Friday, 2 January 2009

Podcast 67

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Visit from Carolyn
Was great to see her
Check out www.frugalandgreenish.com – her well written blog about all things greenish and frugalish.

Chicks
Hatched, grown, flourished – almost as big as their parents now. 5 boys to try to pass on.

Recession
Downshifting is very “in” now – TV programmes have gone from Property Ladder to The Home Show - all talking about making do. Living within your means rather than on credit.
Growing food, knitting, making gifts.

Jeep sold truck bought
Our own little bailout of the auto industry

Energuide survey
Got results – not much hope of any grant money – scored 57 points

Plans for 2009
Work on the house
Build AJ's business
Grow even more vegetables
Optimistic about it

New TV
Flat screen – we have been really consumerist – works with our UK DVD player – great picture and right size – it is our main form of entertainment. Works with our resurrected laptop.

Matt been to PEI
Matt – NS, NB, PE, ON
AJ – NS, NB, AB, ON

Bad things
Matt – TV
AJ – power outages

Good things
Matt – life
AJ – 6 months free Sirius satellite radio

posted by Matthew Guy @ 6:49 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At Sat Jan 10, 12:59:00 PM AST, OpenID jamesbrownontheroad said...

Just got round to listening to the show, and enjoyed the most upbeat podcasters I've heard so far this year. What a change not to hear complaints about the credit crunch.

Don't forget that the Sirius radio in your new truck should also receive time shifted BBC radio stations from the UK, so you can listen in at the same approximate local hour that the programmes were broadcast in the UK.

 
At Fri Jan 30, 12:29:00 PM AST, Blogger Peg-woolinmysoup said...

Enjoyed the latest podcast. A happy 2009 to both of you. Good luck with the landscaping business and also your chickens and garden.
Enjoy the greenhouse, I certainly get a lot of pleasure from mine.
You certainly have had a good amount of snow and cold, but then we have had lots of snow, cold and fog. The weather around the world seems to be a bit 'off'!
I am pleased that things are working out for both of you. It cannot be easy to leave the country of your birth and start again, but you seemed to have done lots of planning and are able to change your expectations as life happens.

 

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