Great Experiment: Day 7 - the heat is back

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.

Friday, July 16, 2010

Day 7 - the heat is back

Dd8 has successfully learned how to light matches. I still want to watch her as the first time she is burned she will panic and burn a hole in a towel. The big time of the first bath room candle lighting came. She lit the match and the candle but burned the back of her fingers. I had run some water in the basin, stoppered at the drain. I told her to throw the match into the drain. She was more frightened than burned and remarked at how hot the match had become.

Today, she asked me to light the bathroom candle. She was too scared tn it. This too I will have to work through with her.

Dw (Dear Wife) found some fifty hour small jar lights for the bathrooms at $.89 per glass. They seem to be working well but I should go through the proceedue again with dd8 and the new candles.