WOO HOO! Gas/Electric Bill Success!!
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| Thu, 01-26-2006 - 10:22pm |
I just pulled up our new utility bill online. It's almost $100 less than last month!!! Yee haw!!! Last month it was $341 -- I about died!! I've made sure our heat hardly EVER goes above 63, and dh and I have stopped running our electric heater in our room at night (we bought a down featherbed with a gift certificate from my mil for Christmas). Those two things alone have obviously made a huge difference! I just had to celebrate!! :-)
On a different note, dh also had an job interview today -- his first in over 5 months! He thinks it would be a good job, but they still have more people to interview, and then come 2nd interviews, and then they're going to give the guy they're firing 2 weeks' notice. So if he gets this job, it won't be for at least a month. But he said it was just nice to have someone finally be interested again!! :-) The thought of him having a real full-time job again is almost too much to entertain; he's been off close to a year. Keep your fingers crossed for us, will you? :-)
Amy K.

Wow, good luck with the job. Keeping my fingers crossed!! And really congratulations for getting your bill down -- our just went way up. I didn't realize that appliances draw power when they are not used -- but it seems reasonable that they are -- they have little lights on -- even the computer power strip! I think I'll unplug them all!!
Megan
Wow that's a difference! We spent last weekend winterizing (okay, by "we" I mean hubby!). Our back door was drafty, and we recently realized it was an interior door!! So we bought a new exterior door and installed it. Put a weather strip on the front door, wrapped the water heater in an insulated "jacket", and wrapped all the pipes we could reach in foam tubing. We spent about $230 doing all this, and I don't know what to expect on our bill. Wasn't expecting the jump you've seen! But even if we don't see a big difference, I feel more reponsible.
I'll cross my fingers on the job interview for ya!
Amy, congrats on your saving strategies!!! Just keep reminding yourself that winter will be over soon! :)
And a job interview!!!??!?!!! That is fabulous news! If that doesn't pan out, does DH have anything else he can turn to right now?
Good luck with everything!!!
~Aravis~
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Fortunately! He's been doing all sorts of jobs since his unemployment ran out last year. He's currently doing surveillance for a private investigator and teaching a job skills class for a local community college's outreach program (the students are from the local rescue mission). He also drives limos. He's planning on 12-14 hour days this coming week with the Superbowl being in town! :-)
Amy