The Ownage

I realized it was nearly a year ago when I first mentioned the Solar Project that I wanted to do. What better time to work on it than now, when I am in between jobs? Of course there is the no-income issue, but I’m doing okay for now, and I have some ideas to keep [...]

This graph is a comparison of our July household energy usage. Last year is on the top. As you can see, this years usage for July (bottom) is quite a bit lower, most probably due to the new windows.  All I can say is … w00t!

I decided that it was time to upgrade our windows. They were old, crappy, aluminum-frame, single-pane windows that were doing little more than a sheet of plastic wrap would to keep the heat out and the AC in. The graph on the left is our energy usage for last year. See that big spike on [...]

I finally got around to ordering the new windows for the house, and my procrastination finally paid off! Long story short, I saved around $700.00 by taking advantage of a 20% off weekend sale, plus price matching. If Home Depot had fully honored their price matching policy *grumble*, I would have saved 30%. Short story [...]

I decided to bite the bullet and get new windows for the house. Our current windows are, well…pretty much the worst windows possible. They are ancient crappy aluminum frame (alum colored too) single-pane windows that probably have an R value near zero (or a U-value near 1.00). I have found that there are lots of [...]

I went on a walk last night…been over a week since I last went. My back muscles felt much stronger this time, and I was able to bypass one of my normal resting stops (bus stop), and another I limited myself to 30 seconds of rest. I think next time I will increase the distance. [...]

I (actually all of us who live there) need to put aside some time soon to clean up the house. We all have done our own part to contribute to the mess (actually Alex has made the least of it), but it’s gotten to the point that something needs to be done.  Some things off [...]

I dropped my car off at the Nissan dealership today. They are going to fix a few flaws in my car, mostly cosmetic. They sure don’t seem very organized (calling multiple times to schedule appointments, etc), but I guess they are just so darn busy it’s hard to keep up with what’s going on. They [...]