What a beautiful weekend!! On Saturday, we made it to 84 but the humidity and dew point were so low, it didn't feel anywhere near that warm. And since it was the second and last weekend of the Parade of Homes, we drove out to see the only other home I was interested in touring. It was a ways out in the country and is a geo-thermal home with passive solar and a garage roof that will accept solar panels in the future. -- Piggy's Pad

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Date Posted: 12:26:55 pm, Mon, 10/22/07
Author: Sandy
Subject: What a beautiful weekend!! On Saturday, we made it to 84 but the humidity and dew point were so low, it didn't feel anywhere near that warm. And since it was the second and last weekend of the Parade of Homes, we drove out to see the only other home I was interested in touring. It was a ways out in the country and is a geo-thermal home with passive solar and a garage roof that will accept solar panels in the future.

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It was a custom build home and the new owners had already moved in, yet they opened their doors to hundreds of people. The house was very different and I ended up getting dizzy on the stairs and then again in the hallway on the second floor. Those were built with industrial metal grating to allow the heat from the sunroom (which included a sauna and a hot tub) to rise and heat the upstairs. It was a weird feeling to be walking down a hallway where you can see through to the kitchen and sunroom below. Too many stairs for my taste but it's always interesting to see what other people are coming up with (NT) -- Sandy, 12:27:13 pm, Mon, 10/22/07
And on the way back home, we stopped at Lake Shawnee and toured the new Botanical Gardens that have been put in this year. So very beautiful with all of the color and it gives me all kinds of ideas for new flowers for new spring. Considering the day was so warm, windy and nice, there were very few people at the lake and only a couple of boats in the water. But it was great to walk the paths, sit on the benches and watch the ducks, geese and sea gulls. The lake was really choppy because of the wind but it made walking the gardens just about perfect. (NT) -- Sandy, 12:31:10 pm, Mon, 10/22/07
Yesterday wasn't nearly as warm and the sun played hide and seek most of the day. But about mid-afternoon, the cold front came through and we dropped from 73 down to 60. We even picked up another inch of rain last night, meaning that over the past 9 days, we gotten 6 inches. We're still so green here but today is chilly (about 54) and very gray. Ken and Jackie had driven to Omaha one day last week to go to the zoo and he said that the trees in Omaha are almost bare, where our trees are still green and still holding on to their leaves. (NT) -- Sandy, 12:34:40 pm, Mon, 10/22/07
I just checked the bridge cam in Maine, since Gerry's mom said yesterday that they were just passing peak color. It's gorgeously sunny, 77 degrees and I can tell that some of the red is now missing from the trees. Since I can't be there and leaf peep, it's nice to have the bridge cam to check out every day to watch the leaves change. All too soon, it will be winter and I'll be watching the snow fly on that camera. (NT) -- Sandy, 12:37:57 pm, Mon, 10/22/07
our trees aren't changing in our backyard either...if they don't hurry up we'll be raking in the snow this year!! (NT) -- Kate, 4:28:05 am, Tue, 10/23/07
This sounds really neat.....I know Rick and I would love to tour something like this....sounds like you and Gerry really had a great weekend!! (NT) -- Kate, 4:26:52 am, Tue, 10/23/07
This all sound so interesting!! I've never heard of a Parade of Homes...we do have several homes that open up during the Holiday Season for tours.....Rick and I've never went on them though... (NT) -- Kate, 4:25:39 am, Tue, 10/23/07
Our builders and realtors do this every spring and fall. They pick the examples of the homes they want to showcase and then they have them open to the public for two weekends. Most of the homes these days are *huge* and range in price from the mid $200,000 to almost $500,000. I've never quite understood why anyone needs that much room (formal living, formal dining, library, hearth room, family room, eat in kitchen, full finished basement 4-5 bedrooms, at least 3 full baths and now, we've graduated to 3 car garages as normal) but also, where are they getting the money? (NT) -- Sandy, 6:39:51 am, Tue, 10/23/07
Our house will be paid off in just over a year and boy, are we going to celebrate!! It'll be nice to have that money every month instead of making a mortgage payment. But since our taxes and insurance are built into our payment, then we have to pay that stuff on our own. But still, can you imagine the mortgage payment on a $400,000 home? In one of the homes we were in, the taxes and specials totaled *over* $9,000.00 a year!! Good grief. (NT) -- Sandy, 6:42:47 am, Tue, 10/23/07

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