"Some things are better left unsaid. Which I generally realize after I've said them."

Today is Pam's birthday. Facebook has been nagging me about it all day.
We went to Ixtapa for dinner, a decent Mexican place down in Veneta. Mine was so-so but Pam said hers was good.

The supplies for replacing Sally's floor pan will start showing up tomorrow but I don't want to (and really can't) start until everything for that project is here, which could be next week. The panel adhesive is a two-part epoxy that requires a special gun and nozzles that are sold separately (huh??). The gun looks like it will be the last thing to show up.

After I get the floor pan replaced I'll order new carpet and a new shift console.
Pics, of course. Whether you care or not.

Seattle has had SNOW and we've had rain. The creek is way up and the reservoir just east of us is filling up fast. They drain it way down every fall so there's room for winter rains that would otherwise flood the area downstream and leave it full through the summer for recreational use.
The gal on the news tonight said we're still officially in "extreme drought" conditions. I'm not disputing that but it's hard to believe.

NBC news had a segment on their national news program a couple of nights ago about sexual abuse at a school in Africa run by New Tribes Mission (now known as Ethnos 360) for the kids of their missionaries serving in that part of the word.
Horrible.
The report, I mean. So was the abuse but what the report ignored was that the abuse was uncovered over 10 years ago, New Tribes Mission hired an outside legal firm t investigate, and the abusers were criminally charged and convicted.
So why was NBC running this story now, 10 years after the fact? And omitting any indication that it was a decade ago and wrapped up?
Hard not to think they have an agenda.

Pam and I don't exchange gifts and haven't for years. Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries...nope. If either of us needs something we're expected to get it (I bought underwear earlier this week) and "wants" are usually not in the limited budget.
I'm not a very good husband when it comes to remembering our anniversary, Mother's Day, or surprisingly often, her birthday. But yesterday I stopped on the way home an got a card
As long as I'm being honest I also don't like buying mushy sentimental cards. Paying $3 for someone else's smarmy words and passing them off as my own seems...cheap.
My choice in cards runs to the light hearted. This year's choice:

The front of the card -

The inside of the card -