NATURAL MONEY SAVING TIPSSometimes very simple decisions can save your family money. Heating - The cooler temperatures are slowly coming on which means the heating bill is going to go up, but there are things you can do to combat this at home.1- Dress warm when at home. When I lived in Rhode Island, we had an apartment with one heater which was located in the living room. We learned to dress warm in the winter, use draft stoppers, and take advantage of hot water bottles. Remember that you save up to 5% in heating costs for every degree you turn down your thermostat in the winter. If you dress warmer when at home, you can keep that thermostat down.Using draft stoppers can help you save more energy because up to 11% of your home's heat loss is through doors and windows, and according to the US Department of energy drafts can cost 5% to 30% of your energy! That is crazy! The nice thing is it takes next to nothing to make your own draft stoppers. If you have a little sewing talent, you can make your own draft snakes. Click on this link to get directions on how to sew your own draft snake from The Rusty Bobbin. I have never gone as far as sewing to make a draft stopper. I typically cut the sleeves off of old sweatshirts or even use the legs of old sweatpants and just stuff them with grocery bags and tie them with ribbon. No these aren't at country-cute as a draft snake, but I don't really care too much about being cutesy anyway. And now the old fashioned hot water bottle. First, you have to find one. You can get them at Walgreen's for about $5.99. I tried to find them at Walmart and all they had were heating packs. Heat the water up in the microwave to rather than boiling on the stove (be careful when taking it out and also when pouring) and add it to your bottle. The water bottle will keep you toasty throughout the night and in the morning you can use the water to water a plant. Some hot water bottles can be put in the microwave, if your bottle can, then pop it in again next time. This is a good way to stay comfy in bed in the evening without using things like an electric blanket or keeping that heat up.
Shorten your shower. I found this little tip on a box of cereal. did you know that every minute in the shower uses four to six gallons of water? According to cereal box (don't laugh), if you cut your daily shower by just one minute, you can save about 1500 gallons a year!
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Great tips. It amazes me that now our temperatures have dropped and we are having perfect weather, I still hear air conditioners running at my neighbor's house. I couldn't wait to get the windows open when it got cooler.
Ann
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