Since August 9th I have been anxiously awaiting this moment, this weekend, this most exciting time, we are moving into our new house!!! On that hot day seven months ago my fiance, at the time, started cutting down trees on our newly acquired property. Technology played a large role that first day and has been participating regularly ever since. I remember going over that weekend and seeing Steve and his brother Scott standing in an extension bucket suspended high above the earth cutting down trees on our wooded lot. FIfty years ago it would not have happened that way, they would have been strapped to the tree in a very dangerous position sharing one jigsaw. I can say with absolute certainty we would not have been building our home there.
As things progressed on the house it was great to see how far we have come in the world of technology and made you wonder where we were going. I remember the day the water lines went in and we hooked up to the city sewer. Can you imagine life without indoor running water and a flushing commode? I do not even want too. Not only that, but what about our heating and cooling system. I have lived through a summer in a mobile home without an airconditioner, I do not recommend it. In some ways I am very spoiled, not everybody has these simple luxurious and I feel so blessed.
I think the one thing I am most excited about in our new house that is technologically savvy is my convection oven. It is said to cook things in half the time, something I will believe when I actually experience it.
Technology is everywhere! I see that now. It is so odd that when you are forced to think about something you see it in so many new and exciting ways. The house is technology that I am comfortable with, something I am excited about. Work is something I am familiar with, a routine, what I do everyday. This class is pushing me, is making me think, wonder, question, and it makes me squirm a little. This is not a bad thing, just something new to embrace.
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Megan,
New beginnings, like building and moving into your new house, hold such fond moments. Technology perspectives also remain fresh with the constant changes. The changes happen at such a rapid rate that I find myself looking ahead to the latest tools and gadgets! Best wishes on your move!
Teresa
Congratulations, Meg! The new house sounds wonderful, all the more so since you have seen it since its inception. When I was in the Peace Corps I lived without indoor running water or plumbing. You get used to it but... I will always remember the sound of my frozen hair when I walked home from the public bathhouse. :-)
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