February 11, 2013

Desert Sky

Apache Junction, AZ

            Today both Monte and I spent most of the day working on our computers.  Monte is going to install solar panels by himself. 

 

 

Last September when we were in Oregon we brought our rig over to AM Solar so they could give us an estimate on the solar installation.

 

 

While we were waiting for the estimate we took a tour of their facility and were very impressed with their operation. 

BUT the estimated price of the completed installation was WAY over our budget with almost half going towards labor.

So after a few months of back and forth discussion and making lists of pros and cons we have decided in favor of solar because it will give us the flexibility in choosing places to stay.  For me the deciding factor was how much it has cost us for electricity while staying at our present location.  

Monte has been in touch with AM Solar because we plan on purchasing most of the materials from them and the techs have been super helpful.  He will be buying the batteries from a local merchant.  He plans on starting the work within the next week.

I spent part of the day getting caught up on financials, sorting through receipts and reconciling bank accounts. 

  Because space is limited in our rig, we purchased a Neat Scan machine so that we could scan the receipts that we wanted to keep.

 

  The first few months I kept up with the scanning on a weekly basis but I have been lax and haven’t scanned any receipts for a couple of months. 

 

I also took time out from the computer to bake banana bread.

This is what is left of an entire loaf of banana bread.                                 .

 

  I have used the same recipe many times but only one time in the convection oven and that didn’t turn out good because I over baked it.  This time I shortened the baking time and it turned out great.

 

Pumpkin heard another cat outside and got all excited.