Home

What makes a house into a “home”?  We have been in our new house for a little over a month now, and it’s now starting to feel like home.
I think it just takes a little time, and getting into the new routine, and getting used to where everything was put away when we moved in. I’m still finding stuff that I forgot where it ended up after the move. I guess that just takes some time.
It makes it a little easier when you like the neighborhood and all the neighbors we have met.  So far, from everything we have experienced in this first month, I think we are really going to love this new home.

Just a glimpse into our new home.

Next Shelby

The photos and details are all over the social media automotive sources the last few weeks. It’s the 2020 Shelby GT 500, and all us Mustang fans are pretty excited about it. That is especially true for us former Shelby owners. The prospect of over 700 horsepower surely adds to the excitement.
My last GT 500 was a 2007 model, and was tuned to to about 575 horsepower. That was more power than most performance cars on the roads today, but the idea of over 700 is still something most of us would love to experience. Let’s keep looking at all the beautiful photos, and keep on dreaming.

The next Shelby GT 500.

Ready for Spring

It has been a long, cold, winter for many parts of the country. Here in Southern Utah, we usually don't have to worry about snow and ice on the roads, and our weather is usually a lot warmer than our northern neighbors. But even here in the sunny southwest, we have had plenty of cool and wet days in the past couple weeks. I'm ready for spring, even though we have about a month of winter left.
Being a car guy, there is a lot of things I would like to be doing, if it were just a little warmer.  Everyone has their version of "spring cleaning", and that applies to car chores too. After a season of cooler days, and all the craziness of the holidays, our cars tend to be a bit neglected. They need a good vacuuming and a good wash job, and that's just the starting point. They also need a good wax job, and some quality wheel cleaning, and tire shine treatment. That's the kind of stuff I'm anxious to do, especially since I have a nice new garage to do it in.
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Lets keep that snow on the distant mountains, I'm ready for spring.

The New “Darwin’s Garage”

We have spent the last week moving into our new home. It has been a lot of work, but it’s finally complete. The last task I had to complete was moving everything that was to go in the garage. We had to give the epoxy coating on the floor plenty of time to cure properly.
The most enjoyable part for me was decorating the garage with all the automotive signs and memorabilia I have collected over the years. The organizing and putting everything in it’s proper place is also a very relaxing and enjoyable task for me.

Now maybe I can just relax, slow down, and start really enjoying this new home. On second thought, I now have two cars to get cleaned up after a week of neglect and rainy weather.  A car guy’s work is never done, and now I have a very nice place to do it. 😎

Just a glimpse of the new garage.

Another angle.

Darwin's New Garage

Coming soon, The new version of the actual "Darwin's Garage".  We're in the process of buying a new home, and it has a three car garage. It has a beautiful epoxy coated floor, finished walls , and I'm looking forward to how it will be decorated with all my automotive memorabilia. It's going to be great.  Stay tuned.

This is my current garage.  The new one will be much bigger and nicer.

New Car

A couple weeks ago we bought my wife a new car. We traded our 2014 Dodge Charger for this 2018 Chrysler 300 S. I had stoped by the local Dodge/Chrysler dealership to look at a red Charger I had spotted on their front row. As I parked my Mustang and started walking through the lot, I walked right past this 300, and the wheels caught my eye. They really made an impression, so I stopped for a better look of the whole car. After a call to my wife, and a test drive to show it to her, a couple hours of dealing and paperwork, and we were the owners of this beautiful Chrysler 300 S.

Home

Home may have a different meaning for different people. It could be your room in your parent's house, a dorm room while going to college, or your first home after getting married. For most people our first place is a rented apartment, or sometimes a small rented house, and many times it's not what we would consider an ideal "home".
I have been pretty lucky in that respect, after several rental apartments, homes, etc., for the first few years we were married, I built the first house we owned with my own hands. We had been married for seven years, and I was a new general contractor. After building several houses, I built one for myself, and it was the first home we actually owned. That was 40+ years ago.
We have now owned four different homes, two of which I built myself. We like to look at new houses, sometimes with the idea that we might actually be considering moving. We would like to have a little more room, and I still have hopes of having another three car garage. ("just in case you haven't guessed, I'm a garage guy")  In the last few days, we have had some family from out-of-town here, so we went looking at new houses with them a couple of different days. I couldn't help but notice when you walk through, and look around a new house, you always visualize how you would make use of the space, and make it your new home. I can almost see a Mustang in those three car garages. We could make it home, just let me prove it.

This is the last home I built myself.  It was in Northern Utah, and had a three car garage.