Stopping By for a Quick Hello

Hi friends! I have so much to update you on, but I mostly came here to say, I’m not sure how much I can really keep this blog going. I started it up when I was in grad school and had more time than I do now, and these days I’m finding it really hard to sit down at the computer after spending time in the garage, which is already sporadic. I don’t make any money off of this and I have a full-time job as well as a husband and two dogs and a horse, so “blog” shows up pretty far down my priority list.

Anyway, since I’m here, I’ll give you a quick synopsis of things since my last post. My husband and I bought a house (yay!) and moved, I recently started a new job, and even more recently, I acquired this new toy:

It’s a Piaggio Bravo moped and it’s been in my family for years, was sitting in a garage decades until my dad’s cousin showed me a picture and asked if I wanted it. My answer: “duh!”

Today it ran, but then it died, so now I’m going to clean the carb out.

As for the Vespa 90 (aka Betty), I got the flywheel off with the help from a friend and got that re-magnetized. We put it back on today and there is a very faint spark, so now I’ve got a little more work to do. But hey, that’s what I got the thing for, right? My friend also took me on my first-ever Vespa ride today and I had an absolute blast.

So anyway, that’s what’s up in a nutshell, I’m sorry I can’t offer more but I’ve got to go to the grocery store and shower and get ready to go to work tomorrow, you know how it goes. I am still over on Instagram @kaitlinsvepsa because it is much easier to maintain than writing a full blog post, so you can follow me there to see what I’m up to. Maybe I’ll come post again in a bit, maybe I won’t. If I get some really good videos of me riding a scooter or something I’ll be sure to post them here :).

Thanks for the support :). -Kaitlin