Archive for July, 2007
Purchasing Has Started
Sunday, July 15th, 2007The purchasing for our home (which I have dubbed The Poorhouse) has begun not just knick-knacks but serious items. In this case it is the kitchen being loaded up.
A local seller of home furnishings and appliances is nearing the end of a tent sale. The tent sales includes slightly damaged items or items they feel […]
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Details Details
Monday, July 9th, 2007I confess, sometimes I put on my autopilot and miss details. I gloss over them and dismiss them as “just details”. Well we all know that is where the devil lurks and for a while I was letting Beelzebub chew on me.
I thought we were just about ready to fill out our loan application and […]
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Energy Efficiency
Wednesday, July 4th, 2007With the soaring costs of energy these days we are open to using alternative energy sources. For instance, we have explored solar electricity and geothermal heat pumps.
Unfortunately, further analysis shows these new energy technologies have payback periods longer than we are willing to consider. Both solar & geothermal have payback periods on the order […]
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