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To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining, in the days of our children, the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. ~Theodore Roosevelt

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90 Percent Project

The 90 Percent Project

Water, water everywhere

Boys and electricity

90 Percent Project - Week 1

90 Percent Project - Week 2

Relearning old tricks

90 Percent Project - First month

90 Percent Project - Week 5

90 Percent Project - Week 6

90 Percent Project - Week 7

90 Percent Project - Weeks 8 & 9

90 Percent Project - Week 10

90 Percent Project - Week 11

90 Percent Project - Week 12

The one kilowatt hour day

90 Percent Project - Week 13

90 Percent Project - Week 14

90 Percent Project - Week 15

90 Percent Project - Week 16 & 17

Big drop in electricity use

Quality of Life with 90% Less

90 Percent Project - Weeks 18-20

90 Percent Project - Week 21

Unplugged, briefly

90 Percent Project - Weeks 22 and 23

90 Percent Project - Week 24

Ear Worm and Other Matters

90 Percent Project - Week 25

90 Percent Project - Week 26

90 Percent Project - Week 27

90 Percent Project - Week 28

90 Percent Project - Weeks 29, 30, and 31

90 Percent Project - Week 32

The simplest things defeat me

90 Percent Project - Weeks 33 & 34

How am I doing?

New water meter

90 Percent project - Weeks 35, 36, and 37

90 Percent Project - Week 38

90 Percent Project - Week 39

90 Percent Project - Weeks 40, 41, 42, & 43

March electricity

90 Percent Project - Weeks 44, 45, &46

Blog Matters

Cider Press Hill

Cookie Troubles

Only a matter of time

Lotsa white space

Is it better yet?

There Be Changes

As inevitable as....

What's on their minds

What color do you see?

Notice of intent

Back with another tempest brewing

Internal changes

What they're thinking about today

A housekeeping note

Gravatar issues

Technical glitch

Books

It began with one word

Discovering Cormac

Ye Gods and Little Fishes

Wish I was a carpenter

Miscellaneous items

Abelard and Heloise

Not so instant gratification

Taking the Harry Potter plunge

Well entertained

Not so responsible borrowers

The Perfect Title

I want a Kindle

Computer

I hate to sound paranoid, but....

Firefox skin incompatibility

I'm not a professional

Fun with Calendars

New Internet Explorer

Monitor differences

Address stealing

Virtual Environments

Computer Maintenance

Conservation

Roadless Forest Conservation Rule endangered

Oxymoron, apparently

Cutting consumption

Christian Stewardship

energy policy as a survival issue

Giving up on New Orleans

Walking Maudslay Park

Never thought I'd love my H2O bill

Misery is profitable

My new shopping bags

Delayed satisfaction

Pick on Wyoming day

The 90 Percent Project

90 Percent Project - Week 1

90 Percent Project - Week 6

Conserving water reduces rates?

90 Percent Project - Week 15

Just call me Suzie Sunshine

Big drop in electricity use

Quality of Life with 90% Less

Well, I dunno...

New water meter

Reflecting on small victories on a warm day

Cooking

Waiting for food

Cranberry-Cheese Nut Bread

I made some butter

Culture

anti-racist=anti-American?

The Culture of Life

Not a happy day

Superman promotes fascism

Desperately needs a meal

Daily Life

Jekyll and Hyde

Crash and burn begins

Happy Birthday N

Word from the hikers

That karma thing

My Wildlife - Part I

My Wildlife - Part II

Love that Dorchester

Second Prez Debate

Changing Fortunes

The shriek heard round the world

Misunderstanding

Bad first experience

More fun than....

Simply Beautiful!!!!!!

Saturday morning catchup

Voting accomplished

Two is better than one

Thanks to a donut

Splinter church?

Another child gone

The parental curse

Off to New York

What is wrong with these people?!

Three really good things

Lessons in real life

Time to decorate

Outside decorated

Pretending to be winter

Terry has a new friend

A new one on me

How to get to...

Damned absentee landlord

The Continuing Saga

Shopping begins

How to complicate your life

One hour and fifteen minutes

Good News, Bad News

Now the fun stuff begins

Not making this up

Not surprised, but...

Digital cameras

Olfactory splash

No. It's a good word.

Wishing you a...

Belated White Christmas

Almost out the door

Driveways are for looks

Happy New Year!

Hope this isn't going to become a trend

A minor fixation

It's too early to start saying this, but...

