skeleton park music festival has come and gone. i love hanging out in the park all day. it stinks that it's a whole year away until the next one. i can think of very few things i'd rather be doing with a saturday. the weather was great. the music was diverse. the conversation was enriching. all-in-all it was a super day. i especially enjoyed that we live so close to the park now.
in continuation with my de-clutter initative, i started re-arranging our bedroom yesterday - while brendan was taking a nap on the bed. he wasn't particularly thrilled with me, and even now i don't think he really understands why i bothered. however, i think it's an improvement. i consider floor space valuable real estate in our 560 sq. ft home. any time when i can see more of our nice wood flooring is a good thing. i've also been collecting a pile of things to donate to the next church freedom sale in a few weeks.
after seeing 'no impact man', i decided to look into alternative energy. first i looked into bullfrog, and found it wasn't the best fit for us. then i did a search to see if anyone in ontario is offering free solar panels. i saw something on the rick mercer report about it once. companies are installing them on residential houses for free, then making a profit by harvesting energy. it's pretty much a win-win situation. i ended up finding one (www.grasshopperenergy.com). i filled in an application and just heard back that we've passed the first qualification stage. if we get approved, they will install them free of charge, then rent our roof for a fixed rate for 20 years, then afterwards we'll own the panels. it's hard to say what solar technology will be like in 20 years, but most furnaces and major appliances are intended to last that long. the only downside is that we won't be able to use any of the energy we generate (some companies let you use the solar energy as part of the arrangement). but i guess with the extra money we could reconsidering bullfrog. it's funny, when i was checking the rates with bullfrog, it had different classifications along with their sq. footage. they have a bachelor apartment listed at 800 sq. ft. hahaha. our two bedroom house is smaller than that. our place is tiny, but i love it :)
in continuation with my de-clutter initative, i started re-arranging our bedroom yesterday - while brendan was taking a nap on the bed. he wasn't particularly thrilled with me, and even now i don't think he really understands why i bothered. however, i think it's an improvement. i consider floor space valuable real estate in our 560 sq. ft home. any time when i can see more of our nice wood flooring is a good thing. i've also been collecting a pile of things to donate to the next church freedom sale in a few weeks.
after seeing 'no impact man', i decided to look into alternative energy. first i looked into bullfrog, and found it wasn't the best fit for us. then i did a search to see if anyone in ontario is offering free solar panels. i saw something on the rick mercer report about it once. companies are installing them on residential houses for free, then making a profit by harvesting energy. it's pretty much a win-win situation. i ended up finding one (www.grasshopperenergy.com). i filled in an application and just heard back that we've passed the first qualification stage. if we get approved, they will install them free of charge, then rent our roof for a fixed rate for 20 years, then afterwards we'll own the panels. it's hard to say what solar technology will be like in 20 years, but most furnaces and major appliances are intended to last that long. the only downside is that we won't be able to use any of the energy we generate (some companies let you use the solar energy as part of the arrangement). but i guess with the extra money we could reconsidering bullfrog. it's funny, when i was checking the rates with bullfrog, it had different classifications along with their sq. footage. they have a bachelor apartment listed at 800 sq. ft. hahaha. our two bedroom house is smaller than that. our place is tiny, but i love it :)
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