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Entries from January 2007

3 Quick Friday Observations

January 5th, 2007 · No Comments

1) I hardly ever watch the news anymore (or tv at all for that matter), but my head was all gunked up last night and I didn’t have any energy so I plunked down and caught almost all of Katie Couric’s CBS (or is it ABC–shows my ignorance) newscast.
I noticed a couple of things–above and [...]

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Tags: Learning · Uncategorized

Our Geothermal Dream Come True

January 4th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Part of me still has a hard time believing we really have it.
It’s something I had dreamed about for years. From the start, I found the concept and technology fascinating. And oh, the money you can save!
For a confessed energy geek, everything about a geoexchange heat pump seemed really really cool.

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Tags: Around the house · Energy · Home Improvement · Learning · Money

Bad Dreams

January 3rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

Rough night last night. Just couldn’t sleep.
But still, probably better than my daughter’s.
A snippet from our drive to school this morning:
Me: So . . . bad dreams last night, huh?
Her: Yeah.
Me: So what were they?
Her: I put my scarf down the toilet.
In her quest to retrieve it, terrifying [...]

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Tags: Children · Humor · Parenting