A new addition to the family!

Although I had planned to spend the day in the house working on my research, I ended up downtown at the Harley-Davidson dealership and am now the proud owner of a new Buell bike. It's a gift for Alex.

Here's how it all happened: My husband Alex is an avid motorcycle rider. He's one of those guys that'll ride through the winter if you let him. With the spring weather hopefully on the way Alex has been talking incessantly about bike season. He built a vintage bike last year and has been planning to rebuild the engine and do some modifications before the riding season hits. However, he's been putting all his spare time into working on the house so he hasn't had much time to put toward his bike. He was feeling a bit discouraged about everything he has left to do on it and about how expensive some of the parts were going to be so I suggested dropping the whole rebuild project and buying a new bike. We did some research online (although Alex already knew what he wanted after falling in love with a Buell model he had seen at the bike show in December) and off we went to the dealership. It was retail therapy at it's best.

Here's Alex with his new bike. He picks it up next week. Now, if only all this snow would disappear!