It's Wonderful Wednesday!!!

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Originally uploaded by mechanicaldan1

What a great day it's been! It's just one of those days where the karma planets are aligned and everything goes your way. Today was simulateously one of those days for both Dena and I. My day started with a great ride to work on my motorcycle. There was an issue at work, but things all worked out by noon. Our collosal plle of cardboard was picked up by the moving company. The care package from Dena's godmother arrived with a bunch of goodies from the states.
Our US based HSBC bank account information arrived, so I can finally transfer money a LOT easier from US dollars to British Pounds. We finally heard back from the real estate agent that the owners of our house have agreed to pay to fix the hole in the wall in our master bedroom, and we get to paint it any color we want and won't have to repaint it before we leave. AND, the best news is that we picked up our BMW!!!


I've uploaded the first pictures of our shiny, white BMW 120d. It was really fun picking it up from John Clark BMW. Chris, our salesman, has been super friendly and helpful the entire way. I especially enjoyed having him show Dena and I all the little features of our car, and was just dumb-founded when he told me that the car does not have a dipstick to check the oil. No dipstick? Really, no dipstick! There are sensors that feed back to the computer to tell the level of the oil and the oil pressure. I'm kind of doubting if I'll ever have to open the hood while we're here. There isn't really a key to speak of, more of just the keychain remote. Our BMW is equiped with the comfort access, so the remote can just stay in our pocket. I just have to push the button on the dash to start the car. It really is a nice little car. It has LOTS of torque, and just had to do a little burnout since it was raining. The traction control light on the dash came on and fused at me.

I've also uploaded some pictures of some of the rooms in our house. As I've said, we're still unpacking boxes, but have a look around. I plan to add pictures as we make progress in each of the rooms, so that we can watch the progress. I snapped a picture of our house keys and remote on the kitchen counter. I thought the picture instantly points out that it wasn't taken in the states. The outlets are huge, and they all have their own on/off switch. The electric kettle for heating water for tea, and if you look close enough, you might find a reflection of me. There is also our house keys which have some skeleton keys on the keychain.