update

shop4tech.com has labor day sale 10% off using LD10 as coupon code.

I took out the old analog (mercury switch) thermostat and put a homedepo thermostat that we got with our giftcard from our realator. we've the standard 8 wires run to the furnace (which piggy backs to the ac, and would include the heat pump im we had one) - well, i took the old thermostat appart (4 wires were used) and the wires were wearing out and not making connectivity once installed in the new one. i got it up and running using the other 4 wires stacked with the existing wires., so effectively i've used 100% redundancy to get it going. odd. i pulled more of the wire out, stripped back both ends, reseat everything, tried the old thermostat (tried many things) and this was all i could get running. oh well, at least we have 7 day programmable and it's digital! cool. i doubt we'll ever get a head pump so my home jobber on the wire from the thermostat to the furnace should not ever need tampering with.

keiths comment'

http://alodiah.blogspot.com/2005/03/under-where.html amused me.

free books

check out this website about charles watson who worked with charles manson in killing people.
apparently he's changed his ways, is in prison, and has published some books you can read for free. our conference presiden came back from asi and told his secretary she should get him some of the books.

more traveling

this weekend we get to travel from spokane to grants pass. on the way (thursday at 4 pm?!) we'll go to angela's wedding in corvallas. it'll be good to see grandma again.

we're on the go for the house purchase. The lender got ticked about a 2500$ deductable on the house insurance, so we bumped that to $1000. The sellers signed the adendum granting us 20% of our realators fee to be used in our downpayment (our agent wrote a letter pleading for them to reconsider, as it was the same amount of money out of their pockets) and it worked out. Jen's dad is awesome.

I'm well on track to finish the video projector after we move in, (i got some more tools, a skill saw, finish blade, and drill) and i believe my next project will be a 3 (maybe 4) axis cnc machine. i think i'll pickup keith's flag from a few years ago: you got any notes for me?