We had the opportunity to visit some old friends last Saturday for lunch. Mishael and Adriana had us over to their new house for some ramen. They still do ramen dinners by reservation and are booked solid. The food was good as always and it was nice to catch up.
We had the opportunity to come visit old friends and to be present for Felix’s baptism.
Gold has opened after pandemic. It’s not the same. But it is tradition. We celebrate 17 years today. Marriage is hard. But it is the best.
Since our marriage, we have bought all of cars at auction with the exception of the two we bought in Mexico. Prices are absurd for new and used. I bought this 2017 Mazda 6 for $4500 with 27k miles. A few thousand in repairs and upgrades and I will save roughly $20k. I bought it to replace my 2015 Mazda CX5, which I paid $7k (with repairs) at auction 5 years ago. We are going to list it for sale for $12k and are optimistic given it has 70k miles and would be cheaper than anything in the market now. That covers the price of the Mazda 6 and a good portion of another new car for Yun. This system is working for us.
Our old pump, only a few years old, was going out fast. The prior owners put that garbage in. I replaced it for a 1.5hp variable speed which is so quiet you can’t even tell it is on. It is great. Given I am no electrician, nor plumber, I was a bit nervous to embark solo. Even so, there are so many great tutorials online and was able to complete the switch in a few hours.
We had a nice view of the eclipse a few nights back.
Good size king snake made an appearance yesterday in the car port. Hopefully she was on her way to eat a nest of baby rattlers.
Almost no one knows anything about May Day. Even so, yesterday was a big day. Not so much due to it being May Day. Matt and I were both ordained at Midtown into the office of ruling elder. We had a lot of friends join us in the celebration.
Hitting nearly 100 today…still the pool temp in the 70s and too cold. Maybe one more month.
My sister just sent me this photo from a few years back. Fun lunch time memory – though the food was bleh.
