Occupying my thoughts/time today

Tuesday, 2:56 pm

Feb

26

2008

1. Making more butter. I’m out and refuse to buy that tasteless grocery store stuff.

2. Mailing the lad’s care package. He’s been eagerly checking his mail and wishing I’d hurry the heck up.

3. Collecting paint chip cards for at least half of Martha Stewart’s 350 new paint colors. Exclusively at Lowe’s, her website says. As if I needed any more excuses to visit Lowe’s.

3. Resubscribing to freecycle. I guess if you’re inactive for a period of time, they dump you. I have more stuff to get rid of.

4. Staring at the ceilings, wondering if I really want to paint them myself or hire someone to do it for me. I hate painting ceilings. Well, I’m not all that fond of painting walls, either, but at least I don’t make a mess of that.

5. Wondering whether to recycle my immense pile of newspapers or save them for weed control in the garden this spring. They’re taking up valuable space. I think I should probably keep them. But they’re taking up valuable space....

90 Percent Project - Week 38

Tuesday, 12:57 pm

Feb

26

2008

And here are my weekly values for resources consumed during Week 38 (February 15-21) of the 90 Percent Project....

Electricity
Week 38: 13 kWh

This appears to be my new plateau barring any household disasters or atypical needs.

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Gasoline purchased
Week 38: 0 gallons

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Water
Week 38: 141.65 gallons

1 large load of laundry and 1 small load.

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Natural Gas
Week 38: 2 CCF

I left the hot water heater on continuously for 3.5 days out of 7.

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Trash
Week 38: 7.4 lbs

A little bit of spring cleaning in progress.

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Consumer Goods
Week 38: $80.84

Shower head, teflon tape, adjustable wrench, pliers, CLR, quilt.

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Food
Nothing particularly new to report here. Eating locally as much as possible and looking forward to spring variety. One thing I have noticed—the local foods have not gone up in price as much as the imported foods.  No small wonder with the costs of fuel and transportation.