We have 2 solar panels (12V) running a fan to cool the garage.

Generates a bit more than 12v

We even have “green” solar mounts (made of shrubbery).

12v muffin fan cools off the garage…

Me demonstrating a solar-powered Peltier junction: Hot into cold!

This was done during ARRL Field Day.

Edit: as mentioned in #House Update# we are using delicious library to catalog.

We are so blessed. Thank you Peter!!!

That evening, we watched the League of Grateful Sons which I (Steven) had not seen. In all, it was good to remember those who gave their lives serving our country, and made me glad for the work I have been doing to try to remember and preserve family history, geneaology, stories, photos and so on, for future generations (as the Lord calls).

Speaking of 200, 2,000 or 20,000 year plans, one thought I had while watching “The 200-year plan” last year was this: how do we preserve data for our great grandchildren in this digital age? Hard drives wear out, and as well, file formats change. Well, I have some ideas here- reply if you are interested in discussing it.

The following is from the preface to another document, that is the Westminster Confession, entitled “To the Christian Reader, especially Heads of Families”.

AS we cannot but with grief of soul lament those multitudes of errors, blasphemies, and all kinds of profaneness, which have in this last age, like a mighty deluge, overflown this nation; so, among several other sins which have helped to open the flood-gates of all these impieties, we cannot but esteem the disuse of family instruction one of the greatest. The two great pillars upon which the kingdom of Satan is erected, and by which it is upheld, are ignorance and error; the first step of our manumission from this spiritual thraldom consists in having our eyes opened, and being turned from darkness to light, Acts xxvi. 18. How much the serious endeavours of godly parents and masters might contribute to an early seasoning the tender years of such as are under their inspection, is abundantly evident, not only from their special influence upon them, in respect of their authority over them, interest in them, continual presence with them, and frequent opportunities of being helpful to them; but also from the sad effects which, by woeful experience, we find to be the fruit of the omission of this duty. It were easy to set before you a cloud of witnesses, the language of whose practice hath been not only an eminent commendation of this duty, but also a serious exhortation to it. As Abel, though dead, yet speaks by his example to us for imitation of his faith, &c., Heb. xi. 4; so do the examples of Abraham, of Joshua, of the parents of Solomon, of the grandmother and mother of Timothy, the mother of Augustine, whose care was as well to nurse up the souls as the bodies of their little ones; and as their pains herein was great, so was their success no way unanswerable.

We should scarce imagine it any better than an impertinency, in this noon-day of the gospel, either to inform or persuade in a duty so expressly commanded, so frequently urged, so highly encouraged, and so eminently owned by the Lord in all ages with his blessing, but that our sad experience tells us, this duty is not more needful, than it is of late neglected.

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Music

Rebecca is very glad to have the piano tuned and in the music room. She enjoys playing, We enjoy singing together, and Steven enjoys hearing Rebecca play.

The red couch came from the Salvation Army store as did the small table.

We’re starting to unpack the china into the hutch by the piano.

Wall Decorations

We are starting to put up some wall decorations.

Office

Rebecca set up our filing cabinet for organizing everything…

Steven is setting up his part of the office (with plenty of screen real estate..)

Library

Our sectional sofa and new rug, re-installed speakers and books.. this picture is from earlier in the month, we now have most of the books catalogued. Edit: More about the speakers/video at the Tech Blog

That’s your update for now… more later!

S for S&RL

SRLoomis Wedding Slideshow
I say “most of” because two items were missing:

1. 
   Fun, Fun, Fun (because I had already purchased it in plastic, and iTunes apparently no longer lets you create a mix to songs you didn’t purchase through them)
2. God Made Me which isn’t on iTunes, but which you can purchase from BlueBehemoth or judyrogers.com. (Judy herself, however, is actually on iTunes)

Song Name Artist Let Them Be Little Billy Dean God Made Me! Judy Rogers Sweet Pea Amos Lee A Wink and a Smile Harry Connick, Jr. Fun, Fun, Fun The Beach Boys My Wish Rascal Flatts What a Wonderful World (Single) Louis Armstrong While I’m Waiting John Waller Haven’t Met You Yet Michael Bublé I’ve Been Everywhere Johnny Cash Define Dancing Thomas Newman Bless the Broken Road Rascal Flatts First Date Thomas Newman

I named the mix “The Tunes which bring the Tears” for good reason.