“Weather-wise” your home for comfort and to cut down on utility bills
for both summer and winter:

- Weather strip windows and doors and repair thresholds and door bottoms.

- Seal large gaps in plumbing and electrical pass throughs with canned
foam.

- Insulate hot and cold water lines. (more…)

Half of all heat enters your home through the windows.  Using a
thick shade or window film, especially over the west facing windows can
save up to 15 percent on your cooling bill.  OR shade those windows from
the outside by planting trees or installing window awnings.  Another way
is using solar screens on the outside of the windows. (more…)

Today is a few tidbits that I thought might be useful information.

There are 49 million disposable diapers dumped into landfills every DAY and it takes
500 years for them to decompose. That means your great, great, great (you get the
picture) grandchildren’s diapers will start before your baby’s diapers disappear.
Cloth diapers are chemical free and switching to cloth will reduce waste by over
1/2 ton per baby per year. (more…)