Day Twelve of Our Quest

Meeting Day! (We threw this one in over dinner!)

Some very important topics were covered at this meeting! This was a rather GREEN meeting! We, rather I, talked about the importance of continuing with the recycling that we do, not only to save money but to help our planet for the future!

• Recycle Bin: Cans, Bottles, Aluminum Foil, Paper.
• Cans & Bottles to Redemption
• Donation Box: Outgrown clothes that cannot be passed to another family member & items no longer wanted or needed.
• Any plastic bags from stores either used for trashcan liners or recycled.
• Reuse anything that we can!

 Next we talked about a program that is offered through our electric company, Alliant Energy, called Time of Day Pricing. This would make our peak hours higher priced by 40% but lower our off-peak hours by 50%. This program will cost us $3.35 each month. Off-peak hours are from 8:00 PM- 7:00 AM and all weekend. We will focus our energy needs on those hours. The bill each month will tell us how much we are saving or not saving. I put in the online enrollment form so I am not sure when this will start so we have time to adjust our habits.

I commended Holden and Mickey for the efforts they have done to reduce the electric usage. They have been keeping the television off in the evenings and read or put puzzles together instead. They have actually found out that they enjoy this more as do the dogs!