Yesterday was Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ( Read more... )

This morning I awoke "hot and bothered", read the clock as 5:33, and just laid there. Soon after Marisa came to bed. After she turned off the lights, turned on her fan and laid down I eventually woke up ( Read more... )

Here is my attempt to document House60 projects since 1999 with links ( Read more... )

So my 2nd sabbatical from work ended today ( Read more... )

Live Journal is missing one feature: it does not allow me to find entries with key words from only my journal. So I wanted to go back and find the entry about our last change of coffee makers I had to walk through all entries since January 1, 2009. I didn't find anything except the past 2 1/2 years ( Read more... )

* The big news at work is that I am getting a new manager. Actually I knew earlier but didn't know who...and it was also too confidential to mention. I will meet him tomorrow (along with everyone else on our team, which by the way is now smaller with the exit of the most experienced developer leaving ( Read more... )

To-day the permit for our heat pump installation, including the two circuit A/C and outlet was finalized ( Read more... )

Yesterday was the first time we have cooled our house! danceswithfish said she was roasting, so she adjusted the coolness setting on the "IQ Drive" control (AKA Thermostat) and "Voila! Cool air!" Betty was not roasting so compensated by bundling up.

Nice to know the system we installed, less than a month ago now, is working correctly!( costs and before... )

The work paid off! The work to replace our old Lennox gas-furnace with a Frigidaire high efficiency heating-cooling system began today and the folks doing the work had good access to everything. About the only thing I did not consider was the need to place the thermostat higher on the 1st floor wall (to meet code). If I had, I would have removed ( Read more... )

After four days, the basement of our house is ready for work.

There is a clear path to the furnace.( basement achivements )