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A couple times since the weather has warmed up I've stopped by a coffee place to get an iced coffee to take to work. Yesterday I bought one of those plastic, reusable cup/straw combos at the Dollar Tree and last night I brewed a small pot, stuck it in the refrigerator overnight, put it in my new cup with some milk and ice and saved myself $3....in perpetuity! I don't want it everyday but when I do I won't have to spend money anymore.
Huh? I dont have a stopper but still - how do you get the water out of the shower, with a cup?? And watering the flowers with soapy water???
Bail it out using the same bucket you would otherwise set underneath the showerhead to catch the water as it warms up. Soap won't hurt the flowers at all, especial since you are talking about maybe an ounce or so of soap diluted in 25 gallons of water (average 10 minute shower). It's certainly no more harmful that the chlorine and fluoride that is already in the water if you're on a municipal system.
This would really only work for a tub/shower combo. If all you have is a shower stall you probably couldn't trap enough water to make it worthwhile. Plus it would probably overflow onto the bathroom floor by the time you were done in the shower.
Made two cups of tea with one teabag....now thats a true Scot
But what brand of tea do you use? I find I need TWO teabags per cup just to make a decent cup. I used to use Red Rose tea, imported from Canada, now that's a great cup of tea, with just one bag/cup! Oh, BTW, I'm Scot, too----way back in my family tree, I'm related to Mary Queen of Scots---but I try to keep my head about me
Here's something I try to teach my kids---and they seem to be doing so--
don't flick on lights unecessairly. How many times do we flick on a light when we don't really need it, like as soon as we open a closet, on goes the light? Or even the bathroom, if there's light coming through the windows, and we can navigate safely, why do we automatically flip on the light? Of cours, put on a light if at all needed, but get out of the habit of automatically flicking on a light as soon as we open a door, etc.
Its impossible to figure how much this actually saves one, especially on a daily basis. but, its something, and every little bit helps!
Here's something I try to teach my kids---and they seem to be doing so--
don't flick on lights unecessairly. How many times do we flick on a light when we don't really need it, like as soon as we open a closet, on goes the light? Or even the bathroom, if there's light coming through the windows, and we can navigate safely, why do we automatically flip on the light? Of cours, put on a light if at all needed, but get out of the habit of automatically flicking on a light as soon as we open a door, etc.
Its impossible to figure how much this actually saves one, especially on a daily basis. but, its something, and every little bit helps!
It doesn't save much with the old-style incandescent bulbs, but it would save a lot with fluorescent lights. They take a big surge of power to fire up, then very little to run once they're on.
So if you have a fluorescent light in the kitchen and are baking something in there while also doing something in another room, better to just leave the kitchen light on until you're finished in there rather than turn it on and off every time you go in there to check the oven or something. Fewer starts helps extend the life of the bulbs, too.
I also keep an LED nightlight on at night in the bathroom so if someone has to go in the middle of the night they don't have to flip on the light to see (which is a bigger deal for men than women, of course). The cost to run the LED all nigh is less than the cost to run the ceiling light for even a minute or two, plus turning on a bright light can release melatonin in your system which can make it hard to go back to sleep.
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