The Green Parent

  Today’s Meter Reading: 89691 OK, almost half of the month is over, so I wanted to take a minute to reevaluate how the month of energy savings is going.  Thus far, I am pleased.  I have consistently used less energy each day than I have at this same time of year in 2010 and [...]

Here’s the good news: I went to New York City this weekend with two other mom friends for a little R&R and city fun.  It was great to get a break and visit such a cool city.  It’s been 15 years and 2 kids since I’ve been to the Big Apple so it was fun [...]

This morning’s meter reading (89204 KWH) shows that we used 43 KWH of energy yesterday, which is not too shabby but not too great . If we keep up that rate, we’ll use 1333 KWH for the month of March, which is more than we used in March, 2009; but less than we used in [...]

My meter reading this morning: 89161 Can you guess what this month’s eco-challenge is?  That’s right, I’m cranking down the energy use in my home.  I’ve done this before.  But this month, I’m going to do it smarter.   Like most green bloggers, I’ve written tons of articles of the years on saving energy.  Heck, [...]