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Car repairs done!

A few months ago, our 1999 Ford Taurus started running rough.  Initially, I thought of spark plugs and engine tune-up.  We did a few things, got it running slightly better, but for the last couple months it has still wanted … Continue reading

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Wind Turbine update

Well, my grid tie inverter is dead.  I’m sending it back to the manufacturer, and they will hopefully send another one out quickly.  Once I have that, we’ll hopefully be able to get feedback into the grid from our turbine.  … Continue reading

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More Wind Turbine work done… and much progress.

Today, Dad, Davey, Barak, Josiah and I did some more work on the Wind Turbine setup… We had it up on a pole last weekend ago (thanks to James and Wendy for coming over to help) but didn’t see any … Continue reading

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Really, this time there are pictures

Here’s the old van, after the wreck…  you can see the damage to the frame and the radiator (which prevented us from driving it far). And here’s the new Van, which we still owe a couple thousand on, and have … Continue reading

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Quick, before bed…

Home, home again I like to be here when I can When I come home cold and tired Its good to warm my bones beside the fire We are back!  I’ll try to post more tomorrow

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We have a van!

Yes, you read it right!  We have a ‘new’ van.  It’s a 1999 Ford Club Wagon F150 12 Passenger (11 seatbelts, we need to replace one).  Thanks to some donations and a generous loan, we were able to purchase it … Continue reading

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I am soooooo exhausted!

But, it’s been a good day overall. We decided to go ahead and move forward on the van that was available…  after a good day’s work with Wayne, we stopped by to pick it up, but it wasn’t quite ready … Continue reading

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A Replacement Vehicle?

Well, we’d like to drive home on the 8th of November.  But we have this issue…  our van is totalled and in Nashville.    I am fully confident that God has made a way for us to get back home, but … Continue reading

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Well, it’s been an exciting trip so far…

…and I finally have a chance to log in to the website. We were headed from St Louis to near Franklin, NC.  Day before yesterday, in Nashville (about 9:30, rainy and slick) we got in a wreck.  Our 15 passenger … Continue reading

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Many changes!

Well… just to give you a picture of what’s going on: Dad is no longer working with me.  That means SMD Services will no longer be installing cabinets and will go back to mostly dishwashers and other appliances and such. … Continue reading

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