Quiet snowy day, mostly

Free To A Good Home forestalled

Things are not always what they seem

Weather advisory

Stealth something or other

New brand of fog

Battle of wills

Barefoot Windjammer

From the department of Dumb

A Word about Stinky

Nervous Bostonians

Blizzard with Thunder?!

Panic in the streets

When cussing isn't good enough

Playing in the snow. Not.

Tow, tow, tow your car....

I hate winter!!!

The Things I See

Still present and accounted for

They're back already??

She needed her coffee

What ever happened to being a kid?

The kitchen sink

They never fail to surprise

Possible good news

Best of both worlds

Decisions, decisions

Furnace fixing day

Pray for a short memory

Bucket and sponge time

What's that white stuff???

Always something to gripe about

Regular as clockwork

Of snow and real life events

Vanity tag of the day

The cost of living

The check is in the mail

The bizarre, a crooked priest, and Terry

To SAT or not to SAT

In the aftermath

Quiet day on the ranch

Stinky loves me

Boy Howdy, It Must Be Nice

Things that make me go hmmm....

Spring tries, the lad ponders

Broadband dilemma

Abbie's traumatic experience

The power of the web

For whatever it's worth

The lad is away

Did Not Get Lost

Dreary, most dreary

Spring is official

Time Zone Confusion

The price of gasoline

About that fence

Pulling the plug

Birds and flowers

In no particular order

E-mail surprise

Something's wrong with Stinky

Official vs School Time

Birds chirping and all

Was it the right decision?

Open mouth, insert foot

Tonight's the night!

No sunshine today

Killed another one

Adjusting to the new season

Nerves of steel, not.

whyohwhyohwhy???

Happy dance happening!

Contours would help

The Secret History of Night

Just call me a post

Another day, another rule

To chop or not to chop

Battle of the bike lanes

The best laid plans

More of the same old

Skulls and crossbones

The Peepster's bad day

Weed whacking Chronicles

The morning ritual

Made some changes

Comcast strikes again

My poor doomed trees

My favorite store

street urchin wanted

What a million will buy you

Right hand, *please* meet left hand...

The things people do

Coupla observations

Gotta get that license

Annual budget cuts

Oh it's so hot!

Relief is on the way

One idea begets another and another

Almost a two-fer

Dark Ages Redux

Evil, evil Norton

Life's little surprises

Not the ideal vacation event

Waiting for the gurgle

The mystery of the day

Timing is everything

A magnificant bottleneck

His real name is officially defunct

Conflicting values

Truckloads of dirt

Fuel prices/How to make a dog happy

Fire burn and cauldron bubble...

They stick like glue

Time management

Old made new again

One of the disadvantages

It's that time of year again

You need sugar. We insist.

Time to scrub and polish

What I like about today

Your guess is as good as mine

Herbal Essence Spa Time

In the neighborhood

Terry's unhappy

Freshly picked apples

It's a long way to the bottom

Eight pounds of incentive

The diner is open

Saved a squirrel

Unseasonably hot

Overlooked pics

Senior Portrait

Counting the days

What's on their minds

Unveil the yellow orb, please

Rainy, windy, and shopping

Anticipation mounts

It's still up there!

Mom's best friend

A 2 sort of day

I'm sick of weather and recruiters!

Terry and Mom unglued.

Add another layer!

Then she said "I don't understand"

Supporting capitalism

Recruit, recruit, recruit

Short visit to the beach

It's big, anyway.

Stars. I saw some.

Where did this come from?

Such a helpful clerk

I'm not a professional

How much does a clothesline cost?

Can we come in?

Coffee shopping

Cold front. Not.

A small respite

Lightly salted crow

Florida calling

Another dozen gray hairs

A little concerned

Pounding rain and wind

Somethin' you don't see every day

Shocked my socks off

Happy, happy dog

Not enough hours

Warm enough if you're a pipe

Time to buy bread

Snow day, kinda

During and after

One question answered

Rip it out now!

Federal Regulations

Men are hard to shop for

Who needs dog food?

The third alternative

Kindness of strangers

Practical matters

Wish I was a carpenter

My day in a few words

First project of 2006

Doesn't look like progress to me.

Important Question

Just what I needed

We might be dumb, but....

Form, function....RED!!

The wonders of avoidance

Not for the delicate

Not a happy day

Taste of spring

Pulse pounding drive

John and Abigail

An unwelcome aberration

Morning observations

Terry's cold feet

The rodent says

Total addiction

The telephone rings

Speaking of....

Phones, chicken necks, and coffee

Will spring be early?

