Dinner at the Old Mill
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 29. Aug, 2008 | 7 Comments
Person 1: “Let’s have gourmet pasta for dinner, shall we?”
Person 2: “Pasta sounds good, but there’s one problem.”
Person 1:Â “And what problem is that, pray tell?”
Person 2: “Our one and only pot is upstairs in the attic catching rain.”
Person 1: “Oh. Right. Corn flakes for dinner?”
Person 2: “I’ll get the bowls.”
Shingling a Steep Roof is Not (Quite) as Scary as it Looks
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 17. Aug, 2008 | 11 Comments
When we purchased our home, we knew that the roof was ancient and leaking.
Even I, who knew little about home renovation when we first moved in, could tell that the shingles were drastically deteriorated. Although I suppose it doesn’t take much to recognize that if a windy evening means that you’ll wake up to roof [...]
Places to Sleep
Posted by Laura-Jane - Whimfield in House, Projects on 06. Aug, 2008 | 7 Comments
This afternoon I wrote about places to sit; now I tell tales of places to sleep.
Our house has three bedrooms. All three rooms have been stripped down to the studs. Two bedrooms are still in stud-form: one bedroom is packed to the seams with our stuff, since we haven’t unpacked anything but the necessities since [...]
Fun With Numbers: Hybrid Car Edition
Posted by Cameron in Projects on 05. Aug, 2008 | 16 Comments
This post was written by Cameron!
I’d like to introduce a new series here at Whimfield: Fun With Numbers. Often during my research looking for new ways of reducing our cost of living, I crunch numbers. I often find it fun to come up with different statistical scenarios, crunch the numbers, and see how things pan [...]
Low-power server
Posted by Cameron in Projects on 02. Aug, 2008 | 5 Comments
This post was written by Cameron!
One of the main goals we have with our house is to make it as cheap as possible to live in. With the cost of electricity being the most expensive in all of Canada here on PEI ($0.19 kw/h + $30 per month flat fee), we are looking for ways [...]