WINTER HATH ARRIVED...and so has the gas bill...UGH
Holy crap. (2) weekends ago it was in the 50's, warm enough for me to climb a ladder and hang christmas lights.
Then one of those damned ALBERTA CLIPPERS came through and OMG..it's been freezing! It snowed measurably for the 1st time this season yesterday...several inches. I think it was about 19 degrees with the wind blowing rather strongly. Of course, this was the day I had an appt to get my oil changed and a few other things looked at on the car. I asked them how long it would be before the car was ready, they said almost 2 hours. No way am I sitting there that long..so I WALKED HOME, over a MILE..in the crappy weather. I was sooooo cold when I got home..then I thought, well shit - I have to go back! I decided to use our tiny little public transit system - it was so worth the $5 to get back...aah!
I got my gas bill the other day, and nearly choked. I've really made efforts to "reduce, reuse, recycle" - I'm trying to be a "green girl" and make a positive impact on the earth. I've managed to see a HUGE decrease in my electric bill, which makes me giddy..but the gas bill? I feel sick. My house is old, my furnace needs replaced. I will never have enough $ for a furnace, so I have to find other ways to try and control the air flow in and out of this house. I did get 6 new windows over the summer, I am sure that is helping..but obviously it is not enough. So I drove to Menards in the snow yesterday..and bought window plastic, and weather stripping, and foam outlet covers. Yes, foam outlet covers. They had a blurb on the news the other night about how much air comes in through your electric outlets on non-interior walls, and I was shocked. So last night I started with the plastic and outlet covers, that's today's project, to finish that, and change the furnace filter.
As for the electric bill - what have I done? All of my lightbulbs are compact fluorescents, inside AND out. They really do last forever too! Its crazy. I only have the lights on that are necessary as well (except the xmas lights). And this, I think this is the big one...I am aware of VAMPIRE ELECTRICITY. Vampire electricity is the electricity that is used by leaving appliances, lights, etc plugged in when they are not in use. I saw on TV somewhere that appliances, etc use MORE electricity when they are NOT in use! That seems fishy, but it was definitely an eye opener, regardless. Now you can't unplug your refrigerator, LOL..but you can unplug the microwave, coffee maker, vac sealer (he he), when you are not using them. You CAN unplug the TV in the spare room and everything attached to it when its not being used. I have watched my electric bill go from $130 to $100 to $70 to $40....there's the evidence.
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OMG, where have my bidders gone? I haven't sold ANYTHING in the past week. Double UGH! I'm still here, still masturbating, still horny, LOL :)
Then one of those damned ALBERTA CLIPPERS came through and OMG..it's been freezing! It snowed measurably for the 1st time this season yesterday...several inches. I think it was about 19 degrees with the wind blowing rather strongly. Of course, this was the day I had an appt to get my oil changed and a few other things looked at on the car. I asked them how long it would be before the car was ready, they said almost 2 hours. No way am I sitting there that long..so I WALKED HOME, over a MILE..in the crappy weather. I was sooooo cold when I got home..then I thought, well shit - I have to go back! I decided to use our tiny little public transit system - it was so worth the $5 to get back...aah!
I got my gas bill the other day, and nearly choked. I've really made efforts to "reduce, reuse, recycle" - I'm trying to be a "green girl" and make a positive impact on the earth. I've managed to see a HUGE decrease in my electric bill, which makes me giddy..but the gas bill? I feel sick. My house is old, my furnace needs replaced. I will never have enough $ for a furnace, so I have to find other ways to try and control the air flow in and out of this house. I did get 6 new windows over the summer, I am sure that is helping..but obviously it is not enough. So I drove to Menards in the snow yesterday..and bought window plastic, and weather stripping, and foam outlet covers. Yes, foam outlet covers. They had a blurb on the news the other night about how much air comes in through your electric outlets on non-interior walls, and I was shocked. So last night I started with the plastic and outlet covers, that's today's project, to finish that, and change the furnace filter.
As for the electric bill - what have I done? All of my lightbulbs are compact fluorescents, inside AND out. They really do last forever too! Its crazy. I only have the lights on that are necessary as well (except the xmas lights). And this, I think this is the big one...I am aware of VAMPIRE ELECTRICITY. Vampire electricity is the electricity that is used by leaving appliances, lights, etc plugged in when they are not in use. I saw on TV somewhere that appliances, etc use MORE electricity when they are NOT in use! That seems fishy, but it was definitely an eye opener, regardless. Now you can't unplug your refrigerator, LOL..but you can unplug the microwave, coffee maker, vac sealer (he he), when you are not using them. You CAN unplug the TV in the spare room and everything attached to it when its not being used. I have watched my electric bill go from $130 to $100 to $70 to $40....there's the evidence.
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OMG, where have my bidders gone? I haven't sold ANYTHING in the past week. Double UGH! I'm still here, still masturbating, still horny, LOL :)
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Sunday, December 07, 2008
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