Hello ! The post title says it all. I am changing the blog format from a weekly to a monthly summary as I hinted in the previous post. When the blog was launched in March 2021, the first 20 posts were titled for the specific activity, with the details provided in the post description. When construction began on April 18th 2022, I thought a weekly summary was appropriate (not imagining a spring monsoon would make the next five posts the same while waiting for the rain to abate) because there would be reportable activity on a daily basis. Now that we have moved in; I have gotten lazy (in more ways than one) and have enjoyed days where NOTHING happened (with no regrets)…
October found us continuing to unpack and complete home and shop details. Carole is nearly completed her move into the studio. I have just began moving into my shop. Helped a friend place and finish a concrete slab for a home he is building. Woodstove installation is complete with flue pipe installed. Finally got around to a long overdue interior clean and a wash for our 2 primary BMW’s. Did some work on the truck I purchased in February. Weather for the month was still warm and dry with a couple exceptions. Had a cold spell toward the middle of the month. We did not turn on the heat pump, just to see how the house performed. With overnight temps and the 30’s and highs in the 50’s during 3-4 days; the temperature inside the house ranged from 68-70 degrees. Another cold front arrived on October 30th after hitting 70 degrees on the 29th, 30 overnight. Yesterday’s high was 50 and it was 27 degrees this morning. Inside temp was 64 when we got out of bed. Tonight will be similar, so we fired up the heat pump and brought the house up to 68 degrees. Lucas will be over soon to commission the slab heat system. The plan all along is to use the heat pump until cold weather has become the norm. We want to minimize propane consumption, and wait until the system is truly necessary to keep us warm. The forecast has us back in the 50’s and 60’s later this week. The image for this post was taken from the front porch when the leaf color peaked in Brown county earlier this week.
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