Remember this post where I went on & on about driving less & loving my bike so much? Yeah? Well, do you remember my post where I talked about our house being robbed? Are you connecting the dots yet? The jerks stole our bikes. The ironic part- my FAVORITE PART- of that story is how we had kept our bikes inside our house so they wouldn't get stolen. And then, our house was broken into and they stole the bikes from inside the house. I laugh every single time I tell that story. It never gets old.
I spent about 5 minutes being really bummed out, but then I remembered the bike my grandma had given me a couple years ago. It was an old, rusty, 10 speed, with non-working brakes and only 5 speeds, a seat covered in duct-tape and generally in disrepair. That old, ugly bike is a dream come true. I slapped on a new seat, had the husband fix the brakes & convert it into a 5 speed, invested in a heavy-duty lock, added a handlebar bag and some fancy lights and BAM.
Behold my hoopty it all it's cobbled-together glory!
You better believe I am racking up the miles and bombing hills on this bad bitch all over town.
Last week I caught some kind of hellacious stomach bug and spent a good 2 1/2 days miserable, so I wasn't exactly up to blogging. Now that I'm feeling better, I thought I'd share with you 5 things that are currently rockin' my world:
1- The (new & old) Crocker Art Museum I know, it's pretty lame that I'd never been to the Crocker before, considering the enormous amount of art history knowledge I carry around inside my head. Jude wonders how I acquired this information, seeing as I am not exactly college educated. I answer the same as when he asks me how I know anything: If it can be Googled, I have done it. I don't need your fancy degree, I am a graduate of the school of internetting. For the record, I do not like your Modern art, and I do not like Impressionism. I am amazed by photo-realism and surrealism, but am a huge Hater when it comes to digital art. "Isn't that design?", I always ask, and Jude just shakes his head at me.
2- Mumford & Sons They should probably just have a picture of my face on that "Stuff White People Like" site. My musical tastes now consist of almost nothing but Neo Folk music. But I don't know how anybody could not love this.
3- All things Fall Pumpkins, spooky decorations, falling leaves in brilliant colors. Taking the kids Trick or Treating, watching all the documentaries about the Salem Witch Trials. Cooking a giant meal for Thanksgiving, eating too much, wearing long sleeves again. Cooler temperatures and shorter days. The Harvest moon. Snuggling by the fireplace with a cup of hot apple cider. Not dying from the late California Summer that waited till the last minute to hit us with 100+ degrees. I like it all.
4- Foursquare Originally I thought this was a site that made it way too convenient for stalkers to kidnap you, but I have been schooled in the ways of Foursquare now and so I have busied myself with checking in to every place I go. I am currently the Mayor of the laundromat. I'm not sure I like what that says about me, but I hear that there are a ton of local places that offer deals for Mayorships, etc, like free passes to the zoo for example. I've yet to get any coupons or good deals but a lot of people leave cool tips after they've checked in somewhere that can be really helpful, like what times a business is slowest and which location has better service. I'm gonna keep checking in because I am pretty sure I'm on my way to becoming Supreme Queen of the ghetto laundry and that has to have some kind of perks. Free fluffing, perhaps?
5- These crazy people
This group is pretty much always on my list of favorites, even though they try their best to drive me to the very edge of sanity. I still like them better than anyone else.
