Archive for August, 2008

Saving the juice

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

So after our crazy nuts $300 power bill in July, I went on a power saving spree. I automated computers to turn on and off. I unplugged a lot of devices that are rarely used, and I started using a lamp in the living room versus the ceiling fan lights. Now all of our light [...]

What is work?

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Working. I haven’t done it in a while. I go fly planes mind you. But I don’t work. I have fun. The only time I really “work” is when I get exactly 8 hours of “rest” between duty periods…i.e. over night trips. When I land at 10PM and depart at 6AM…that’s work. I end up [...]

The Blues

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

I have got bluetooth blues. My TMobile Dash smartphone has been acting up lately. I decided to do a hard reset. After doing do the phone was responding much better. Everything was great. I was happy. I then tried to simply re-pair it with my car navigation system. I remembered last time I did so [...]

Back too what works

Monday, August 25th, 2008

So I have been watching what I eat for…well…a long time. I did weight watchers….which worked….when I worked in an office. Being on the go…not so much. When I was on the go…..Atkins worked. So I am going back to low carb. Eric has been on it for a few months and lost quite a [...]

Everyone going to Disney World take one step forward

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

So my mother in law is paying for any family that wants to go to Disney World the second week of January. All we had to do was get there. Air travel is a non-issue. The vacation is a week long with her covering hotel, food and tickets to Disney. Not bad. She paid for [...]