Good Curling!!!

Hello, friends! 

Y'all, I am tired... 

Not just because there's a new episode of Story Central that just dropped.

Or because I was featured on the Car Free Midwest podcast, talking about sustainable transportation.

PART of it is because I preached on Sunday at Church, but that's not everything. 

All those played a factor in my fatigue but the REAL reason is this...

I've been up late watching curling.

This year, Omaha hosted the US Olympic trials, which means I got to watch some amazing curling on TV but also got to see some amazing curling on TV. Since our club was host club for the trials, I also got to help out with some of the learn to curl and volunteer activities. It was a LOT of curling and I couldn't be happier. 

When we moved here to Omaha, I knew that one of the first things I wanted to do was to get involved in the local curling club. There wasn't a club in CoMO so I didn't get to go as much as I wanted. Over the past 3+ years, I've not only gotten better but I've learned more about the strategy of the game and I've fallen more and more in love with the sport. 

So, here's to Team Shuster! Congrats on winning the trials (4th time in a row!) and I'll be looking forward to cheering you on from my couch when you compete in Beijing in 2022. Given the time difference, I'll probably be exhausted then too... =0). 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam 

Meet Our New Car!!!

Hello, friends! 

A few months ago, when our Prius finally bit the dust, we knew it would just be a matter of time before we were going to need a new car. During the Summer, an electric bike will get you most places but once the weather turns around here, biking isn't really a safe option. 

So, for the past few weeks, we've been doing a lot of research, trying to find a car that will suit our needs. We wanted something that didn't have too much wear and tear on it and was within our price range. The van is still going to be our primary car, so we didn't need anything too big or too fancy. For a bit, we were looking at getting an electric car but the range isn't quite what we needed for used electric cars at this point. 

Finally, we settled on this one! Meet the newest member of the family, our 2015 Honda Fit. I've been a fan of the Fit for quite some time now. We almost bought one instead of the Prius back in the day. Our new (to us) Fit is definitely more zippy than the Prius and is more fun to drive. It doesn't have quite the same cargo space as the Prius but we're pretty sure we can still make it work. 

All in all, I'm happy with what we have. The process was relatively painless (so much paperwork!) and now we have the peace of mind that if we need to divide and conquer with the kids, we can make it happen. I still plan on biking and taking the bus as much as possible but it's nice to know that we have options. 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam

Happy Halloween!

Hey, friends!

I know I'm a few days late but Happy Halloween to everyone! I'm not one who is really big into celebrating holidays but I can at least appreciate that Halloween is one of the more fun holidays to celebrate.

We had a really full and fun Halloween. Megan took the kids to Sioux Falls for the weekend but they were back in time for us to go trick or treating together. Since Halloween fell on a Sunday this year, our church did a Trunk or Treat (promoted as "Junk in the Trunk"), which was also fun. I helped with parking (so cold!) and was also part of a group costume with the Church staff (that's me as "Asian Jim" from The Office.).

The kids got home around 4 and a coworker of ours came over to do some Halloween crafts before we headed out to trick or treat. The neighborhood we hit was packed and there's good reason why. This neighborhood does Halloween up big, including some houses that give out full sized candy bars and one house that even gave Ezra a 1000 piece puzzle! 

After getting the kids home and to bed (only one piece of candy before bed, kids!), Megan and I watched a Halloween movie. This time it was my choice, The Nightmare before Christmas. 

From a really packed day, full of fun, I learned one valuable lesson: If the adults passing out candy don't know your son is allergic to dairy and tree nuts, they'll give the cutie in the panda costume the good stuff, which of course, translates into more candy for Daddy! =0). 

Have an excellent day! 

~Adam