Went snowboarding with Gord and Kara on Saturday. First time I've gone in 2 years! I'm happy to say that there was no degradation in my skillz ;)

Christmas was good. I got a new tripod for my camera, thing this called Spot, a new flight bag, and some clothes.

The new job is going great. I've already did quite a bit in the two months that I've been here. There is still a lot of work to be done which is good as it will keep me busy.

In the next few weeks, I'm going to be putting up some items for sale. Some furniture, books, various nick-nacks... I'm thinking it of an online garage sale. I'm unsure which venue I want to display these items some are free like craigslist, kijiji, and facebook. While others like ebay cost money. We'll see.

I've installed some new light bulbs in the house. Got rid of 8 incandescents and replaced them with 12W CFLs. I don't know if all CFLs do this, but over time the colour temperature of the bulb changes. When I first turn the bulb on, the colour is much warmer than say 1-2 minutes later. Eventually we want to change all the fixtures in the house - when budget allows. By far, the biggest electricity user is the television, pvr, xbox. With all those cranked on, while I'm playing a video game, the whole system uses just over 400W at 1.5amps! At the current electricity rates, that works out to be about $40 a month. The problem is the PVR, which is on 24/7 and it draws about 80W.

I hope everyone has a great new year!

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