Weekend Adventures

I'm back from a fun weekend, and I wanted to share some of it with you before I head off to bed.

First, I'll catch you up on the end of last week. I brought my car in to the shop at Toyota for its 30,000 mile checkup. The cost: $315. It is severely annoying since we could have had the maintenance done cheaper with Josh's dad, who is a mechanic, but we are trying to bring it back to Toyota every once in a while to keep them from backing out of warranty things if something were to become an issue. Good / bad news we found out -- We're going to need new tires within the next 3 months. Good news because it's good to know when your tires are wearing out, and it is good that it is still a few months away. Bad news because it does cost lots of money to replace tires.

Besides the car, the rest of the week involved work, a trip to the gym, blackberry picking, & packing.

Here's picture of a beautiful sunset taken from the front porch of the cabin.
Here's the blackberries I picked. Now freezing in the deep freeze.

So why was I packing? Josh & I went to Ridgecrest this weekend, to a Sunday School conference. I don't have time right now to talk about how great the conference was, so I'll try to talk about it more later. I have learned lots, and I'll try to make a post about new ideas.

After Ridgecrest ended this morning, Josh & I headed over to Biltmore. It was as grandiose as anticipated, and I put some pictures of the gardens, grounds, & statues below.

I'm sorry that this post is so rushed, if anything, you can can count it as a preview for a written blog to come. I'll try to let you know more about Biltmore as well. I also have some great pictures of flowers as well as the Biltmore Village McDonald's.

Last but not least, one of my souvenirs. Not only do I like cats, but I thought the trivet looked a bit like Homer. ;)

Off to bed! It's back to reality tomorrow, and I have to work.