Been doing this for a month and still not knowing what is going on. We've been keeping track of the electric flow per day. But with no idea what we are saving or not. This month's bill was only ten dollars cheaper than last month. I figure that the historical data that the electric company has on us is against us. We hope to do better next month as their average per day is a bit more that what we are doing day by day and even when we average across a week.

MiL gave a sermon/speech/homily on the great experiment. She was very scared but did a fine job once she had her mike aligned with her mouth. She of course spoke of the Great Experiment. She is available to speak for a nominal fee at your club to explain to you some mistakes and attempts to adapt to a non electric life style.

Her favorite, I think, is doing without the ironing. She pulled a pair of pants out of her closet that needed an ironing. Alas, there is no iron allowed to be used because of the great experiment. She remembered that her husband who was in the Navy put his shirt and the pants under his mattress on board the submarine to iron them. She had her daughter hold the mattress up with one hand and a candle to see in the other. MiL straitened and straitened the pants and finally allowed the daughter to put the mattress down. The next morning, she retrieved the pants only to find that the pants were still wrinkled.

Some things work and sometimes the things that you think will work do not.

Of late DW is cooking up a storm with the grill. As I mentioned before, she has cooked pizza and various other things that you would not believe could be cooked on a grill. So far she had tried biscuits, regular bread (a round bread that she puts on a stone) and corn bread. The only trouble that she has is maintaining the correct temperature. The grill tends to burn too hot so she thought about it and found a temperature rock. You might ask what a temperature rock is and as would I. She knew that the the grill was burning too hot. Wondering what to do she looked around for a prop to keep open the lid of the grill. What to use? What to use? Well she found a small rock that looks like a potato and propped it to the side of the grill to keep the lid open. This then became the temperature rock maintaining the correct temperature through the process.

That is it for now, we are on our fifth week, this week.