The house is ready for Christmas. The lights went up October 26. We are keeping it unplugged a little while longer. Not a popular decision with some of the habitants. We turned the lights on at Halloween although we were not quite in the mood this year given that we just came from our wedding. Pia dressed up as a nerd, Isabella as a dog, and Adriana as a flapper girl. Rain put a damper on the evening in general and the street were pretty empty earlier than usual.
The house on Cypress Avenue had 18 solar panels installed two weeks ago. Just in time for the darkest months of the year… We started the process in June and had definitely hoped to be up and running, but it was a little bit of a chess game to get the city to approve the drawings and although they did approved them in the end, they found something else they would like modified. We are not really in the loop, but it’s annoying to wait. Once the city is happy PGE has 30 days to install a bi-directional meter, so chances a working solar system will be one of the Christmas presents this year.
A big thank you to the many that helped us celebrate our wedding during the weekend of October 26 and 27. We had 18 visitors from Denmark, one from Holland (these are actually not the same countries) and three from England. Plus of course a whole bunch from all over the US.
We decided to postpone the honeymoon so we could celebrate with the ones who stayed a little longer and had a wonderful hike with Karsten and Kirstine in the Pinnacles but also great dinners with Jesper and Pernille and Alice, Olivia and Lorraine. Priceless memories!
