Good morning! Grumble grumble.
Here's today's Question of the day! Grumble grumble
Now that gas prices are officially through the roof (ours hit $4/gallon yesterday), is there anything that you have started doing, or will do differently?
I haven't visited my friend in Lansing for nearly a year...and it makes me sad. She really doesn't make enough money to come visit me (because of the gas prices) and it's looking like I've been priced out of the leisure travel group now, too.
I plan to stop making separate trips to the grocery store. That chore will be done on my way home from work. I just started getting the Sunday paper for the coupons, and I will plan my trip according to the best deals. I need to go to Bay City to buy some new work shoes (5EE...nobody else carries anything that small/wide) but I'm waiting until I need to go to Bay City for something else and combine that trip.
I put in new storms and screens (hight efficiency) windows all around my house a couple years ago.
I put in an extra layer of fiberglass insulation in the attic two winters ago.
I put in an automatic thermostat on my furnace to try to regulate the energy consumption. Now I will drop the heating numbers from low 65/high 68, to low 62/hight 66 and see if it helps. My cooling numbers were 70 degrees day and night, but I'm going to see if I can stand it at 72 day and night. I'm miserable when I'm too warm, so it might not be doable...might have to do 74 during the day while I'm away, and 72 or 70 at night while I try to sleep. I'll certainly give it a try though!
I am going to call a contractor friend this evening to have him install a pet door on my back door, going out into the sunroom. For the last three years, I've left the back door opened a crack to let the kitties come and go. I KNOW there's been SIGNIFICANT loss of airconditioning because of this arrangement. I really didn't want to cut into this beautiful hardwood door, but tough times call for tough decisions. If I ever decide to sell this house, I will deal with a pet door, and possible need to replace the door at that time.
So....lets hear how you are coping. Maybe someone has ideas and suggestions that will benefit us all!!!
Here's today's Question of the day! Grumble grumble
Now that gas prices are officially through the roof (ours hit $4/gallon yesterday), is there anything that you have started doing, or will do differently?
I haven't visited my friend in Lansing for nearly a year...and it makes me sad. She really doesn't make enough money to come visit me (because of the gas prices) and it's looking like I've been priced out of the leisure travel group now, too.
I plan to stop making separate trips to the grocery store. That chore will be done on my way home from work. I just started getting the Sunday paper for the coupons, and I will plan my trip according to the best deals. I need to go to Bay City to buy some new work shoes (5EE...nobody else carries anything that small/wide) but I'm waiting until I need to go to Bay City for something else and combine that trip.
I put in new storms and screens (hight efficiency) windows all around my house a couple years ago.
I put in an extra layer of fiberglass insulation in the attic two winters ago.
I put in an automatic thermostat on my furnace to try to regulate the energy consumption. Now I will drop the heating numbers from low 65/high 68, to low 62/hight 66 and see if it helps. My cooling numbers were 70 degrees day and night, but I'm going to see if I can stand it at 72 day and night. I'm miserable when I'm too warm, so it might not be doable...might have to do 74 during the day while I'm away, and 72 or 70 at night while I try to sleep. I'll certainly give it a try though!
I am going to call a contractor friend this evening to have him install a pet door on my back door, going out into the sunroom. For the last three years, I've left the back door opened a crack to let the kitties come and go. I KNOW there's been SIGNIFICANT loss of airconditioning because of this arrangement. I really didn't want to cut into this beautiful hardwood door, but tough times call for tough decisions. If I ever decide to sell this house, I will deal with a pet door, and possible need to replace the door at that time.
So....lets hear how you are coping. Maybe someone has ideas and suggestions that will benefit us all!!!