9/29/2008

Holy Cow!! There are less than 4 weeks left

until my due date. Where has the time gone? I am so not ready for her to arrive. I have so much to get done and just no energy to do it. Thank goodness Dave is being such a big help as well as my mom and dad. Dave is actually doing laundry for me, well separating it and throwing it in the wash. I am still folding it but that is okay.
I am just hoping the next 4 weeks go by smoothly and nothing happens too early. If it does though she should be okay because they estimate her to be 6 lbs already.

9/16/2008

OMG, the cost to help the environment

So, as you know from my previous post I enjoy watching Planet Green. Even before watching this channel I knew how benefitial solar panels are for your home and how you can basically make your electric meter turn backwards from harnessing the sun's energy.

Since we are building up next year on the house I thought now would be a good time to look into the option of adding solar panels to the house to help cut our expenses on electric. Well in my initial findings I found that it would cost about $35,000 to get the panels. I was shocked at the cost. I had been hoping they would help heat the house and heat the pool in the summer. So, now I am on to looking into green roofing to see if that is an option to help reduce our energy needs.

9/04/2008

New Favorite Channel

I have recently discovered a new channel that I have added to my list of favorites or ones I will always tune to to see what is on. And that channel is Planet Green. It is really a great channel and I have learned a bunch of eco-friendly things to do and how to do things better for the environment. Yesterday I was watching a program and learned how horrible gel shaving creams are and plan to stop using them and switch to good old soap and water. In the gel there are the same ingredients used to make napalm; not something I want to be rubbing on my skin anymore.
If you can find it in your cable/satellite offerings check it out.