More Reasons to Thrift Shop

One of my favorite hobbies takes place Saturday mornings in garages and yards; the buying and selling of other people’s stuff (even when I am riding my bike I put a deposit down and return later with the truck)! Although Sean (and other friends) joke with me about my antique (junk, thrift, etc.) shopping habit, I persevere. I get great furniture, home supplies, and clothes for outrageously low prices. I love bargains, but also I love the planet. The Compact blog discusses going beyond recycling by borrowing, bartering, or buying used goods instead of new. The main goal is to reduce waste, but also fight Americans’ consumer culture of buying and having more ‘stuff.’ This blog helps us reflect on our consumption and how it affects our planet.

http://sfcompact.blogspot.com/

The Improved Weddell Bike Trailer Blog

I decided to change the theme of our blog after viewing other people’s creative blogs. Of course, any time spent pondering over details of my life that do not include school, my dissertation, and future mortgage payments is a method of procrastination I enjoy! I came to the conclusion that our blog is boring! We post pictures of our adventures to stay in touch with families and friends and as it appears our life is picture perfect, but as we all know, nothing is perfect. So, I am going to post our secret; we live in a trailer park in rural South Carolina. How did we get here? That is a long story that goes back five states (sorry for all the address book changes). The short version is we needed a place to live fast and a friend of a friend had a nice trailer on 1 acre of land. It’s really been a great situation however, there are numerous amusing stories we want to share about our experience, not only living in the trailer, but the trailer park community. So look for these stories as we reflect on our past year in a culture we opened our minds to explore.

Cycling Season is Upon Us

Cycling Weekend

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2006

I have been organizing photos and wanted to share our trip to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for SuperWeek. It is 2 weeks of bike racing all over WI. Sean place in the top 25 which is awesome considering all the pro teams in attendance. We had a great time staying at a teammates lake cottage in cheese country. Enjoy!

SuperWeek, WI July 2006

SuperWeek 2006

Snow in South Carolina?

Yes, it happens once in a while. We received almost 3 inches of snow Thursday. The town shut down and we enjoyed a day of play. Posted below are some pictures of the white stuff in the South. Enjoy!

Snow Storm 2007

Snowstorm 2007