Homestead
When we first moved to Austin their environmentally friendly energy program was completely subscribed, mostly by the city itself, and there was no way to buy in. Now, they’ve extended their program considerably and have no waiting list to join. So we did. It isn’t cheap, but not terribly pricey either. With the normal program […]
Continue reading about Spending our Green On Austin’s Green Energy Program
Along with the tiling project we’ve had a few other projects mostly electrical. First we put in a new thermostat (thanks to my dad). It has about a million options, but is frankly darn cool with it’s touch screen and all. A couple of hours of fiddling through the settings and we once again had […]
Continue reading about Another Example of Why Texas is Weird
It has been said that you don’t truly own your own home until you’ve started a 30 minute, $20 project that turns out to cost more than your down payment and last for weeks. If it hasn’t been said before, well I’m saying it now. We recently started such a project in Wesley’s bathroom. I […]
Rarely do I get excited by any products designed for kids or for their parents. Usually they are cheap, poorly made, really badly implemented or just plain a waste of money. I can’t count the number of things we thought we needed before Wesley was born that we can live without. Or things that seem […]