While talking with neighbors Tom and Eleanor recently, the matter of the once titled Rural Electrification Administration (REA) came up. Apparently it's still on the books. Which means that there could be a glimmer of hope that electricity could come to the Santa Rita.
Counting our blessings for the creation of Google, it took a matter of seconds to find out that the once titled Rural Electrification Administration, now goes by the name of Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and is governed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Several States, including New Mexico are slated to be receiving funding from the USDA, per a press release dated Oct. 19, 2012. The USDA has recognized New Mexico as a possible candidate to receive funding. They have lumped NM in with Arizona and California. The USDA may never recognize the Santa Rita as being worthy of any funding, but they are at least including New Mexico as being one of eight States to receive funding. Have to start somewhere, and just having them acknowledge NM put a smile on my face while reading the press release.
So, anything is possible, friends and neighbors, even in New Mexico. I'm going to continue to look into it a bit further, and perhaps by the time we're all in the position to live up there full time, you never know, there may be power up there, in one form or another.
We're still going solar at the T-Square Ranch, and who knows?...the government might be able to help with that too!
Hope to see you all sometime in 2013.
Happy New Year to you and yours!
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
TO LIGHT OUR WAY...
We haven't purchased anything for the T-Square Ranch lately as our plans to build seem to have put on hold. However, yesterday when we were taking a walk around our local Goodwill (it was 50% off Saturday, our favorite day to shop!) Bill and I gazed down upon a lovely, heavy metal lamp with a SW cutwork motif and painted my favorite color, a turquoise-green, or I guess you could call it that oxidized-copper green.
At first I commented how cool it was, but thought, not buying that, no point in buying it, we already have too many things for the ranch, with no place to put them.
And then Bill commented that he really liked it.
And then when we saw the price...after the 50% discount...
He liked it, I liked it...and it was going to be, after the discount... $8.00!
Yeppers...you guessed it, Karen picked it up and headed to the checkout counter!
Hopefully at some point in the future you'll be able to visit the ranch and see our great $8.00 find gracing one of the entry points to the cabin, or possibly hanging over the dining room table.
Bill is leaning towards over the dining room table. Me, I'm thinking entryway.
Only time will tell to see where it will be hanging, because the dream is alive and well.
Because the first part of the dream has already come true...
And the second part of the dream will never die!
At first I commented how cool it was, but thought, not buying that, no point in buying it, we already have too many things for the ranch, with no place to put them.
And then Bill commented that he really liked it.
And then when we saw the price...after the 50% discount...
He liked it, I liked it...and it was going to be, after the discount... $8.00!
Yeppers...you guessed it, Karen picked it up and headed to the checkout counter!
Hopefully at some point in the future you'll be able to visit the ranch and see our great $8.00 find gracing one of the entry points to the cabin, or possibly hanging over the dining room table.
Bill is leaning towards over the dining room table. Me, I'm thinking entryway.
Only time will tell to see where it will be hanging, because the dream is alive and well.
Because the first part of the dream has already come true...
And the second part of the dream will never die!
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