Bangor

On Wednesday, Sarah and I drove down to Bangor, for her Thursday appointment at the Eastern Maine Medical Center. She is supposed to get an ultrasound of her veins every so often, to see if they are remaining open after her CCSVI procedure. We had a few extra minutes, so we went and visited with Paul Bunyon. It's been awhile, we remember visiting with him when we stopped overnight in Bangor on our honeymoon.

So we thought we had a few spare minutes. Truth was, we had that and an extra hour, as we hadn't changed the time in the car. We were plenty early for the appointment. And the good news was that her veins were still 100% open. So a nice meal was in order. And although Tanya had begged me to go to the Texas Roadhouse, Sarah chose the Longhorn Steakhouse. And supper was great! We had it all polished off before our waitress had a chance to take our picture.

On another note, we will all be thinking of, and praying for Chloe this week, and Victoria and Brad, as they head for Halifax and the IWK. Sarah, Grandma, and I went up to see them last Sunday. Chloe is one happy baby!

Good luck Chloe! And let's not forget Hailey. She is going to stay with Tanya and family for the week. Good luck Hailey!

First Bonfire of 2012!

With a few spare minutes today, we went back at trimming up the hedge. That only went as far as the last of the chainsaw gas let us go. But we did have enough trimmings to make a mighty bonfire.

So tonight we had a bonfire. Carrie is still out there with Jessica and Mariah. Also I should mention that seeing as the outside temperature almost reached 28 C today, we tried out the AC option on the heat pump. Brrr.It worked.

First Day of Spring... Geothermal Heat Pump

I must admit that I've been more than a little slack about getting some posts on here. So with the first day of spring here, I thought I had better mention our new geothermal  heat pump, that we are really happy with.

We put the loop in the week after Labour Day last September. 3000 feet of pipe, in 4 runs, so our trench was 750 feet long. Almost to the mailbox, and halfway back. They are filled with water and 25% methyl hydrate. When we tested it in January, the water coming in was 35 F., and going out was 29 F. so we were getting 6 F. out to heat the house. How you ask? Not sure, but it works. 40 cents per hour of run time, so like 4 bucks a day. Gotta love it.

Grass looks pretty green doesn't it? The heat pump sat on our back step for awhile, then in the basement for awhile, but we waited patiently, and we finally had it going on October 31. And we got the field all leveled out and ready for seeding with this years spring work. Which might be coming sooner than we think, with this warm weather.

Not so green today, huh?
The same day as we started the loop, we also joined the ranks of farmers that pay a lot of money for sawdust. After spending the summer running all over the country with our dump trailer behind the truck looking for sawdust, we paid $1500 for a tractor trailer load. And $1700 for one since then. For sawdust. Keep that in mind the next time you cut a board and sweep the sawdust into the garbage.