Merry Christmas 2025

                           Merry Christmas 2025

 

We have enjoyed a different yet interesting year.

We mainly enjoyed working on our new house construction –

• March 31, we received a building permit for our new house up on Jeremy and Jacie’s farm.
• April 10^th, we broke ground at 1356 NE Flicker Hill Lane, Poulsbo.
• May 15, we passed our house footing inspection
• May 28^th, we passed the stem wall inspection.
• June 10, we had the concrete foundation walls sealed.
• June 25^th, we passed the house under floor inspection.
• August 5^th, the trusses arrived and were installed with the help of a tall crane, with a spare crane standing by.
• September 25, Milgard kindly replaced a defective from factory window, which completes all the window installation.
• October 25^th, the rain gutters were installed after the roofing was done.
• October 31^st, two garage doors were installed.
• November 11^th, an electrician wired up power for our completed septic system.
• December 1, we passed a plumbing inspection.
• December 17^th, we ordered our Kitchen and bathroom cupboards.
• Presently the heating ductwork is almost done. Also, the electrical work is in progress.

So we have been rather busy this year with house building. The building accomplishments are fun.

 

In the last part of September, Linda entered the hospital for weakness and treatment for an unusual liver abscess. She was at the hospital for 3 weeks and then was treated at home for several more weeks. She is thankfully doing so much better now. The doctors worked hard analyzing her problem and planning her treatments. We are so grateful for her progress.

 

Jim had successful eye cataract surgeries this year. Jim also turned 80.

 

Merry Christmas, one and all. We have so much to be thankful for! However, we are concerned for our country, as so many Americans try to get by without God, the Creator and Sustainer of life itself.  Our desire is that people will realize the world and universe, along with the creation of man, are totally impossible without a Creator God. The Bible clearly describes Jesus, the Son of God, being born in a lowly manger, who lived a sinless life, and who died so all who believe can have a personal relationship with Him. God’s Book teaches about how God wishes us to live, the best life, even here on the planet Earth.

 

                                              Jim & Linda

 

 

 

 

Two new lambs this year. 

computer is stopping

 My 10-year-old Windows 10 computer is stopping lately in the middle of use. The mouse just freezes. I am unable to get any response. ESC or cntr+alt+del have no effect. I can hold the power button for 10 seconds and it will shutdown. After the shutdown, the computer will power up and work for several hours. I did find plenty of dust under the processor fan and cleaned it off. I removed the fan for cleaning. The fan sits on top of the processor cooling fins. ???? Hopefully????

Dusty

Vacuumed

2024 Electrical Power Cost

Jim and Linda's electrical power cost for 2024With 6kw of solar power installed in Washington
12/13/2024   Bill due 01/06/25     $22.23 11/13/2024   Bill due 12/05/24     $7.49 10/15/2024  Bill due 11/04/24      $7.49 9/13/2024   Bill due 10/03/24        $7.49 8/14/2024   Bill due 09/04/24        $7.49 7/15/2024   Bill due 08/02/24        $7.49 6/13/2024   Bill due 07/05/24        $7.49 5/14/2024   Bill due 06/04/24       $7.49 4/12/2024   Bill due 05/02/24      $18.24 3/13/2024   Bill due 04/02/24      $93.10 2/12/2024   Bill due 03/04/24    $136.84 1/12/2024   Bill due 02/02/24      $14.82  Total charges                   $337.66 
10/30/2024   Payment Posted $1,427.40 
                                        $1,427.40                            minus        $337.66 Used to pay for solar panels $1,089.74 
Solar panels were turned on Jan 30, 2019
Our solar generates over 8MWH Where MWh = Mega Watt Hours, where mega = million
2024 pse billing and payment history.xls