My Mom always said that currency didn’t grow on trees.
It’s funny that he must have said this when I was just a little kid because I still picture a currency tree in our mind.
Wow, I could actually use one of those trees right now. Stretching the paycheck is getting harder & harder every single year. It’s as though the costs keep rising while our income stays so legitimately flat. The people I was with and I do our legitimately best to keep our household costs in check. My husband & I spend at least a few hours per week discussing bills & purchases. Our budget is challenging so, every one of us go after costs that seem as though they can get cut. HVAC use is a immense one. The people I was with and I used to just bite the bullet & write the check for sizable energy costs during the summer. The people I was with and I thought this was just part of life. Lately, but, every one of us have been able to be more proactive regarding HVAC energy savings. It started with the easy fixes. I went around our house & sealed every crack, hole or gap in the exterior of our home. I then went up & sealed the perimeter of the attic. While I was up there, I even threw on some additional layers of insulation where there were thin spots. Next, I tackled the direct sun issue. The people I was with and I live where there just isn’t any natural shade. The sun is just beating down on us from every angle. The people I was with and I tried to be diligent about pulling the drapes but every one of us were always forgetting. So, every one of us put up solar plastic cling on our windows. Just these few easy things ended up saving us upwards of 15 percent.