What Made You Happy Today?

Yup, location, location, location, as the real estate people say...
 

Got water again in the house. Had a busted pipe, old age, I guess, under the house. Just a crawl space and not many people want to get under there to fix things. Got ahold of the fellow that put our windows in and he came over Monday to check it out. Yesterday, Tuesday, he got leak repaired and we are back in business.
For five days, I bet I turned on the facets a hundred times without thinking, no water. Thanks to our great neighbors, water to flush toilets and used their shower, too.
 
Cooled off in a nice tepid swimming pool after getting sweaty. I just jumped in the deep end. Bliss!
 

Ameriscot I'm on the way...My son told me about the beaches and the food and the shrines. He and his wife even considered living there. The only problem he had was being fair with red hair. Ideally he would have had to pour the sunblock right over his head. But except for the perpetual sunburn they had wonderful vacations there. They want to take Mr. Baby to his other grandparents next year.
 
Pappy said:
Got water again in the house. Had a busted pipe, old age, I guess, under the house. Just a crawl space and not many people want to get under there to fix things. Got ahold of the fellow that put our windows in and he came over Monday to check it out. Yesterday, Tuesday, he got leak repaired and we are back in business.
For five days, I bet I turned on the facets a hundred times without thinking, no water. Thanks to our great neighbors, water to flush toilets and used their shower, too.
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Wow, great neighbors, Pappy.

Crawl spaces - ugh! :cower:
 
Glad to hear you got things taken care of Pappy...but I'm just imagining what I think when I hear "crawl space":eek:
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My daughter sent me some pics of the puppies she rented from Uber to bring to the office/$30 for 15 minutes. Only a few cities offer this and it's a huge hit. $$$ and puppies donated to the Arizona Humane Society.
 
fureverywhere said:
Ameriscot I'm on the way...My son told me about the beaches and the food and the shrines. He and his wife even considered living there. The only problem he had was being fair with red hair. Ideally he would have had to pour the sunblock right over his head. But except for the perpetual sunburn they had wonderful vacations there. They want to take Mr. Baby to his other grandparents next year.
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Were they on Koh Samui? I am pale and use lots of sunscreen and always wear a hat. But we've been here more than 2 months now so I've very slowly tanned (I never ever lay out in the sun trying to tan) so now I only bother with sunscreen on my face, shoulders and neck. We are always on our bikes but keep the rides short midday.

It's fairly cheap to live in Thailand. Lots of expats here. Many of our neighbours live here permanently - a German, Irish, and Englishman. And even more are like us and stay for 3 - 5 months every winter. To get a retirement visa you have to have an income equivalent to 65,000 baht per month (which of course fluctuates with the value of your currency). The healthcare is good but I don't know what kind of insurance you have to get or how much it is. Our Irish neighbour is back in Ireland right now getting surgery, which would be a good option since he wouldn't have to pay for it.
 
i was out working in the garden..weather is gorgeous. My hummingbirds were whooshing around and immediately inspected my new hanging plant on the patio.
 
My son talks 90 miles a minute, didn't get that from me, Mama Mouse...but so many places he mentioned I'm sure they were there too. They said the medical there is awesome. I felt bad for him the second time they went, he got a ruptured appendix and needed emergency surgery. His Thai was minimal at the time. Being in the hospital with your wife translating for everyone no fun. He did well enough to back the third time so he's okay.
 
Fur, lots of islands here he could have been on. Is his wife Thai? Lovely people.

Hubs Aussie niece married an Aussie man whose mum is from Thailand. Their wedding was here 2 years ago which is how we discovered Samui. The mum says medical here is excellent. They do a good job wrapping up all the scrapes and broken bones that idiot tourists get on motorbikes.
 

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