the beast is hungry...

Another one of those - kids say the funniest things.

Moe ran into the kitchen the other day and yelled "The Beast is hungry Mommy, my tummy is growling."

could this be showing up in Coles christmas stocking

I could definitely see this showing up in pumpkins stocking. I can just see it now....

how about a pink hard hat

or a really cool tool belt....

they even have a whole set of pink tools. Hey wait a minute- I want them!

Have you ever been excited about a bill?

So anyone who has been reading this blog knows we have been working on our house. Over the winter we installed an instant hot water heater. Not only did we get a great deal on the heater, but the past three months our gas bill has only been $30-$45. I love it!!! I actually get excited when the bill comes in and I have to go and compare it to last years bills. Right now our gas bill is a little over a 1/3 of what it was last year. I love it- LOVE IT!! As you can tell I get very excited about saving money. We have also made other changes as well. I started washing our laundry in cold water- all except whites , an idea I got from my blogging friend Kate. I still use the dryer for everything, but I would like to start hanging some of our things outside. I'll have to work on that! I'm wondering if a big part of our savings has to do with the new gas line they put in last year, but then again I also went 125 days without using the stove and our bill is still a lot less than last year. What ever the reasons I am very happy. Now I would love to compare our electric bill from this year to last but we still haven't finished rewiring the house and I only have 3 lights right now. I would love to put a solar panel up on the roof but they are still to expensive. We have also installed larger windows in our house. The new windows let in soooooo much more light that I find I don't turn on the lights, that we do have until dusk. It wasn't that way with the old tiny drafty windows. I think we had the lights on all the time before, our house was like a dungeon! We just finished replacing our heating ducts and sealing them so there won't be any air loss that way. They where in really bad shape- so many holes. We still have so much to do. Ed is working on sealing every little opening in the house and upgrading our insulation. That should be a big help.

cleaning

We have been spending the last couple of days up in the attic cleaning out. The kids have been having a blast pulling out their toys that they haven't played with in a while. I shoved several bins upstairs and they have been joyfully going through them.


I on the other hand got rid off one of the kids crib, dresser and other baby things. I want to cry. It was a very hard thing to do.

All is quiet on the home front

It's after 8 and the kids are still sleeping. I love it! There is sooooo much I could be doing, like taking a shower by myself for a change. Maybe even laying down the grass seed I bought for the back yard. Instead I'm checking up on blogs I haven't been able to read in so long. Ahhhh, I missed my blogging friends.