Sunny Day at McKivison

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It has been such a blast heading to 127 McKivison every weekend to see the progress. There were new appliances, toilets, heaters, and additions to the outside of the house. Things are coming along very nicely and may even be on track to completion in the middle of May. We're working on the papers to get the closing set for June 30th at 11 am.

I'm still looking for a bike route to work from the new house. I can't find a straight forward path from the satellite photos. We love our Honda Fit, but we're going to need another car in the next year or so and I'm at a loss for what to get. I'd love to go small and electric, and under $20K. I'll have to keep looking around.

Bike to work!

Whew, I dusted off my touring/commuting bike and rode it to work today. The drive normally takes about 20 minutes with commuter traffic, but on-bike the route takes about 30 minutes. Man, was I winded when I rolled into Innovation Park, but that'll get better over time - I hope. 

Half of the ride is beautiful. I ride through some really beautiful neighborhoods. Once I start heading up towards campus, it's more of a traffic commute. I even hit part of a highway right before I take the exit ramp to Innovation Park.

Our car gets fantastic gas mileage, but why use it if I don't need to? I hope to keep it up once we move out to our new home at McKivison, but we'll when the time comes.

A new bike, a new kitchen

We went to a local bike shop today and picked a nice Trek out for Hyunjoo. She was a little hesitant at first about the color, but I think she has grown to like it.

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Things are continuing very nicely at our new house. We dropped by today while the weather was good to drop off a ceiling fan that we chose for the living room. It's the one item that we're providing the builder to install in the house before we move in.

Rainy day visit to McKivison

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Hyunjoo and I went out to 127 McKivison again today, this time by ourselves, to see what was new with "our" new home. The big additions were (1) the exterior vent for the gas range in the kitchen and (2) the doors and framing upstairs. Things are definitely coming together and it's great to see the progress.

5 min outside of State College

Hyunjoo and I had a great Saturday and spent it leisurely driving around and running errands. We love it out here. I'll have to investigate the mountain biking scene sometime soon. Oh, wait, I need a workspace to fix-up my bike first. :-(

Bad Kento: Copyright Infringer

You'll probably have to click on the image above to read the fine text, but looks like I just got spanked for posting a video of a "live manta birth" that was recorded off a TV station in Japan.

I respond with: we need to revise copyright law! Go Larry!

House-hunting

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This is the house we've just made an offer on.