Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/75 sec, ISO6400 “Broken Heater” Cedar Park, 2019
The other day the space heater that I use in the home office finally died. One of the switches was faulty and didn’t always turn the heater on. Well, the last time, the switch started smoking so I decided that it had finally had enough. But this heater which we bought when we lived in Japan had served us for 22 winters. Actually, our memories are a little foggy on the true origin of that heater… Mariko might have had it before we met so it could have been older than 22 years.
Anyway, I’m a little sad to see it go, but I told it thank you and goodbye. We had a good run!
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/10 sec, ISO3200 “Dog Heater” Cedar Park, 2016
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/60 sec, ISO6400 “Beef Curry” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Yay, it’s curry nite at our house! This time it was beef curry with onion, carrots, and jalapeños. And of course, we had egg with it as is our custom. 😆 And tonight’s eggs had such a beautiful golden color to the yolk. Everything was yummy.
Koa is participating in the Austin Youth Orchestra this year, so he had rehearsal this evening. But before he left, he had to have his curry:
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/4, 1/125 sec, ISO4000 “Come N Get It” Cedar Park, 2019
Photo info: motorola moto g(6), 3.95mm, f/1.8, 1/20 sec, ISO679 “RO Water” Cedar Park, 2019
こんばんは。How’s it going?
Today I had a little project: installing an under-sink Reverse Osmosis Water System. We purchased the iSpring RCC7AK 6-Stage water filtration system which has great reviews, and supposedly simple installation process.
I have to say, the installation for the iSpring RCC7AK was pretty easy. I always get nervous when working on plumbing, but this was really straightforward. The unit itself is designed smartly, with easily connected water tubes, and a brushed metal faucet that matches our main water faucet nicely. It is free-standing, but you can mount the system to a wall if necessary. The 2-gallon tank is the largest part of the unit, and I had to remove the bendy part of the PVC drain pipe in order to get it to the back corner, but that took only a few minutes. The only hiccup in the instructions was that part of it is outdated and referred to a couple of parts that had changed. After looking through the added documentation booklet I found the reference to the correct part, and I was back to the installation.
I won’t go deeply into what Reverse Osmosis filtered water is, except that it removes most of the contaminants that tap water contains. It tastes great too! We’re planning on using the RO water for drinking, making coffee, and cooking. As we get older, we’re spending more time/money focusing on our health, and since we drink plenty of water, having the best water possible seems like a great thing to do. 😄
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/2.5, 1/125 sec, ISO3200 “Papers” Cedar Park, 2019
Today I cleaned up a bunch at home (I’ve been reinvigorated in my decluttering!), first with some paperwork that I had way too much of. Today I focused on financial statements of IRAs and 401ks from back before the dawn of time. Basically, I am keeping the most recent statement, and shredding the rest. I have never looked at them in all these years. Which is probably good for retirement accounts, right? Just let them do their thing.
The other week I cleaned out other documents like medical records (I’ll hold onto the last 2 year’s worth), automotive records (why do I still have oil change receipts for my 1999 Sentra which we sold ten years ago?), and documents pertaining to our old house which we sold in 2005.
With most of the papers disposed of, I now have so much space in our office cabinets. It’s awesome!
Next, I tackled my closet and my clothes, which I had pared down quite a bit already, but there were three drawers full of brand new socks, old gloves, and ski hats. It’s crazy how many pairs of new wool socks I had! All those went in the Goodwill bag, as well as a bunch of t-shirts. I was able to discard enough so that I could get rid of one plastic drawer.
There were a bunch of other adjustments I made in the closet that involved throwing out and reorganizing what was left, but now the closet is tidy and airy. It’s such a welcome difference.
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125 sec, ISO3200 “Portuguese Sausage Pizza” Cedar Park, 2019
Homemade pizza – hard to beat! Tonight’s selections were a Portuguese sausage (from Maui) and onion pizza, and a Japanese-style corn and tuna pizza. It might sound weird to Western ears, but it is so yummy.
Hope you had a nice day!
またね～
Photo info: FUJIFILM X100T, 23mm, f/3.6, 1/125 sec, ISO2000 “Corn and Tuna Pizza” Cedar Park, 2019
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