First:  I am delighted to report that my post on Head Start has had at least this much impact.  As a result of my tip, Jesse of The Wage Slave Journal has added this issue to the Scorecard of Evil.    

And now, in no particular order:

TBG set something up for me several weeks ago and it wasn't until this morning that I realized how effective it was.  I use a trackball mouse quite frankly because my desk is often too cluttered to facilitate the roaming of the traditional kind.  However, I was starting to complain about some tingling in my wrist so he bought me a wireless mouse of the more traditional variety.  What is so neat about this now is that both mice [my, that sounds silly] are set up to work at the same time and are always available to me.  Now I can switch back and forth all day long.  And it occurred to me this morning that my wrist feels much better now that it I am able to alternate the kind of mouse I am using.  I recommend it.

I feel ridiuclously pleased to report that I have been selected to beta-test Type Pad.  I've only had a few hours to play with it so I will not link to my test site yet but I will soon.  I think I will use it to document our family's process over the next year as we build our home and help develop Proximity.

We are off in about an hour to meet with the green architect/engineer that we are consulting with on our house. Up to about 3 weeks ago we thought we were in good shape.  We had selected a log home company to work with and settled on a basic house design.  And then we realized that we were working from faulty data.  It turns out that the gorgeous view is not on the south side of the house.  So the huge 2 story wall of windows we have planned will either (1) point south for solar gain and overlook the septic drain fields or (2) overlook our rolling hills, Furnace Mountain Ridge and Sugar Loaf Mountain and face the energy-inappropriate East.   TBG and I were up very late last night wrestling with the house plan. trying to solve this problem.  No success.  And did I mention that -- to complicate things further -- our building site is also on a steep hill that drops eastward toward the view? 

In other news, my mother, who had been visiting from Israel, left yesterday.  I am happy to report that it was a really nice visit.  The first such we have had since she moved there nearly 12 years ago.  A decade of therapy seems to be paying off... 

Our A/C is still broken though the last 24 hours have actually been okay because it has been cool and overcast outside.  It's only supposed to be in the mid 80's this weekend, as opposed to the mid 90's so maybe it will be bearable.

Well I have to hustle off to get ready for our meeting. 

hasta la vista babies.

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