. So here goes...

I've worked in some form of the automotive industry for over 15 years.

At my first job,  I arrived (the term used for checking in) and inspected  rental turn-ins at the rail-yard. These were fleet cars that the major rental companies were turning back to GM. After inspection and ownership transfer, they would be shipped  out by rail to the various auctions around the country to be sold to dealers at the factory sales.
Arriving and inspecting cars was a hands on job. To arrive them, I used a little hand held machine that I would record data about each car into. The make, model, color, and mileage. After all the arrivals were done, I would go back and inspect the interiors. Looking for any damages. Burns, tears, dings, etc. Any damages found were also recorded into the little machine. At first, there was an inspector who went behind me and inspected the exteriors for damages, either repaired or not. After a while, I was that inspector too.

After I left the rail yard, I got a job at a Toyota dealership as the used car secretary. Now I know that sounds like a cushy job, and for the most part, it was. Except on Tuesdays, in Las Vegas, in the middle of summer, outside, on the hot asphalt, doing inventory of every.single.used.car.on.the.lot!
Although it was a Toyota store, the owner was a used car guy at heart, and we had a ton of them. I was required to touch every used car in inventory. Sometimes, the cars weren't even on the lot. But I wouldn't know that until I was completely finished and had searched every inch of the dealership.


By now, you might be wondering why I'm telling you all of this. Before I tell you, I just want to say a couple of things.
First, I've always liked the fact that I could identify all sorts of different cars, just by looking at them. And even though it's been quite a few years since I've done any "hands on" work, I still try to keep up by walking the lot at work just looking.
Second, Just recently, someone told me that I always have to be right. And to that I say - I don't always have to be right. I just don't like being wrong and I usually don't say things unless I know what I'm taking about.

The other day,  I was leaving work and a funny little car caught my eye, and I wondered to myself what kind of car it was. I planned on taking a picture of it for my 365 resolution when I got back. I didn't have my camera so I  snapped a quick picture with my phone and using my all-knowing car model super-power, decided it was a Scion. I didn't need to check the model, because I could easily google it when I got home and get it posted on my blog. You can see that post here.

So after all that; guess what? It was pointed out to me just today...It's not a Scion...It's a Nissan Cube.  What? How can that be? I googled it! I looked at pictures! I used my super-power! It was a Scion the other day! What in the world happened? I immediately pulled an inventory report, hoping to find a Scion. Nope! No such luck. Shoot...it's a Cube.


I don't always have to be right...I just hate being wrong!

Fixin' the wall

Just another day at work. Chad and Zachary rebuilding the wall at the race track. It should be good as new by the time we start racing again February 5.

Strange

Although I wouldn't buy this funny little car, it caught my eye right away as I was leaving work for lunch today. I couldn't help but take a picture. It's a Scion XB and I bet it sales fast. Maybe a young kid will buy it and load it full of speakers. Fun and strange.

Six

This is Camron a few months ago...he was having his very first hibachi. He was all smiles.

This is Camron today...He's six.

And missing his first tooth. I love it when little boys are six.

I am so happy to have texting now-a-days. He's over 400 miles away, but I don't have to miss a thing.

When all else fails...

...there's Ruby

If I forget to take my picture for the day (already, and it's only day 10), Ruby will be there to stretch and pose for me. She sees me get the camera and knows what to do. That's just what friends do. I'm a lucky gal!

Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm

Gene Autry on Encore

Does taking pictures of the TV count? I think so, especially when it turns out so good!

Gone fishin'

With Spongebob!

365 Resolution

Bowling Night

Chads bowling tonight...I should find something to do. Oh wait, I did!

Lunch

Anthony

This was taken today having lunch with my son. We both have lunch at the same time so we meet up in a parking lot to eat lunch together, it our own cars. This was the first day he was in his new truck.

Not my dog

Peanut

A customer brought this puppy into work just as I was leaving today. I think it may be one of the cutest things I have ever seen!

Snow dog

Ruby - I think she enjoyed the snow!

Sunday

How I'm spending my birthday