Post your Greatest Thing that Happened in 2009

I got out from under a mountain of personal debt early in the year. It was a good feeling, while it lasted.

 

Well, it was not a great year. About 2 months ago my 10 yr old son was diagnosed wirh type 1 diabetes. We are dealing with it well now. I like what my son said, "I'm not sick, I just have diabetes".
This summer we got to go to Kelowna for 2 weeks and stay at a luxury house w/a pool. 80-90 degree weather, made good use of the pool.
In the fall we went to So Cal on a big family vacaction. We all had a great time.
I did not do a lot on my Acadian this year. I did enjoy driving it in the spring/summer. I do plan on re-painting the roof, putting some chrome pieces on the engine, etc. I hope to afford new whitewall tires and chrome wheels.
Overall, I guess '09 was not that bad. I got my family, friends, health, nice house, a good job.

 

2009- Got a job, traded a bagged mini-truck for a bagged 66 F-100, sold off a lot of projects I was never going to get around to finishing, spent more time with the people that matter in my life, shot some ads for a couple of companies.

I have never been this broke, but somehow the quality of life has gone up...

Overall 2009 was a financial bust, but it went a long way to showing me that money isn't everything.

 

I am way jealous! That is a rad garage

 

I got a job just before the holidays hit and the city of Houston FINALLY settled on my accident. My car is better than it was, but it's still a lesson I didn't need to go through.

 

Greatest thing?

How 'bout two? November 09,
1) Girlfriend of 5 years moved out
2) I bought a 36 3w (eek, it's glass, but..)

Future looks bright.......
Now I have
1) started building the taildragger of my dreams, and
2) reconnected with a high school sweetheart

2010 is gonna be a GOOD year.

 

Celebrated 25 years of marriage to the greatest woman on Earth - by taking her to the Pebble Beach Concourse.

Then she let me go to the Playboy Mansion with Plowboy.

 

...celebrated my one year anniversary after my heart attack (12-16-09)...and feeling great ...
...and got my 37 coupe runnin after owning it for 15 &1/2 years..(it always kept getting put on the back burner)...

 

Year ain't over yet. I'll post that on JAN.1

 

i agree

 

i left my wife and bought myself a 65 new yorker. the new girlfriend set it on fire. (complete accident) and said well why dont we just repaint it and put a bigger newer motor in it. now i know i found myself a winner. got a better job than the last. aint dead yet! good year all in all.

 

Well thank's to two lovely lady's on the HAMB setting a great example, I finally got off my butt and made it to the Fathers day Roadster show at Pomona. I also made it to Speedweek at bonneville this year, it was amazing. I don't know why I waited so long, but made my year.

Thanks, to the HAMB.



CBB

 

The birth of my son.

He'll be a year old in February.

 

Realized I am married to the greatest woman alive when she had to drag me out of bed to get the the Pileup before the cops shut it down!

 

Finally got a Hotrod!!!!
Drove 500 miles to the Merc Gathering.

 

My wife's cancer is in remission.

 

I'm not the one breaking the rules, Lucy
we're both right...ya don't see that very often...

 

very good year for me...quite blessed.

1) paid off all debt except house
2) My band got Best band - worc magazine
3) finished frame off resto on chevelle (2 year project) and got perfect score at chevelle show.
4) finished restoration of donzi sweet 16 and rode the hell out of that boat.
5) made a real nice trailer for said boat
6) insulated, sheet rocked, and heated my garage
7) Top sales engineer in company and industry (second time, first was in 2005)
8) Started dating a 2 year crush in March - and still going great
9) spent a good amount of windsheild time in the RPU.
10) Connected with my old best friend after 7 years of absence

Very blessed. all the above took a lot of work....I see 2010 as being a very big challenge (work wise), but Im looking forward to another good year. Ive got my eye on another project, but am looking to purchase a house built in the 1700's with a barn in the next year or so, so a new project may not happen....

 

Got to spend the whole year with the family for once in 4 years...didn't deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan. And thanks to the my brother Vagabonds, the Kropdusters and the HAMB I ended up with this beauty

 

I made it through a year of "Hope & Change" without having to sell my '32.

JH

 

Wife had a baby on 12/17.

Bought a 3.23 SureGrip for $200, oh and it came with three other complete Mopar 8-3/4 rear ends. After I opened the SureGrip, I found out it was a Dana PowerLok style SureGrip.

 

Zeke- Lookin' good! That Chevie sure went to the right guy! Happy New Year!

It's a good year for me- I'm pickin' daisies instead of pushin' 'em up! Arthritis ain't so bad as it was- been off of concrete floors (retired) for two years; made the difference. Totaled the SteadyBreaker, bought another Lark,and looks like we're gonna put Steady back on the road. DaTinman is in a "new" shop in a good location, and things are lookin' good for him. My granddaughter will be driving too soon; Daughter in law will be cruising in a Falcon. Yeah, life is good!

A Happy and Prosperous New Year to all!

 

hahah!! good deal!

 

great day to be born, frank sinatra was born on that day, i was born on that day, my grandpa was born on that day, and its the feast day of our lady of guadalupe. awesome day!!!

 

glad to see you got room for that T indoors. later, Uncle Jeff

 

sweet!!!!!

 

After 11 years I was laid off and that gave me the chance to start my own program for training and placing race car mechanics www.ProRaceTech.com

 

After reading this, I may be the most boring guy alive. I've had good health, good friends, good family, put thousands of miles on the 32, and had many great visits with HAMB friends. Best wishes to everyone for the next year.

 

my grandson, turned 10, damm only 6 years to build a falcon, but it will be awesome, a really good hot rod, gotta go, get busy, see u later