This year’s blogging goals:
- Take (and post?) one picture everyday (let’s see how long this one goes…I am not a photo taker. But I aspire to be one!)
- Post something of substance 2-3 times a week
Seems pretty simple right? We’ll its taken me 5 years of reading blogs and countless non-starts to even get the courage to pound out this first post. (Yea, I know, I’m not really speedy when it comes to make decisions. Thanks Captain Obvious)
So what do I have to blog about? A lot I suppose. 2013 will be the year to wrap up all the major projects on the house. (Am I seriously smoking something that I think this is going to happen?) I mean as I speak, B is installing Insteon in our living room and kitchen. This is CLEARY not a major construction on the house, does not get us any closer to finishing the basement or upstairs, but frankly its cool as all get out and I am totally supportive of the random tangent we have found ourselves on. So now you know why we've lived here 5 years and still have unpainted walls.
Well that and my fear of commitment to paint colors—or almost anything furniture related. Maybe this little chronicle will help me conquer that fear too. (Don’t mind the random headboard….this is the only good picture of the terrible paint situation that has been in my living room for 4 years. And yes, I made that bad boy. My proudest accomplishment to date. The headboard not the uber embarrassing wall color situation).
Anyway, that got a little random there. Where was I? Ah, Insteon (http://www.insteon.net/) is this awesome home automation system that allows you to control basically anything from your smartphone. Turn the lights off from bed...what? I got this!
B and I had been eyeing a similar system up before Christmas, but weren't sold. We went to dinner with B's uncle and he spent about an hour with B showing him the awesomeness. Nerd alert! I was sold as soon as B told me I could walk onto our front porch and the lights would sense movement and would turn on both the front porch lights. No big deal, motion sensors do that too, right? Let me tell you why that is awesome. 1) We do not have a light switch for the porch on the porch. Yes, the goofy folks of the early 20th century put the light switch for our front porch inside the house. Now tell me, when its dark outside, how does one see to use their key to get in the house when there is no light? The good thing it its not as annoying as you think (hense we've lived there for 5 years and not done anything about it) but when an awesome solution that doesn't involve re-wiring our house appears...you take it. 2) This system is smarter than the average motion detector. It recognizes when its dark and only turns on when you need them AND it will also turn on the house lights inside at the same time because they can be linked together. 3) It gets me a much coveted dimmer for the dining room (and kitchen). So we don't need to eat under what I can only describe as a UFO invasion and we can get some romatical mood lighting up in this joint! I am so not doing this stuff justice. You'll have to check it out! (http://www.insteon.net/)
Well, that's the latest update in my world! Any big plans you have in 2013?
Anyway, that got a little random there. Where was I? Ah, Insteon (http://www.insteon.net/) is this awesome home automation system that allows you to control basically anything from your smartphone. Turn the lights off from bed...what? I got this!
B and I had been eyeing a similar system up before Christmas, but weren't sold. We went to dinner with B's uncle and he spent about an hour with B showing him the awesomeness. Nerd alert! I was sold as soon as B told me I could walk onto our front porch and the lights would sense movement and would turn on both the front porch lights. No big deal, motion sensors do that too, right? Let me tell you why that is awesome. 1) We do not have a light switch for the porch on the porch. Yes, the goofy folks of the early 20th century put the light switch for our front porch inside the house. Now tell me, when its dark outside, how does one see to use their key to get in the house when there is no light? The good thing it its not as annoying as you think (hense we've lived there for 5 years and not done anything about it) but when an awesome solution that doesn't involve re-wiring our house appears...you take it. 2) This system is smarter than the average motion detector. It recognizes when its dark and only turns on when you need them AND it will also turn on the house lights inside at the same time because they can be linked together. 3) It gets me a much coveted dimmer for the dining room (and kitchen). So we don't need to eat under what I can only describe as a UFO invasion and we can get some romatical mood lighting up in this joint! I am so not doing this stuff justice. You'll have to check it out! (http://www.insteon.net/)
Well, that's the latest update in my world! Any big plans you have in 2013?
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