Good morning!!!!

[riptides]

All this talk of electric bills, mine is over 1k right now. I win!

That's total electric on two houses, two outbuildings and a barn. We try and close off the farm house, only residing in the back lower half. I really need to finish the "renovations" on the front. I think that is where we are letting all this cold air come in. Every year I say I am going to do it, and every year about this time I pay for my lack of work ethic. LOL.

 

[rswyan]

Buppies congrats on 41 years of marital bliss ... it's a fine institution ... as institutions go ... :laughing:

Best wishes to all the injured and sick ... heal up and get well quick !

 

[Looking4new]

Happy anniversary Mrs. & Mr. Buppies

Eric, I feel your pain! I've got degenerative disc disease on 3 discs in a row. I gotta be real careful how I twist.

wngsprd, that is NOT what they mean when they say, 'use your head'.
Next time you go into the crawl space, take the lock with you. That wont help your head any, but it will make getting out easier.

 

[Buppies]

Power bills temperature set at 68 bill last month $286 propane $877 but that was for nine months usage. It was cold here last month eight day stretch of below freezing temperatures so in reality not that bad.

Thanks for congrats, will have to see what Miss Holly wants to do today

 

[jbrumberg]

Happy Anniversary Buppies & Wifey. I wish you both many more years together; hopefully healthy and happy ones. Wifey & I have been together 45 years; married 13 years.

4F and calm here. Red sky this AM. Upper and mid level clouds are saying snow is in my future. I only read the NWS/Taunton/MA discussion so far this AM, but snow is in my future Tuesday PM/Wednesday AM and a Winter Storm Warning has already been issued. The NWS snowmap predicts ~7" for my area. What a difference a day makes. The two different scenarios this week that I have been babbling about have become a single system with a Great Lakes Clipper morphing into a coastal storm. The weather geek sites are probably going wild; "food fights" and drama. I have not been there yet.

We took advantage of the substantial FY 2017 Federal and State Rebates and Tax deductions to purchase a new energy efficient wood burning stove (Lopi) and made a significant investment in a solar panel array. It has been an interesting process. It was a really efficient process until the local electrical inspector got his manties in a bunch and started making additional demands about the hookup wiring. Today/tomorrow we should be hooked into the grid and generating electricity. The panel array was set up midDecember. It was snow covered until 3 days ago.

Eric and wngsprd I am sorry to read about your "self inflicted" injuries. I see it as young minds' thinking within aging bodies' acting. Aging is not for the weak at heart. I hope you both recover quickly. Head wounds bleed profusely.

My + thoughts and prayers for all of us especially those "hurting."

 

[RedNeckGeek]

Fortunately there were only a few cattle present to witness this. They later took pity on me and cleaned 2 wheels on the Iseki untill they shone like new. Cows with power washers ? Nah, just the irresistable attraction of tires soaked in poop, then rolled in straw.

So, Eric, did those cows look at you with a **** eating grin when they finished?:laughing:

 

[ronjhall]

So, Eric, did those cows look at you with a **** eating grin when they finished?:laughing:

 

[rswyan]

This month's electric bill was $193.99 ... but it was only an estimated bill.

Their estimate was that we used 1,922 KWH ... vs 1,745 KWH last year (an actual reading)

They also send out a monthly "Home Energy Report" which compares our usage with "neighbors"

They figure we use around 1,350 KWH per month on average, with our "average" neighbors using only 883 KWH and our "efficient" neighbors using 545 KWH ... which I find somewhat puzzling.

Maybe it's older, less efficient appliances or something ... but we don't run a second freezer - just the one in the refrigerator/freezer, tv doesn't get left on when no one is in the room, lights get shut off when I leave the room and to the extent that I notice it, I turn them off when The Woman leaves a room she has been in, I've upgraded a good bit of the lighting ... initially to CFL and eventually to LED (still need to do something about the four 8' T12 fluorescents in the kitchen), the HPS dawn to dusk at the polebarn was shut off last year or the year before, the dawn to dusk light up at the shop supposedly only pulls 13w ... and, due to some sort of flaw/defect, it only works when it's cold out. House is kept pretty warm ... so the heaters in the fish tanks don't run all that much. And we open the windows quite a bit in the spring/summer/fall. No electric HVAC heat (just cooling), and gas water heater.

Things that I know suck juice: The Woman will use the hotter setting on the dishwasher for the dry cycle ... because she wants them DRY when she opens it up (I always use the "energy saver") Clothes dryer is electric and she will use the heated settings ... mostly because she's in a hurry ... I mostly use the timed dry and (unheated) air ... particularly in winter.

Is our power consumption all that far out of line with what you all use ?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

RS, El Jalapeno's sounds good, i am anxious to get well enough to go get some mexican food. And nice view.

Wngsprd, OUCH, better change that door latch..

Buppies, Happy anniversary

9° and sunny. Another night sleeping on couch and in chair. I slept in bed once since nov 27th. Back is starting to hurt when on couch. Tonight will try both meds together again, see how that works out.

 

[DABSGT]

Gray cloudy sky's with light snow flurries 13 degrees.
Buppies Happy Anniversary to you and the Briide
If anyone from OSHA reads this mornings posts Hard Hats will be required in crawlspace's
Rip nice you had a little break, Kale is one of my families favorites