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+title: "Bullets #14 | My favourite month of the year"
+author: "adam nowak"
+date: "2024-05-03T20:47:19+02:00"
+slug: "14"
+description: "The weather is great, the trees are green, and the flowers are blooming. The days are long, and when it rains, it's not cold. I love May! Things are going well for me!"
+categories:
+  - bullets
+  - summary
+tags: 
+  - woodworking
+  - budgeting
+  - tesla
+  - May
+  - BMW
+  - Actual
+  - cake
+date: 2024-05-03T20:47:19+02:00
+---
+
+Welcome to Bullets #14! Sit back, relax, and dive into the latest edition of the [series][2], you can also catch up on the previous edition [bullets/13][1].
+
+---
+
+The weather is great, the trees are green, and the flowers are blooming. The days are long, and when it rains, it's not cold. I love May!
+
+Things are going well for me!
+
+**May is my favourite month of the year!**
+
+🏃🏻‍♂️ I'm really proud to have surpassed 200km running this year. It's more than I've ever run in a year! And we still have a few months to go! My small dream is to run a half-marathon in one go. We'll see if I can make it happen.
+
+🪑 2 [#woodworking][3] projects have been monetized! It's my first time in more than 10 years of getting paid for something other than IT programming/consulting! Ain't much but it's honest work :D
+
+{{< figure src="202403_IMG_0801-lubieniebieskipl.jpg" caption="Wardrobe for a young lady">}}
+{{< figure src="202404_IMG_9301-lubieniebieskipl.jpg" caption="Bathroom cabinet for an older lady. Proudly presented by the author!">}}
+
+🎂 My younger son is really into cars. Every week, I have to buy him a new issue of the "Motor" magazine. Look at the cake he had on his birthday! Everything was edible! The cake was delicious!
+
+{{< figure src="202404_X1000369-lubieniebieskipl.jpg" >}}
+
+🏦 I experimented with home budgeting a bit. Instead of taking the simple approach, I chose to explore the options available on the market. My goal was to find a self-hosted, open-source solution that would help me manage my budget and allow me to import from different sources.
+
+* I ended up with [Actual][4] and a bunch of importers/parsers. The flow is:
+  1. Download CSV, save it in a Downloads folder (bank statements, Allegro history)
+  2. Hazel watches the folder and moves the file to a specific folder
+  3. Run a script that parses the CSV from banks and creates it own version of data in JSON/CSV formats
+  4. Run a script that imports the data to Actual
+  5. Check if everything is ok, categorize the transactions, and check if the balance is correct
+  6. Profit!
+
+* One special mention for a Rails project [Maybe: The OS for your personal finances][5] -- it's still early, but I'm watching it closely.
+
+🚗 I test drove the Tesla Model Y and while I wasn't completely blown away, the experience exceeded my expectations. I'm not a Tesla fan yet and not quite ready for an electric car, but I must admit that the prices of Teslas and the value they offer are highly competitive compared to other car manufacturers. However, it's worth mentioning that there was a BMW dealership near the Tesla Demo Drive and we couldn't resist exploring some options there too. I still don't have a strong preference for SUVs; I still prefer Tourings... Speaking of which, the [last time I mentioned][6] the 3 series, I was genuinely impressed!
+
+📝 I see a lot of posts with `#WeblogPoMo2024` -- even though I'm not "attending" with my content, it's fun to read all the stories, my RSS backlog is getting bigger and bigger!
+
+Have a great month Folks!
+
+[1]: {{< relref "/bullets/013" >}}
+[2]: {{< relref "/categories/bullets" >}}
+[3]: {{< relref "/tags/woodworking" >}}
+[4]: https://actualbudget.com/
+[5]: https://maybe.co/
+[6]: {{< relref "february-summary" >}}