Living for today - Planning for Tomorrow
I know this is probably starting to sound repetitious but we spent the weekend out at the lake working on the house. We were able to complete the siding over the deck (cedar peak) which I’ve been wanting to do for quite some time. We also got the heat pump delivered and I wired it in. In the next couple weeks we’ll have the company
I’m back out working on the cabin. I decided to take a couple days off this week since the weather is so nice. I’ve got a few things lined up to get completed on the cabin. I’ve asked the heating company to come out tomorrow and finish the install of the heat pump and fire the system up. I have run the wiring out for
This has nothing to do with personal finance but I found it somewhat pathetic: We have troops deployed in many hostile areas. Our national debt is skyrocketing. Politicians are all maneuvering for election day. There are a million different things that actually matter to our country and our world going on right now and CNN breaks with this? I’m so disappointed that this is what our
On December 15, 2007 my parents had a fire at their home. The fire gutted the garage/shop and smoked the inside of their house. Days after the fire, my mother called the various utilities to stop them while they waited to rebuild and clean their house. They knew it would be months before they would be able to get back in their house and didn’t
When I saw these images of various consumer products that are vizualized in their various quantities I was struck with how much waste we have in this country. 426,000 cel phones are retired every day. http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/11rtn.php http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/12rtn.php 11,000 jet trails are produced in this country every 8 hours http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/ http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/02rtn.php 106,000 aluminum cans are used in the US every 30 SECONDS! http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/05rtn.php http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/galleries/running_the_numbers/06rtn.php 60,000 plastic
A lot of people talk about open source and point out that it’s the holy grail of software. I love open source software just as much as the next guy but I also like Windows. I’ve used Linux in the past (an old Redhat version and the more recent Ubuntu) but I could never bring myself to use it exclusively. Like many others, I found
Lately, as my job has been really stressful and I’m frankly not all that happy with it, I’ve been thinking about throwing in the towel and moving out to the lake house once it’s done. (My wife would love to do this) In a sense, we’d be checking out of the rat race we are in to find new opportunities and a slower pace. Of
I painted a bit more trim this morning while it was still cool outside. We are waiting around for the electrical inspector and then once that is done, we’ll be heading out. Here’s a shot of the front:
I know I said I was going to try and do some blogging out here at the lake but it hasn’t worked out too well. The fact of the matter is, I’ve been busy. Since last Thursday we have: Leveled the ground with a trackhoe (around the house) Finished the gravel driveway and culvert Finished wiring the cabin Had our electrical inspection Fixed the garage
Madame X over at Openwallet asked the question, “What is your company paying you for?” It’s funny to read her answer to the question and realize that we are probably exactly 180 degrees from each other on the Meyers Brigg type test. I took a similar test (Called Insights) and was a big fat yellow. Being a yellow means that I crave the social interaction