Monthly Archives: December 2011
More Choices
As I mentioned before, we’ve chosen the sink in the above picture. But that isn’t the faucet we picked. For that I thought we had decided on this one, with a separate water control on the side: … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure
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Christmas Trees
1977. 2006. For the past 35 years our tradition was to go up to our land and cut down our tree shortly before Christmas. We clearly couldn’t do that this year, so I bought some lights, garlands and … Continue reading
Posted in Living Fully
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Mild Winter?
The weather forecasters have been predicting a warmer and drier winter here. So far we haven’t seen it. We received more snow in the past few weeks than we did all of last winter. And when Andy plowed … Continue reading
Posted in Life As a Shared Adventure
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Not Quite Yet
It pays to be paranoid. We thought we had the final approval for the shed so Joe could start insulating it and hook up the propane heater. Andy checked just in case. I’ll spare you the details, but it … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Living Fully
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Choices
As I mentioned before, things are slowing down up on the land now. Andy is plowing the road when needed, and we’re gradually planning our little kitchen and bathroom. At Steve’s suggestion we went to Pittman Brothers in Santa … Continue reading
Planning
They uncovered the house slab Friday and it had only one small crack. Steve hasn’t looked at it yet, but he already warned us that hairline cracks are almost possible to avoid and they’re no problem. He says … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully
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A Quiet Time
View of shed from a distance. View towards the east from our clearing. No one except Andy went up this week. Joe and his crew had planned to go up Monday, but it was way too cold. It’s … Continue reading
Winter Has Struck!
Our shed. For higher resolution click on picture. Our well-covered house pad. For higher resolution click on picture. Joe was originally going up tomorrow to do more work, but they’re predicting more snow with highs around 20° F. … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning, Living Fully, Taking Risks
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More Progress
The radiant heating system has been laid and the house pad has been inspected. Everything is ready for the concrete to be poured. We had thought that might be postponed because of the storm that’s supposed to hit us … Continue reading
Posted in Lifelong Learning
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