Ok guys, so this will be the first post in what will be an ongoing thread. Anyone who has read my threads knows just how much I LOVE MY GARAGE!! For 29 years, darn near half my life, this was MY hangout.
I have worked on cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and carpentry projects out there for years on end. My garage door is always up and the sound of blues and classic rock music can be heard drifting out. My three kids grew up and moved out, one came back and got married in our backyard, later came grandkids playing out in the garage, while I worked on my motorcycles. My hair went from being full and dark brown to thin and grey, and the whole time, the one constant in my life was how happy I was when I was working out in my garage. It even got me through cancer, fourteen years ago, I had just recently bought a 1977 BMW R/100 ( my first vintage motorcycle) , that I hadn’t started to restore yet, and during my recovery, long before I was well enough to return to work, I was out in my shop rebuilding carburetors. It was the best therapy in the world and at the time, it was the only thing that could take my mind off things.
So, why the heck am I leaving? Our kids our grown and gone, we’re moving to a smaller house, and going from a two story to a single, and my wife has never had the experience of shopping for and picking out a house. I already had this house when we met, so this is my gift to her. She is thrilled!
For me? I have a new garage attached to her house that I have to set up from scratch.
For the uninitiated, this is the garage I’m leaving.
Here is how it looks right now, everything is in boxes and tubs ready to go.
Here is the blank space I am moving into. I will be taking down the rickety shelves, having cabinets built, new pegboard going up, gotta put up additional lights, I’m going to put in a sink out here also. All kinds of organizing will be involved. Unfortunately, I had hoped to have a week to work on my new space before moving in, but it didn’t work out that way. I will be moving in, before having the opportunity to do anything at all. The first thing that I will do is slap up some fresh paint and evict the spiders!
We got the keys today and the very first thing I did was move my 77 over there and some of my XS2 parts.
TOMORROW IS MOVING DAY!!!
I hope to get set up as quickly as possible, but I’m sure I’ll have to spend some time helping my wife with some of her projects. So watch this space! More to come!
See you soon!
—Bob
I have worked on cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and carpentry projects out there for years on end. My garage door is always up and the sound of blues and classic rock music can be heard drifting out. My three kids grew up and moved out, one came back and got married in our backyard, later came grandkids playing out in the garage, while I worked on my motorcycles. My hair went from being full and dark brown to thin and grey, and the whole time, the one constant in my life was how happy I was when I was working out in my garage. It even got me through cancer, fourteen years ago, I had just recently bought a 1977 BMW R/100 ( my first vintage motorcycle) , that I hadn’t started to restore yet, and during my recovery, long before I was well enough to return to work, I was out in my shop rebuilding carburetors. It was the best therapy in the world and at the time, it was the only thing that could take my mind off things.
So, why the heck am I leaving? Our kids our grown and gone, we’re moving to a smaller house, and going from a two story to a single, and my wife has never had the experience of shopping for and picking out a house. I already had this house when we met, so this is my gift to her. She is thrilled!
For me? I have a new garage attached to her house that I have to set up from scratch.
For the uninitiated, this is the garage I’m leaving.
Here is how it looks right now, everything is in boxes and tubs ready to go.
Here is the blank space I am moving into. I will be taking down the rickety shelves, having cabinets built, new pegboard going up, gotta put up additional lights, I’m going to put in a sink out here also. All kinds of organizing will be involved. Unfortunately, I had hoped to have a week to work on my new space before moving in, but it didn’t work out that way. I will be moving in, before having the opportunity to do anything at all. The first thing that I will do is slap up some fresh paint and evict the spiders!
We got the keys today and the very first thing I did was move my 77 over there and some of my XS2 parts.
TOMORROW IS MOVING DAY!!!
I hope to get set up as quickly as possible, but I’m sure I’ll have to spend some time helping my wife with some of her projects. So watch this space! More to come!
See you soon! —Bob
And all my painted parts? Fuggeta bout it! I moved those myself.By afternoon we were at least in the house, but living outa boxes right now and driving me crazy. We have much to do to set up house, then it’s MY TURN! yeah buddy!
