Its Movin Time

As of a couple weeks ago, my wife and I decided to move out of our two bedroom apartment into a three bedroom house. Both of the houses are owned by my grandparents and are located side by side so we won't have to move far. It has been just over a year since I moved into the apartment Lisa and I are living in now. I know we are going to miss it, but at the same time, we are really going to enjoy the extra space. I know snuggles is enjoying the extra space to run. She has been doing laps up and down the hallway. Since we decided to move in, we have remodeled the bathroom, painted the hallway, and done some modifications on the kitchen. There is a little bit left to do, but we still plan to move in on Saturday the 28th of January. I plan to take pictures of the apartment and of the house and will post them on Lisa and I's yahoo picture page.

Detroit Road Trip

This past weekend Jesse and I drove up to Detroit, Michigan for the annual North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). We used to attend it every year when Jesse was going to college at Kettering Univerisity in Flint, MI, but for the last three years we both have been really busy and have missed it. We met Saturday afternoon in Fairmount, IN and I rode with him up there. We stayed with a friend of his, Mike who drove out from Des Moines to close on his house and move his things out to Iowa where he just got a new job working for John Deere. When we got to Mike’s he was not around, so we went to Moe’s for supper. It was a lot like Qudobas here in Kokomo. When we got back to his house, we waited on him and then went back into town. On our way back, we grabbed some pizza and watched Xmen until we decided to call it a night. The next day we got up, got ready, and headed into Detroit for the show. There were a lot of cool cars, but the crowd was overwhelming. The new Dodge Challenger was on display along with the new Chevrolet Camaro concept. Jesse and I both liked the new Toyota FJ Cruiser and the Shelby Cobra GT500. I think his personal favorite was the Subaru Impreza WRX. I was pretty excited about the new BMW M roadster. We also went to the new GM headquarters which was located right beside the COBO center. While we were in there, Jesse showed me the navigation system that he has been working on. It was pretty cool. We left there and headed back to Mikes place. Afterwards, we went to BD’s Mongolian Bar B Q and then headed back to Mikes to help him finish packing. Man, that guy is a packrat. He had a lifetime supply of shaving cream, toothpaste, macaroni, and who knows what else. I hit the sack early and everyone else stayed up to catch COPS on TV. The next morning, Jesse and I hit the road once again to head back home. It was a good weekend. We had a lot of fun and the weather wasn’t too bad, just a little chilly, and we got to see a lot of cool cars. You can’t ask for much more, except maybe to test drive them all, that would be cool!