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First Cabinets Installed!

23. August 2010

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Oh my word, this is a day that will stand in history. We got some cabinets up!!! AND we are 100% electrified now!!! See the ceiling fans? I can’t tell you how thrilling this is for us. We have endured over 3 years without electricity in parts of the house. And now we have switched [...]

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Powerline Technology Just Totally Blows My Mind

9. August 2010

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I’ve been in the slow process of creating an entire Ethernet Internet network control panel (I’m still wiring the cables while we have the walls open right now). But after seeing some technology called “powerline switches,” I wonder if I should even bother with the Cat5/Cat6 wiring. This stuff just TOTALLY blows my mind!! Basically, [...]

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Patching… and PATCHING Thx to Buy.com

4. August 2010

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We’re STILL installing Sheetrock. Ugh. Patch patch patch. I wish it was as easy as tacking up panels, like you do in modern homes. But as any homeowner of an old (renovated) house realizes– nothing is straight in an old house. Besides the centuries of settling and movement of the structure, there’s the inherent crookedness [...]

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We Passed the Electrical Inspection!!

6. July 2010

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Woooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Look at this!! That is my official sticker, dear friends! The electrical inspector was here today, and he put that on my door. That sticker tells the world– the UPS man, the pizza delivery boy, the traveling salesman– that I have passed the first INSPECTION!! We did it!! I crammed to finish the remainder [...]

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Working in the Attic

24. June 2010

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It actually wasn’t so horrible this time. Some folks must be praying for me! The weather was nice– a bit cool, breezy, and overcast– perfect weather for a latte at the cafe… or a pedicure… or detoxufree 72…. orrrr….. WORKING IN THE MOLDY, DUSTY, DARK ATTIC. This is what greets me when I pop my [...]

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