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tortoise
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DH is hunting today. I'm getting kids to clean the school room - my weekly nightmare 
. Send help
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Daydreaming while waiting impatiently!
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frustratedearthmother
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Hope the hunting is successful. Ugh on cleaning - I'm as bad as the kids, lol.
baymule
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Me or FEM wouldn't be much help on that.......got anything outside we could do?
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It's cold out there! No way!
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tortoise
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Electric bill arrived today. Significantly less than usual. I told DH its because I chopped my hair off. I really am using A LOT less hot water! I turned the water temp down on the washing machine too, just to be sure the electric bill would be less so I could tell him its because of my haircut. 
I really am using A LOT less hot water! I turned the water temp down on the washing machine too, just to be sure the electric bill would be less so I could tell him its because of my haircut.
frustratedearthmother
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Good thinking - that's hilarious!Electric bill arrived today. Significantly less than usual. I told DH its because I chopped my hair off.
Mini Horses
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I'm alone, so I actually cut my hot water tank off at the breaker. Can run it 1 day and off 2 with good planning of dishwasher and shower time. Saves a nice amount over a month. I run a freezer and two frig, so try to cut somewhere.....lights off, local heat downstairs, none upstairs, etc. Freezer is full, opened little and one frig open maybe 1x a day. It's a game.
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I enjoy frugal grocery budget game. I need to get into power saving too. I know what to do, but I need to get into a competition with myself and have fun with it.
DH wants to retire sooner than he planned... so I need to practice living on a trimmed budget.
I got free carhart bibs for DS13 today! They're stained and bleach marked so no one else wanted them. Perfect for barn clothes! Very thankful.
DH wants to retire sooner than he planned... so I need to practice living on a trimmed budget.
I got free carhart bibs for DS13 today! They're stained and bleach marked so no one else wanted them. Perfect for barn clothes! Very thankful.
baymule
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I once rented a house with an electric water heater in an area with high cost for electricity. I cut the breaker off after baths and dishes. The water stayed hot enough to last the next day and I flipped the breaker back on before baths and dishes. It cut $30 off a month!
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Our previous house had a power saving thing with the power company. The water heater was shut off from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in exchange we got a discounted rate from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. We had just the tankful of hot water during the day. We didnt run appliances during the day. Fill the washer, dryer, dishwasher during the day and hit start at 7 p.m.!