Maybe...maybe not

Appointment tomorrow

People's mysterious habits

Spring is over again

The Rose of Treason

Unrequited love and a resolution

A little wrinkle

When the stove won't burn

The Sending of the Passport

Takin' care of business

More weather. Ick.

Never thin enough

The end of the wood pile

Dreaming in color

Happiness is...

Back with another tempest brewing

It's Mud Season

Making nice with neighbors

Attracting hummingbirds

The internet is big when...

Making a journal

Walking in the park

Avast me hearties

Red Flag Warning

Miscellaneous items

Spring is determined

Thinking about Craigslist

My little guests

Next week's projects

Today's word is nervous.

Weeping cherry blooms

You get what you pay for

Lotsa yard work done

The Ice Cream Cone

Wildly growing things

What is his problem!?

Waiting for food

Notes and observations

No, they're not all alike

Parking lot karma

Springsteen, again.

Totally baffled

Weed whacker saga continued

OxiClean vs. bleach

What is integrity?

The weatherman sez

Never a dull day

Neighbors come and go

Miserable rotten weather

Still graduation day, so far

He's officially graduated

Active email-closed account

Raiiiiiiiin. Bleh.

Rainy day doings

Moleskine love and a hack

Preparing to leave

And he's off...

She just won't quit

And he's off. Again.

A tree would be nice

It was interesting

Winter's on its way

The lad checks in

Morning wildlife

I have an address again. Yay!

Reclaiming my house

Beautiful day and thirsty twigs

Can't wait for Monday

From the outside world

Wandering about the cemetery

Instead of mowing the lawn...

Returned to sender

Entering the 21st century

To rain or not to rain....

Sniffle and honk

Case of the uglies

Poor little opossum

Passing it along

Pissed off people

Not meant to be

Wish I had a crystal ball

Talking it through

Project interrupted

Communal wallowing

Three more days

He's off on his new adventure

The magic phone call

Giving in to temptation, maybe

Abbie's new old ritual

First care package

Now I can say OW!

Annual wood debate

Winter is coming

Comedy of errors

Another spider story

Learning the hard way

Stepping out to learn something new

Soul killing place

Freak snow storm

Making time fly

The long phone call

Merry HallowXmas

The weather turns

The Mom Conspiracy

Flat as the proverbial pancake

Dragging my feet

Telephone survey

Spoiling her is fun

When confidentiality laws bite

It's nice to have dry wood

I love that kid

So I went shopping...

Modern day Sisyphus

Dark and Dreary

A trip to Staples

Grocery store rewards racket

Kitty on the roof

We need more doctors

My name is Kate and...

Inspiration on the internets

Who's playing with my head?

Winter is knocking at the door

Let the festivities begin

We're having weather

They must hate weather

Oh my gosh, we're out of coffee

Eternal hanging on

Lights, socks, phone calls and stuff

Immersion learning

A little mind rambling

How did that happen?

It's morning!!!

The door revolves already!

Dear weather gods

Out of practice

Communication is Good

Houseful of contentment

Just thinking out loud

New neighbors and stuff

Duct Tape is My Friend

Tuesday thoughts

The politics of cookies

Sweets for the wicked

My new shopping bags

Time for a new refrigerator

Drawing to a close

They're wrong again

Microfiber Cloths

Getting ready to go

Blessed electricity

Expensive lessons

Two special things

Delayed satisfaction

Flirting with spring

Trek to the store

Valentine's Day Blizzard

Post-storm sore

Pretty new drill bits

Spring break coming

The Perfect Margarita

My little furnace

Whine, whine.....

Finally thawed out

Oh for crying out loud

Spring must be in the air

To Comcast or not...

First day of spring

Goodbye Verizon

Making progress

Bad habits begone

Pet Food Recall II

Three more days

Sun spots or karma?

Winter's reprise

If I was smart...

Sunday morning stuff

Post-storm survey

Brisk, but sunny

Too full to move

Earth Day and stuff

The grass dilemma

Spring Burst & A Suitable Conclusion

It should be illegal!

Price of groceries

Neighborhood notes

The care package

Virtual Environments

Happy household

My first visitor of the season

April electricity

One of those days

Another one bites the dust

Must have grass

Pink clogs, by gum!

Bad mockingbirds

Obsessing pays off

The weatherman goofed again

The laundry issue decided

Birds in the 'hood

Two down, one to go

Gas prices and a thermocoupler

The air conditioner wars have begun

She's sooo tired

Pleasant Friday

He broke the rules

We have weather

Water, water everywhere

Drowned pansies

Boys and electricity

Killing a few watts

Cold, CSA's, Attitudes, and Girls

Population explosion