When building new energy-efficient houses or making existing houses more efficient significant energy gains can
be realized, just by treating the House as a System. You cannot make changes to one part of a house without
affecting the many other parts that make up the house system.

The house system is made up of the building
envelope (foundation, walls, ceiling), the heating and cooling system, the water heating system, the lighting system,
the appliances, and a fireplace if present.

Ok LFPeeps,

If you've been following what I've been telling you for the past few months, the best deals on real estate right now are REO (Real Estate Owned) properties, or bank-owned properties.

Here are the best deals that I've found this week in King and Snohomish Counties. 

And they are some amazing deals:
 

Sunday couldn't have been a more gorgeous day, so headed on over  to the LFP Farmer's Market after my workout at the LFP Gold's Gym this morning.

 The sun was shining, the LFP Commons parking lot was packed full of people, and good, fresh, locally grown food was in abundance.

I had the pleasure of meeting Eric Rivera with Sound Bites Sauce and Spread Co., and who also attends culinary school and runs a fantastic food blog at www.ericriveracooks.com

Here he is ringing up my order of Cabernet Pepper Crackers and Lime Reisling Oil:

Tha'ts right, you heard it hear first, the former Mountlake 9 Theatres will now be home to a ginormous Cinnabon store, capable of serving over 10,000 cinnamon rolls an hour!

Recession got you down?  

Paying for unmerited executive pay pissing you off?

Play "Throw Tomatoes at AIG"!  www.moveon.org/tomato/

If nothing else, you'll feel marginally better for a few minutes.

-Lake Forest Mark