What? You’re Still Alive? We Can’t Believe It!

Ok, so I always try to catch your attention before starting these blog posts. So did this one do the trick? Great if it did. If not, well, then kiss my you know what.

So are you tired of hearing that we are sorry for not posting much lately? Well, I’m not going to say it this time. Its just how it is going lately. So freaking busy, I am only getting to watch one Netflix movie every week or two these days. That is the way to judge how busy a person is! Hahaha.

So anyway, I thought the easiest way to give everyone an update on all of the things that have been going on lately… or lack there of other than working… was to do it in a random thoughts and random notes way. So, in no particular order, here are some things that have been going on with us over the past however long.

Enjoy!

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Going to be heading to the Jimmy Buffett concert next Tuesday. When it was announced, all kinds of people wanted to go… but now, we’ve still got two extra tickets, so if anyone wants to join us and Mike and Camie at the concert, let us know. It will be awesome. Still holding out that Wendy and Doug might want to come back again this year after we had a great time with them last year. Maybe Danny and Danielle. Or CJ and Lori. Who knows. I’m really looking forward to that and maybe that will deserve a post on its own. I know last year’s Buffett concert would have had a huge post if we had our blog at that time… and Wendy and Doug know why! Hahaha

Nellie and Wendy had some drinks... and fun at buffett last year.

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Tiki Tan has been busy. Very busy! And we are hopefully finally getting into a routine there. We had to fire one employee for lying to us and coming into work late, so we have been busy trying to find some replacements and training them. We also hired two bed cleaners and they both left, so we hunted for two more. We’ve now got two new employees (our friend Wendy being one of them) and Carrie. And we’ve got two sisters who are our new bed cleaners. And they are great. And they happen to live just down the road from us in our subdivision. Its kinda cool.

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And why don’t we write more on our blog at night when we get home from work? Because our crappy dryer there doesn’t work at all, and we bring all of our towels home every night and do the laundry here at home. Its AWESOME!!!!!!!!

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Funny that having the tanning salon gets you to really know people in the community. We’ve had a bunch of people come into the salon from our subdivision that we didn’t know from before. One family lives just a few houses down from us and we didn’t even know it. And their son has been over to play with Brutus before. And we didn’t know it. And they love our fence and have been admiring it. And we didn’t know it. Hahaha. Also, the people that own the hardware store live just down from us. And now when we go to the bank or around the Harrisburg area, we always seem to see someone that we’ve had in the salon. Its pretty cool actually.

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We are now sending out these really cool newsletters for Tiki Tan. They include our newsiest specials each month, cool info and stuff like that. If you want to start getting them to see what is happening, go to our website (www.tikitannc.com) and sign up on the front page.

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2 Dudes is going really well. We’ve got a lot of interest from new clients and have signed some new ones. We’ve got a new website up (www.brandonmcreynolds.com) and are working on several more. We got a new client in the ASA Southeast Asphalt Tour, which is huge for us. Dale and I went to a Busch East race last weekend and made a lot of contacts and I think this is going to be a HUGE year for us. A lot of people are really excited about us and a lot of people are really really unhappy with my former employer, 51. Dale and I have made a very good name for ourselves over the years and I think it is going to pay off real soon!

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Facebook is becoming a big thing and now Jennell and I both have Facebook pages to connect with some old friends. We’ve also built pages for both Tiki Tan and 2 Dudes. So that is a good way to get our name out there and connect with people. So if any of you have facebook pages, do a search for Jennell and I, along with Tiki Tan (make sure you pick the right one… with our logo) and 2 Dudes and become our friends and fans. I’ve already got to become friends on there with several people I worked with at ASA back in the day, along with some high school friends.

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A couple of weeks ago, I raced in the first CRASHCar race of the year. This time, I actually drove Rusty’s car, the Vigilante. I don’t have any pictures of it, because I forgot to take the camera and Jennell had to work since the race was rained out and pushed back to a day she was supposed to work, so we have no pictures. But I was able to finish 3rd and got a nice trophy for it. It wasn’t the prettiest races, as I spun a couple of times, but yellow flags played in my favor and I was able to come home third. Now, I’m going to for championship this year… hopefully… depending on how the “which car am I driving this week” situation plays out. I will keep everyone informed of how that goes on here.

JT's impressive trophy collection, including his newest on the right

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Jennell and I’s yard looks like CRAP! One Sunday ago, we spent all day in the yard picking weeds and spreading Scott’s Turf Builder until our little fingers couldn’t take it anymore. Its frustrating to see all kinds of green lawns around and then our whole subdivision with crappy looking yards. We hate the grass they planted here.

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Our friends Deon and Danielle are getting married in the summer and I did a quick little website for their wedding. It actually turned out pretty cool. It makes Jennell and I wish we did something like this for our wedding. Oh well. We’re planning to head to indy for the wedding, even though Deon couldn’t make it to ours since he was at some ASA banquet collecting some stupid award like the crew chief of the year or something. Geesh! How do we rate! Hahaha

www.deonanddanielle.com

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Jennell finally broke down and got a new phone. He old one was just crapping out and crapping out. So she’s got a cool new one that is touch screen and has a full keyboard. I’m actually jealous of her in the technological sense for a change! And she’s loving it! Hahaha

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Had Todd and Dale come over for Easter. It was a nice, calm day. It was good for Dale too, since he just got into a big wreck with his truck on Friday in the pouring rain we had here. He actually hydroplaned on some water, went across several lanes of traffic and hit a semi. He was very very lucky to be ok, other than a couple of banged up knees. I went up to pick him up and saw his truck first hand and he was really lucky. He always went completely under the semi’s trailer. So now, he is shopping for a new car.

Dale's truck... after getting into a fight with a semi

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Jennell and I are totally hooked on this season’s 24. If you don’t watch it… then you suck.

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Brutus is doing ok. Sometimes, he is a great puppy. Sometimes he drives you up the wall and gets into everything. As I write this, he is just sitting beside my chair and sleeping. He never seems to do that for Jennell though. Hahaha. I’m sure you will be reading about his adventures soon enough.

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Well, I guess that is good enough for now. Hopefully you all enjoyed and maybe we’ll try not to take so long in writing back next time!

JT & Nellie