OT - being green
My bill used to be around $150 a month. It's down to $125 now, saving me about $25 a month. It doesn't sound like much until it adds up to $300 a year, which is like getting two months' of electricity for free. And considering it has gone down, even during summer with the A/C on, that's saying something.
If my living room stuff wasn't all controlled by a wall switch, I would totally have it all on a power strip so I could just flip that off.
[edit: Actusally I just went and checked my last bill. It was only $111. So not too shabby at all.]
If my living room stuff wasn't all controlled by a wall switch, I would totally have it all on a power strip so I could just flip that off.
[edit: Actusally I just went and checked my last bill. It was only $111. So not too shabby at all.]
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Oh, a personal one that some of you might ew at... we're a "let it mellow" household. As long as it's just pee, we usually don't flush except for once or twice a day. (unless we're having or expecting company, of course)
I watched this amazing documentary a year or so ago about the depletion of earth's water resources. It scared the hell out of me. The raw statistics are so crazy. We always think of water as being a limitless resource, but it's not. And it's vanishing. So water conservation is a really important cause for me.
I watched this amazing documentary a year or so ago about the depletion of earth's water resources. It scared the hell out of me. The raw statistics are so crazy. We always think of water as being a limitless resource, but it's not. And it's vanishing. So water conservation is a really important cause for me.
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
I think that's a good idea and think I should do it. But even though logically I know it's a good thing to do, it feels "icky" to me and I usually can't resist flushing.
I know it makes no sense and it's totally in my head. I've recently started using cloth wipes instead of toilet paper for things that aren't messy, and so I have a plastic tub of cloth wipes that have pee on them under my bathroom sink, and that doesn't gross me out at all. But letting it mellow? For some reason that seems icky.
I know it makes no sense and it's totally in my head. I've recently started using cloth wipes instead of toilet paper for things that aren't messy, and so I have a plastic tub of cloth wipes that have pee on them under my bathroom sink, and that doesn't gross me out at all. But letting it mellow? For some reason that seems icky.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
LoL. I saw a site once that called it "Family cloth". Basically cloth toilet paper. As long as you're properly hydrated and illness-free, urine doesn't smell and it's sterile, so there's nothing really gross about having a basket under the sink for stuff like that. I had really considered that for a long time, and don't know why I never made the switch. I might do that.
As for the ick factor of letting it mellow, eh, we all find ick in different things. My aversion to reusable cups and thermoses probably seems weird to some people. It doesn't even make sense to me. I can drink flavored beverages out of them, but no****er. Water has to come in a new, unopened bottle. Can I put tap water into a reusable cup and add Crystal Light to it? Absolutely. But I couldn't drink it plain. Strange, I know.
As for the ick factor of letting it mellow, eh, we all find ick in different things. My aversion to reusable cups and thermoses probably seems weird to some people. It doesn't even make sense to me. I can drink flavored beverages out of them, but no****er. Water has to come in a new, unopened bottle. Can I put tap water into a reusable cup and add Crystal Light to it? Absolutely. But I couldn't drink it plain. Strange, I know.
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Check out my video blog! www.youtube.com/user/HappilyShrinking/videos
Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
I just recently decided to give it a try and I like it. but I only use it for urine. Other stuff would gross me out.
And I know this is completely silly, but it's fun having "toilet paper" with different colorful prints on them.
And I know this is completely silly, but it's fun having "toilet paper" with different colorful prints on them.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Yeah, I can't deal with the poops. It's the #1 reason I never went with cloth diapers. Just can't do it. Even if I paid a laundry service to pick them up for me, I still wouldn't be able to have a bin of poopy diapers just sitting around until laundry day. We don't even have a diaper pail in the nursery--I take them out to the trash after every change.
I thought it would be fun to cut up my daughter's receiving blankets (she has lots) and use those. They're soft flannel and have cute prints.
You might just have a "family cloth" convert. The idea always appealed to me, I'm not sure why I never got around to doing it. Especially since I'm the only toilet-using female in the house, it wouldn't create much laundry.
I thought it would be fun to cut up my daughter's receiving blankets (she has lots) and use those. They're soft flannel and have cute prints.
You might just have a "family cloth" convert. The idea always appealed to me, I'm not sure why I never got around to doing it. Especially since I'm the only toilet-using female in the house, it wouldn't create much laundry.
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Check out my video blog! www.youtube.com/user/HappilyShrinking/videos
Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
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Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
I cut up some old cotton shirts. It is much softer than toilet paper.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Those things are good! I am planning to can some stuff I get at the farmer's market this year.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I would so, so love to be sustainable anf grow our own food. I have this little dream in the back of my head of retiring on a big stretch of farmland and putting in a huge garden and raising our own chickens and turkeys and goats... but I know in my heart I don't have the fortitude or dedication to it, and I'd end up with a lot of failed crops and misplaced eggs.
Hats off to you.
Hats off to you.
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Check out my video blog! www.youtube.com/user/HappilyShrinking/videos
Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
Check out my video blog! www.youtube.com/user/HappilyShrinking/videos
Highest weight: 269. Surgery weight: 233. Goal weight: 144, and then we'll see..
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