Month: August 2007

Is this the end? Well, for the motorcycle it appears there is a problem. It won’t start at all. Just sits there and makes buzzing noises when I turn it on. I’ve called into the dealer and they can’t even look at it for at least a week. Now I have a bike that won’t start and we only have one car. This will be an uncomfortable week, with Laura trapped at home.

Perhaps, like magic, the bike will just start one day. That’s what happened the last time this problem showed up. I had it towed to the dealer and it just started working. We’ll see what happens this time.

I have heard that there is some kind of recall in the works [Honda will not comment] and that it has to do with the electrical system. I hope they find something and fix it so it doesn’t happen again.

The new house is great – except for a few things. The key “issue” being a definite lack of storage space. Our previous landlords left about 6 pieces of furniture for us to use while they were out of the country, and most of those were storage-related. So now, we will head off to IKEA to see what we can find to fill the storage gap.

We have some nice, new “fancy” furniture coming next month, so we’ll have a real formal living area, but now we need some real storage. I have nowhere to put my motorcycle gear – it’s all over the floor right now. We also have no place to store our china or several other kitchen items. Those are the two things we’ll be looking for. I already know one piece we’re going to get – and that’s the MARKÖR Sideboard which was one of the pieces we were borrowing at our last house. And we’ll also be looking for a wardrobe to put the basement gear in.

I’ll let you know how it turns out…

Or so it seems. It’s positively chilly outside – rainy, foggy, and cold. It hasn’t even gotten above 70 degrees today. I’m wondering whatever happened to Global WARMING…

I do enjoy this cool weather in the middle of August, whatever the reason for it. I hope that Summer doesn’t come back with a vengence and try to make up for the cold.

But at least I’m feeling better now. I was somewhat sick all week long, but I still went to work since I felt I couldn’t leave the customer at such a critical time. So, I toughed it out and worked a full week – even some overtime. Now that I’m feeling better, there’s more work around the house that Laura and I will do today. We’re going to reorganize the pantry and maybe even organize the physical CD media in categories into some fancy storage boxes. I say physical media since most of our collection has been digitized and put on our server. I suppose that means that I should buy a media player for the stereo/TV system.

We also have ordered some new furniture to fill out a sitting room off the kitchen. It’s really the first whole room that Laura and I have done together, and once the stuff arrives at the end of the month, I think she’ll be very pleased.