Note from JD: This is part of the energy savings project that I started here. The most obvious first improvement to the energy efficiency of my home is the insulation of the dining room ceiling. As you can see from the photos, I have a plank type ceiling (which I really love). For some reason,… [Read More]
Archives for December 2012
Formating to Food
Another great flight in search of food. Luckily, these three near-starved aviators found sustenance and survived! This was also formation practice day. In addition to our normal join-up and parade practice, we also began practicing missing-man passes with me flying the #2/missing-man position. Temperatures here in New Mexico have cooled down (considerably!) and the airplanes… [Read More]
Aghast!
December has arrived. Yesterday I looked at my Strava cycling data for November and was aghast! (yes, truly “aghast”! Both shocked and horrified. I don’t even want to tell you the number of rides or total miles, it is terrible. First, my defense. I traveled two full weeks in November and fought off one head… [Read More]
Homemade Money
Money – there is never enough of it. A few weeks ago, I turned my hot tub down to it’s lowest setting (80 degrees) to save some electricity as I was traveling out of town. I’ve actually left it at that setting for nearly a month. I received my electric bill the other day and was… [Read More]