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SisterSue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Connie Sue
Fredericksburg
TX
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 Posted - Jul 09 2012 : 07:42:28 AM
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I've been trying to find a topic to post about my "cleaning up" badges, so I decided to post on this thrifty thread.
I found a really cool tool on my electric coop website. I went on to research about how power is generated etc, and there is an interactive tool on the site for calculating savings. After I did the exercise I already added up $360 in savings a year by doing things like changing light bulbs, using our blinds, thermostat adjustment etc. I knew most of those, but to actually work through the activities helped me discover even more that I can do to bring our bill down. Living in hot central Texas doing this research to earn a fun badge is one thing, but to actually be improving our finances and taking care of the land is a great bonus. So thankful I joined this group!! (And I've always loved earning badges 
Farmgirl #4283
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
13641 Posts
CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2012 : 7:42:35 PM
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It's amazing what you can do to save once you start looking into it, isn't it?
As a kid, I grew up on a farm and my mom MADE us hang the laundry outside to dry, even in the winter. After I got married and had access to a dry I swore I'd NEVER hang my clothes out again.
Welllll . . . that changed about two years ago or so, when I decided that:
- we really needed to save on our electric bill
- I really do LOVE the smell of laundry that's been hanging outside. We have clean air and fresh breezes!
CJ
..from the barefoot farmgirl in SW Colorado...sister chick #665.
2010 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
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from my hubby - www.aspenforge.blogspot.com |
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Annie S
True Blue Farmgirl
756 Posts
Annie
Custer
S.D.
USA
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Posted - Jul 14 2012 : 11:26:30 AM
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I too learned about how we could save some $$$ through our electric co-op. I'm always pulling plugs from un-used appliances, turning off lights after my DH and keeping the blinds pulled shut to keep the hot sun out of the house. We don't have AC in our house, so we have been suffering a lot this summer with the high temps in the 90's and 100's.
Also hang all the laundry on the line even in winter - when it's warm enough and not -30 degrees. In fact, DH check our last bill today and said we used a lot less energy last winter. Any way I can save on that bill the better. |
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