Category Archives: Family

Meeting with the Adjuster

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I met with Paul, my claim adjuster, this morning and he looked over my motorcycle. I have to say I was incredibly shocked. Apparently there is over $2000 worth of damage down the side of the motorcycle. Here is a list of what the adjuster has found and wrote up for replacement:

  • Brake master cylinder lever
    		•  $37.42
  • Handlebar
    		•  $131.60
  • Throttle grip assembly
    		•  $44.36
  • Right mirror
    		•  $48.05
  • Right front footboard
    		•  $67.20
  • Brake pedal
    		•  $26.29
  • Front Muffler
    		•  $576.95
  • Rear muffler
    		•  $576.95
  • Exhaust pipe cover, rear
    		•  $198.88
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  • Total Repairs:
    		•  $1707.70
  • Estimated Time: 2.7 Hours @ $72 p/h
    		•  $194.40
  • Estimated Tax @ 6%
    		•  $102.46
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    Total Cost of Claim: $2004.56


    Out of all that I will have to come up with $500, I guess that isn’t so bad considering the insurance will pick up the rest. All the work is slated for replacement parts and not just repair, so everything will be new. There is the possability that there might be some other damage that won’t be realized until the shop takes a look at the motorcycle, so these numbers may change. I will most likely need to borrow Chuck’s trailer so I can bring the bike to the shop at the begining of the season. Until then I will just need to wait.

    This Year’s Zoo Boo

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    We went to the Zoo Boo again this year at the Detroit Zoo. This year in addition to Kylie, Myself, and Mommy we were joined by Mimi and Aunt Melissa. Kylie wore her Ariel (Little Mermaid) costume and once again appeared to have a lot of fun. This is one event that I look forward to every year, and am hoping that it can turn into a yealry tradition. I took a few pictures and I will get them posted into Kylie’s gallery as soon as I can, but this will most likely take me some time. I will post when they are available.

    New Voice Mail

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    I finally got around to getting a new voice mail from Kylie up. This is one that she left for me when I was heading out to PA in September for work. I still love that I can go back and listen to all these and hear her speech improve. She is such an amazing little girl!

    My Riding Season Ends

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    Rode the motorcycle over to Chuck’s tonight, because he is being so kind as to allow me to store it at his house this year. While there I had him take a look at, and confirm, an issue with it, as it turns out it appears that my handle bars may be bent. I am not sure how I will handle this yet, I will need to think about it. I guess I should explain… A few days back I got a call while I was at work from Melissa. She told me she had looked out the window and saw my motorcycle lying on its side, someone had knocked it over, most likely by backing into it. Some guys came along and were nice enough to pick it up for her/me and I checked it when I came home. Everything looked fine, but after riding it something felt odd. After having Chuck look at it tonight turns out I was right. I am pretty sure I have a $500 deductible on it, but I also think that to fix it will cost more than that. I guess I will have to see.

    Night Terrors

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    Tonight, for the first time I can remember, I went to a haunted house. Every year Wiard’s Orchard hosts Night Terrors, a collection of haunted houses and hayride. Tonight Melissa and I went and checked it out. It was pretty neat for the most part. Some of the attractions were pretty cool, and at least one was pretty stupid. The haunted Hay Ride was nice, and it made me realise that Wiard’s is a much bigger place than I realized. A lot of work was clearly put into all of these haunted attractions, and even though I do not scare or startle easy, it was still a lot of fun. I am not sure if I would do it again though, as it was a little on the pricey side. In any event it was a pretty fun night.

    Kylie Rides Her Tricycle

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    A while back Papa and Grandma Jen bought Kylie a big red tricycle with a wagon and today Kylie rode it for the first time while actually pushing the peddles. Grandma Jen was nice enough to take a video with her phone and send it to me to watch, and I have to say it is really cute. Eventually I plan on making a page for the videos I have (all from phones, so they are small) like I did with the voice mails. Until then you will have to take my word on it. 🙂

    Back from Philly, Again

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    Another DR test in Philly has come an end. This one was rather interesting for a number of reasons. First off we had never performed a DR for this particular TSM environment, so we had no documentation on how the environment should be recovered. Chuck and I pretty much had to modify some existing documents we had for our ADV environment on the fly. Things went much better than we anticipated, and even though we only had two hours to rebuild the environment, which we figured was about four hours to little, we still managed to make it pretty far into the recovery and learned a lot. Secondly, we only had two hours because we had some issues with the AIX MKSYSB tape not arriving from Ireland until Tuesday the 7th, when we needed it Monday the 6th. Due to this we actually got to take two hours on Tuesday and tour The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania. It is currently undergoing restoration of the outside, but the inside was amazing. I took a lot of photos with my camera phone, and will get them up as soon as I can. I really would like to go back and do thhis tour again with my good camera and retake some pictures for a couple of reasons. One, they would be much better quality, and two I would actually be able to take more because it would focus and snap faster. I wish I had the time, connections, and opportunity to pursue joining the Masons as it is something I have thought about off and on for a long time now. Maybe sometime in the future.

    My New Neice

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    Congratulations to my Brother Wayne and his girlfriend Maria on the birth of their new little girl, Sophia Korrine born earlier today.  She was 8lbs 2oz and 20 inches. Here are some pictures of Sophia and the proud new father:

    Sophia

    Wayne and his first child, daughter Sophia

    End of The 3 Day

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    Tiffany finished the Breast Cancer 3-Day this afternoon, and as I said we would be, Kylie and I were there to congratulate her when she crossed the finish line. Afterwards we gathered to watch the closing ceremonies, and I have to say I was very impressed. The number of people gathered was a lot more than I had anticipated, and this caused a lot of traffic when we were leaving. However, the ceremony was worth it. There was one part at the end where all the survivors who walked gathered in the middle on a raised platform, then all the walkers through their flowers up to them in a congratulatory salute and show of love and support. Words really can’t describe how touching it was. Kylie and I are really proud of Tiffany for all that she accomplished by participating in this event!