All things considered I'm doing well. My sister and her family are settling in here at Zebra. I've spent the last two days building my niece a playhouse and swing set. She's been helping... mostly by running off with the tools. my sister sent me a link to the dodge super bowl commercial on YouTube with Paul Harvy. Said it described me perfectly.

On the power front I figured out a way to use a lawnmower and a car alternator to charge batterys or run the inverters directly. so take that power company! And yes I do carry a swiss army knife and duct tape.

As for building the house... plans have changed a bit there. I took my niece out sledding and it dawned on me, log cabin. Or actually a log house. So what was going to take me four years to build will only take two and cost under 15,000. And I get to use a chainsaw!