Great Experiment: Day 12

The Great experiment

Bowing to the book Eaarth by Bill McKibbons we as a family have decided to cut our carbon foot print again by redoing again the Great Experiment. Where we live without lights and light candles. The electricity is still on but we cannot use the microwave or toaster but allow ourselves coffee maker. Computer use is at the library where public access is and cool airconditioned rooms give us respite from not using our airconditioner when it is too hot. We are still installing the laundry line to dry our clothes. We are still using our washing machine to wash clothing and Dryer to do clothes and towels. This is kind of like camping but without alot of the hassle of setting up a tent and bringing the propain or burning wood to cook with.

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Day 12 - Daily life

Still using gray water to keep the hydrangea alive during the voluntary cutback of water. Since we take navy showers... Turn on the water, get wet, turn off, soap up and rinse. We are not using as much water as before as a family unit.

DD12 wants to propose using the dish drawers during the week as well as on Sunday. I think that it will be voted down. Currently they are using two bowls in the sink one for soaping and another for rinsing. Again with the water saving and it is a good lesson for the children on how to clean with little water and no electricity.

I just filled in the ground around the cement post that we have for the clothing line. We had some burlap on the cement to allow it to dry slower but with the couple of days of storms I do not think it had the chance to dry out. It is still perfectly strait up and perpendicular to the ground from all around.

Checking out the Blog settings found out that I was set to Uganda, though I have never been there I reset it to New Jersey where I live.