Archive for October, 2008

Getting ready to put in a Fireplace

Thursday, October 30th, 2008

It is damnably cold out there, which by extension means that it is also damnably cold in here.  My fingers are cold as I write this, so please excuse any typos I might miss having made.  tyk.
I went into town with my dad yesterday and we decided what kind of stones he wants to have […]

Got back computer, thoughts of Alaska

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

I finally got my desktop computer back from HP, which is so much nicer than I could hope to express.  I was having a lot of trouble trying to keep up using my laptop, since I did not want to abuse the poor little thing too much.  My mom had bought that for me so […]

Winter Driving and more

Sunday, October 19th, 2008

Winter is here now, and it is time to think about winter driving.  For some reason it seems like every year when the winter months begin, everyone on the road forgets how to drive in winter conditions.
The first thing to be aware of is that the moose are all headed down to the low lands […]

Cold - I’m ready for a fireplace

Friday, October 17th, 2008

The cold weather has most definitely set in to stay now.  I really want to get some kind of wood stove put in here, but first I will need to rearrange everything in the front half of the house to make room for getting one put in here.  That makes me rethink installing one on […]

Home heating

Monday, October 13th, 2008

The other night the lights here flickered really bad and threatened to go out.  It made me think seriously about the fact that our heat depends on the power and the need to get a wood stove put in the house.  I think it is time to rearrange things in the front room so I […]