| Re: 10 JAN 21 THE RETURN OF THE GURU |
Subject: Re: 10 JAN 21 THE RETURN OF THE GURU by teebee on 2021/1/10 22:25:39 Well, HELLO folks!  A lot has happened since Christmas day. Where do I begin? Christmas was a great time. Sad that we couldn't all be together, but, #2 and her brood were all here. Christmas morning we headed to see Rosies' dad and her sister and hubby came in and we had lunch together. In the afternoon, most of their family stopped by, as it was a nice day, and we sat outside while they all visited, Grands and greats. Then on the 29th we headed to KC to see the rest of the of our gang. #2 GS came with us. The 30th SIL (#1) called to say, if I wanted to help, he and his dad were adding power brakes to the 66 Mustang he bought for #1. It didn't have PS or PB when they bought it, but they added power steering this fall. So I went over to give them a hand...not necessarily what I would call fun, but it was nice to spend time with SIL and his dad. Did a front disk brake conversion while we were at it. The booster mounting is a royal PITA, BTW. We purchased a treadmill while we were there for Rosie. While we were in quarantine she had to use the NordicTrack that we have had for years....she's never really liked it. She loves the new treadmill. New years eve I wasn't feeling so hot and didn't get to participate in the fun and games #3 planned out. Started feeling better about noon on the 1st. Since September, I've been, kind of, looking for a "new" Caddy for us. #2 GS will be going to K-State next year, nd his car is really reliable enough to take, so we decided if we were going to 'help' him with a different car, we would do a "new" car for us and he can have our 'old' one. At leat we know what he will have. Anyway, I have been looking, thinking it will take a while to find something I can live with. I found one on CarGurus that was almost perfect...contacted them, the biggest issue was it was in Indianapolis, 12+ hours away. I'm being very particular...2014-2017 CTS cashmere interior, less than 30k miles, with all the appropriate options. The day after Christmas I ran my search again and a 2014 showed up in Oklahoma "282" miles away. with 13k on the clock...Long story short, as of Tuesday, we are the new owners of a nearly new 2014 Cadillac CTS. Not a perfect car, but a great starting point. Once home I spent about 10 hours perfecting the paint so I can put ceramic coating on it, once my kit gets here. I've finished up several projects in the shop and have several that I need to start. I must admit, I checked here every day since the site went down hoping it was back up. Good to be back. |
