May Riot for Austerity Numbers

I have taken the Average Annual American Household (AAAH) figures (when those were the figures given) and divided by 12 for the numbers to beat. I count the numbers during the month I receive them. Below are those received in the month of May.
ELECTRIC
The AAAH uses 917 units per month for electricity.
May: My [...]

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My Prayer or Cosmic Request

has been answered – at least one of them. The ten day forecast has changed from eight days of rain down to just two and the rest partly to mostly cloudy.
Now, if I knew THAT ONE prayer or cosmic request would have been the one answered, I would have probably shot for something much [...]

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The Pond is Full

Which would be great if I actually had cleaned out all the weeds and put a liner down. At the moment, though, the pond is not ready to be filled – but the rain and saturated earth don’t seem to be aware of that. I’m thinking of seeing if gold fish eat mosquito [...]

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Appreciating It All

I have a lovely back yard. I mow it, weed it and try and coax veggies to grow on my back patio. It wasn’t until just recently that I took the time – instead of mowing, which was my goal for that time – to sit and enjoy it.
It is a sad truth [...]

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Water Reduction

Since I started the Riot for Austerity in July of last year, I have done almost everything to reduce my water usage. I now shower every third day instead of every day. I skip a flush (or two). My dishwasher now only runs about once a week (I have been reusing not [...]

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Rollercoaster Paradise

Saturday and Sunday brought high winds to my part of the US – lots of trees knocked over and branches down. Thankfully, only one 22′ branch from one of my trees fell to the ground without hitting anything or anyone. The temp was down in the 40’s a big dive from the 70 [...]

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Focusing on the Good Stuff

It was suggested to me by Theresa at Pondering the Myriad Things that I should focus on what I have done and not what I haven’t. So, here goes:
I have been using baking soda as a facial scrub for the last three weeks – and I love it! My complexion has cleared up [...]

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My Confession

Forgive me, for I have sinned. It has been forever since my last confession.
In the last two weeks I have:

gone to a popular fast food place (MD) three times!
thrown away two “milk” containers instead of recycling
gone from baking soda toothpaste to the commercial stuff after only two weeks
gone through at least three [...]

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R4A April Numbers

I have taken the Average Annual American Household (AAAH) figures (when those were the figures given) and divided by 12 for the numbers to beat.
ELECTRIC
The AAAH uses 917 units per month for electricity.
April: My March reading of 244 kwh was…
…down 73.39% (673 kwh) from the national average.
My ten-month electrical usage (for July-April) was 3,568 kwh. [...]

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I’m Back…

Wow, a hugely busy week, with a friend unexpectedly going into the hospital with an ailment that left her confused and in a world other than this one. The cause of this illness is not known, but she is doing better and is more herself (and napkins are no longer keys to let her [...]

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