On the way out to the grocery store last night, we passed this bike leaned up against a tree under a sign that read, “FREE”. It will need some oil, air in the tires, and some cosmetic surgery to remove the plasticky visage of a certain blonde, but for the price we couldn’t beat it.

I also spent some time reassembling a secondhand snowblower yesterday afternoon, after jen’s brother dropped it off a few weeks ago. It dates back to 1983 but it looks to be in decent shape, so today I picked up a new sparkplug in order to freshen the engine up before trying it out. I also need to fabricate up a drive cable (from the handle to the axle linkage) in order to get it completely functional. All of this means we will get no snow whatsoever this winter.