Wish Me Luck

Donna paints the bumper rail with a

  new coat of pink.

        Last weekend Donna and I did a lot of work on Baby Fat.  We installed the shelving which will hold the ovens, and Donna began adding the paint, which will define the look and feel of our cookie business.  We also received our business license and LLC.  We are both happy that we are moving forward one step at a time, as we march toward the dream. 

Those are the evil shelves.

        The shelving about drove me out of my mind.  These are the typical "build em yourself" shelves which are designed to frustrate the average do it yourselfer.  You know how this works.  Just when you get three of the corners in place, and you're working on the fourth, there's a pop and the whole thing crumbles.  You're left standing there with that last corner you were working on, it is now in place, and the other three have all come out of their hole.  There was so much banging, shaking, noise, and foul language, coming from the little truck, that Donna (she was outside painting) called the Catholic church to see if they had an exorcist available. After several hours of working on the shelving, which included cutting one leg shorter than all the others, so it would fit over a wheel well, I finally got the unit in place.  I brought Donna in to show her my shining accomplishment and . . . . . I had put it in the wrong place inside the truck.  Donna spoke slowly and carefully as she explained that I had to move the shelves to the other side of the truck, and while she did her best, there was still a lot of swear words on my part.  I had to dismantle the unit flip it to the other side and put it back together again.  If this is a sign of things to come, as we continue to ready the truck for it's intended purpose, we will need to keep an exorcist on call 24/7.

Those are the stripes with the painters

  tape still in place.

        The paint and artwork on the outside of Baby Fat is important because it will be part of the appeal to our customers.  Donna has a complete design concept and last weekend she began to implement her plans.  She did a great job, using "brush-on" Krylon paint and in just one weekend she began to transform the "look" of our little truck.
        This weekend, I will install the ignition switch (the rest of the parts finally arrived) and I will replace the windshield wiper blades.  Sounds simple right?  Who knows what I will run into as I work under the dashboard to put in the switch.  The wiper arms will also need to be modified to accept modern blades so before the weekend is over, I will probably be puking pea soup and levitating as my head spins a full 360 degrees.  Wish me luck . . . . . . . .