Monthly Archive: July 2017

So far it looks like we are on track. Producing more energy than we need in the summer, and obviously it’ll be less in the winter, plus we’ll use more in the winter. If I did it again, I’d probably go with a 25% smaller system, just to knock out the higher tiers of charges.

I had repeat ultrasounds of both carotids, then appointment with vascular surgeon yesterday. Am “stable”, so just to continue having testing done every 6 months. Rt. carotid is “about 80% blocked”.Today Gd-pa/Dad had orthopedic evaluation of right knee and his inability to bear weight without pain. Given cortisone injection. All due to arthritis aggravated by the fall in May and ruptured Baker’s cyst.    Hopeful for pain relief. Tomorrow will be my last day for...

She’s at 7:55 to the left, not sure where else in the video. also at 7:48 behind the guy doing the baptisms.

Kai, my friend Dale and I went on a backpacking trip to the Sierras.  We only stayed for 2 nights, but it was up at 10,600 feet or even higher.  Lots of snow, lots of mosquitos, and some fish. Woke up 3 times last night because of avalanches.  We had a great time, but it was pure survival mode!

Thanks to Andy, I have a new (albeit refurbished) laptop and I am one happy camper.  He installed an SSD in it and spent an afternoon installing my programs and transferring files and folders over to it.   My old one was 6 years old and was painfully slow and would lock up requiring restarts often.  That’s a thing of the past.  I’m at Negaunee right now, and even using the Verizon jetpack, it’s working...

I should have sent the last pictures of the deck here instead of sending them to you from my phone.

 Here’s our new colorful sidewalk!  What do you think?  pretty stylish.   Kai helped a lot on the demolition. Looks like a bunch of extra large ground hogs were running amok, but we’ve started a patio/fence/artificial turf project. Shannon is helping, Kai intends to also. Plans are for hardwood fence (tigerwood), horizontal slats, plus porcelain pavers for the patio. We’re in over our heads, lol.