The air is practically chilly outside... kinda weird considering it's the end of June and triple-digit temps are on the way. For now, though, I have half the windows flung open and cool breezes streaming in. Anything to air out the house and give the a/c a break.
Speaking of the a/c, our electric bill has gone up. Thanks to the handy-dandy online electric usage tracker that our provider provides (chuckle), I've compared our current usage to this time last year and can see no changes on our part. It's the cost of electricity that has gone up according to the handy-dandy pie chart and that handy-dandy pie chart shows an increase per kilowatt hour of twenty-three percent. Good grief. I'm going to have to be more diligent about unplugging things that are not in use (groan from the children). One more thing for me to add onto the mom patrol hour.
Gas in our neck of the woods was at an astounding low of $2.84 yesterday. Funny how that actually feels like we're getting a break. It sure helps with me feeling not so guilty about driving here or there. The middle has some longboarding plans for today and I really have no good reason not to drive him where he needs (or wants) to be. There's a bookstore nearby and a coffee shop conveniently located right inside... a perfect place to kill a couple of hours. He's happy. I'm happy. The gas tank is happy.
Wow.
Cool breezes.
Happy thoughts.
If it wasn't for that darn electric company increasing their profits,
this could almost be a perfect day.
3 comments:
Even though KCPL increased their prices, I am still under the usage of a year ago. I'm pretty sure it's only because I totally stopped using the dryer; everything goes on the line to dry nowadays unless I just have to wash on a rainy day (rain? What's that?) or unless the temperature is below 30 degrees.
That dryer is a killer, that's for sure. I hang up most stuff, but still... I'm definitely gonna have to take a fresh look at how we do things.
I almost fainted when I heard how cheap GAS is there. WOW are you guys lucky. still well over $3 here. Hope you enjoyed the bookstore. always my favorite place to be.
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