The Weekend

We had the first weekend of Pumpkin Patch this past weekend. I took a lot of pictures and posted them on the website.

Kim, Chad, Tony, Kate and Sierra all came up and visited us at the Pumpkin Patch. My parents and their dogs also came up. It was fun having people we knew come to check things out.

I got Chris setup with a blog account, so you'll see the occasional post from him (like the most recent post about his new job).

I talked to our apartment manager today and turned in the papers to move out of our apartment. We'll be officially out on November 30, but we'll probably have everything out before then because we'll be gone over Thanksgiving weekend for my cousin's wedding in Pennsylvania.

Chris has a potential buyer for his truck. He wants to sell it and then buy a motorcycle for his shorter commute for his new job. I prefer bike commuting (and by bike, I mean pedaling, no engine), but if he's willing to change his lifestyle a little and use something that's more fuel efficient, it's a step in the right direction and I'll take it. Once we move into Zeeland I'll be able to ride my bike in to work more (I did fairly often for the month we house-sat) – at least until the sidewalks are covered in ice. Then I'll probably go back to driving in.

Chris is looking at a Honda 919. I guess it's referred to as a "naked bike." It's not a crotch rocket, but it looks like one. You actually sit more upright in this type of bike. We'll see if we can pull the funds together to get it. We may need to rework the budget a little bit to make it happen... I'm not very excited about it, but I know it's not an impulse buy, so we'll see if we can make the numbers work.