Man I’m going to be so sad when this nice weather ends.  Of course it’s supposed to end right about the time the weekend gets here.  For now I’ll enjoy every minute of it though.  This morning the weather report said it’d be 79 today.  It’s already 83 here at 2:22pm.  I can’t wait to go riding this evening.

We were going to do a little riding yesterday, but the bike was only firing on 3 cylinders when Hubby cranked it up.  Yep it’s the plugs, but we couldn’t get any on a Sunday.  Our bike mechanic friend picked some up today to get us going again, so we spent yesterday having a bike movie marathon.

Hubby had never watched On Any Sunday, so I cued it up on Netflix along with Troy’s Story: Legend of Superbike Champion Troy Bayliss, On Any Sunday Revisited, and The Motorcycle Diaries.  It was a nice way to waste a day, and if you’ve never seen On Any Sunday you seriously should.  It is definitely the best motorcycle documentary out there, and it’s interesting to see how AMA ran in the 70s.

Our movies ended right about the time a few friends came over.  I really wish we could have gone to The Gap this weekend because it turns out a ton of our friends went.  These guys stopped by our house on the way back, and “E” was asking me to help him check out a few wireless security systems for his bike. They stopped for dinner on the way home, and when he walked out he found a teenage kid sitting on his bike.  Now he wants to install an alarm system that will go off as soon as someone touches it, so I promised I’d checkout a few for him this week.

I don’t blame him one bit.  One thing that really pisses me off is seeing someone who has no business touching it sitting on someone else’s bike.  The kids around here like to try to hop on bikes and take pics while the owner isn’t around, and it’s happened to us before.  We’ve seen quite a few bikes get knocked over because someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing tries to play on it while the owner isn’t around, so I’m all for alarm systems.  If we weren’t totally rocking a rat bike now I’d probably consider one, and I just may after we’ve got the new paint job.

It’s been a slow week around here that hasn’t involved any riding. The rain has been coming down steady practically all week, and it’s not supposed to let up until later tonight. The temps would have been great, though, if we hadn’t had all the rain. It was 68 today. Freakin’ January!

I did get a bit of a bike fix this evening by watching a couple reruns of Superbikes!, but that was about it. Hubby came home talking about how he wants to take some new photos of the bike now that it actually looks like a bike again. I said no problem, but I’m not doing what he wants. He’s trying to convince me to put on some sexy lingerie and pose.

Nope. No way. Not gonna happen!

He forgets I’m the type of person who won’t let anybody take pics of me in my undies for any reason. Heck, I hate taking my swimsuit cover up off at the beach. He forgets it’s been half a decade since I had that perfect little teenager body. If he wants a chick to pose on his bike, he’ll have to find someone else to do it, but I’d prefer no one did it.

Hey man I redid my bike so now I need a half naked chick on it.

It’s just too cliché.

With the cold weather upon us and threads showing on the back tire I’m having serious riding withdrawals.  It’s warm enough to ride today, but without a back tire what are you to do?  I’ve turned to video games for my fix.  I played a little Tourist Trophy then I sat down for awhile and decided to buy bikes for all of my Sims.  I still need to find a sports bike since all the motorcycles I’ve been able to download or choppers or cruisers.  If anybody has a custom sports bike mesh that you know about let me know!  I’m not just looking in the free stuff.  I’m all for a PTU mesh as well.

I really need to get some more photos taken of our bike and what it looks like now.  I thought of doing that today, but I left my camera in the Blazer.  I’ll try to take some photos when Hubby gets home from work if it’s not too dark.  My Kodak point & shoot doesn’t work very well in the dark.  The flash totally sucks!

Now I’m going to go cut into one of the mini cheesecakes I made last night.  If they taste as good as they look I’m definitely going to have to do some research on effective diet pills.

I seriously can’t believe all this nice weather we’re having right now! It’s going to be around 77 today, and it’ll be a beautiful day to ride. Too bad I feel like absolute total crap, and Hubby’s working late tonight. It’ll be well past dark when he gets home, so no riding for us.

Before Hubby left for work we talked about taking a ride anyway when he gets home, but I already feel like I’m on the verge of pneumonia. I can just imagine what I’d feel like after riding around with the cold air hitting my face. Even with my chin guard on my helmet and wearing my balaclava it still hits me pretty rough when my body’s already low. I think I’ll just stay off the bike until I’m feeling better.

I have other things to do anyway. I’m going to try to knock out some more Christmas shopping this morning, especially if I get paid early today. That would be a really nice surprise. I still haven’t ordered any of Hubby’s presents yet. I keep making a list of all the things I want to get him, and he keeps changing his mind. I almost ordered him a set of boots, but I’m glad I didn’t.

Last night he proposed that we yet again don’t buy presents for each other this year. We haven’t bought each other gifts in 5 years because we’re always spending more than we should on everyone else, not leaving any of the Christmas budget for us. We’d made a pact that this year we would definitely buy each other presents, but I’m kind of liking Hubby’s new idea.

We’ve both got a list of places we want to go on vacation. He wants to visit Germany, Holland, and Spain while I definitely want a big trip to Ireland as well as many other places. His idea is that we start searching for a big vacation package, then we throw all the money we’d spend on each other into a vacation savings account. We do that for every birthday and holiday until we can afford to go. Honestly, the cash that other people give us at Christmas and Birthdays combined with the cash we wouldn’t be spending on each other, we might actually be able to take a nice vacation in the next year or two.

His only stipulation?

No matter where we go, he has to be able to rent a bike and travel around the country. I guess that means European cruises are out of the question.