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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
I had just finished hosting a dinner for friends. Our guests were on their way home and I had just begun to wash the dishes. But the hot water tap was delivering nothing but cold.
Going down to the utility room to investigate, I discovered a disaster: the water heater tank ...
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Friday, February 19th, 2010
After installing all that new insulation this past fall, I've been curious to track how my natural gas usage might change for the better. A few other bloggers I follow have charted their energy bills lately and that seemed like the thing to do for me, too
I made a spreadsheet ...
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Thursday, January 21st, 2010
I'm pretty sure the last time I used a sewing machine was my 8th grade home economics class. That class must have made an impression, though, because I still remember sewing a nylon duffle bag, cooking "broiler burgers," and nervously working alongside a female classmate whose body had developed more ...
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Saturday, January 9th, 2010
Schoolhouse Electric just announced their new lighting catalog in an email I received recently. The catalog is chock full of eye candy, and really worth checking out. You can view the entire catalog online or request to have a printed version mailed to you, if you're of the clip-and-save persuasion.
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
We may be far enough into 2010 for some people to have made and broken new resolutions, but I'm not yet through reflecting on 2009 and planning for the year ahead. Sure, I could beat myself up about the backlog of unfinished projects I'm carrying forward into the new year-- ...
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