October 24th, 2008
With all the doom and gloom hanging over our heads on the state of the economy, we’re looking for more ways to save — but sometimes that means spending a little money first.
We had the folks from Informed Energy Decisions over a couple weeks ago to perform an energy audit/condition survey of our bungalow.
We [...]
October 9th, 2008
When do you ever see a box, made out of solid wood, which was used to ship goods overseas, such as 48 7-oz. cans of tuna?
We found this a little while back in our basement.
Angola, sometimes known as Portuguese West Africa, was under Portuguese rule until 1975. They gained independence after a 15-year war, [...]
October 9th, 2008
A little more about our stained glass basement, yes basement, door from the previous post.
As I said earlier, we brought this door with us from the previous house, however it wasn’t original to the house — it came from Pete’s family cottage, located just over the Wisconsin border.
Pete’s grandfather built one of the first [...]