Category Archives: Lifelong Learning
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
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A Good Week
As I mentioned in Thursday’s post they did finish the shed last week and we had a enjoyable and productive visit with Kaitlin and Torben. We still have a lot of detailed planning to do with Steve, … Continue reading
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The Next Steps
For better resolution click here. As I wrote last Thursday, we made a lot of progress last week. The stems walls are now done and Joe plans to go up tomorrow to pack the dirt around the outside of … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Lifelong Learning
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Good News and Bad News
There were good news and bad news this week. The septic system was installed, inspected, and buried: The shed site was prepared and inspected: And the trenches and rebar for the footings for the house were … Continue reading
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We Have an Address!
The site of the new shed is to the right of the driveway. The weather has been “slightly less than perfect” the past couple of days, so construction has been briefly halted. We’re expecting more good weather before winter … Continue reading
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Unexpected Aftermath
Last Thursday and Friday the road to and from the mountains was closed by semi trucks that rolled over. A company from Colorado was hauling away cars destroyed by the Las Conchas fire last summer, and apparently some … Continue reading
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In the Fullness of Time
The above picture is of Andy, Greg (our solar engineer) and Joe (our contractor) using a Solar Pathfinder to see what trees still needed to be cut down to keep them from shading our photovoltaic panels. The picture was … Continue reading
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Continuing Education
As I’ve mentioned before, Google and the internet has been invaluable the past few months. First to get information for documenting the value of our losses for insurance, more recently for getting information about materials for the new structure. … Continue reading
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