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Mild Winter

January 4th, 2007 at 01:29 pm

Here in the midwest it is mild! I feel so badly for those out in the Denver area with all that snow! I mean they have been hammered as far as the weather goes. Here....it is mild and really pleasant. It has been wonderful! My heating bill has been so low. I am truly thankful for the break. I even noticed I have not even used my space heater. What a break we have had....FOR NOW. Who knows what lurks around the bend.
I thought about putting up the clothesline again.....but resorted to using the drying racks. Plus I did not want to make my neighbors too mad at me. Sunshine....glorious sun!

Our school got a nice break from the local brick and mortar STAPLES. They had a huge pallet of printing paper, copier paper that was slightly damaged. Part of the boxes had been crushed or messed up somehow. One mom was at the store and asked about it. They were going to THROW out about 16 boxes of paper reams OUT IN THE TRASH as the boxes were not "pretty" to put on the sales floor. So she offered to take it all. She hauled every box to school in her mini van making at least 2 trips. We have enough paper to last the rest of the year I was told. We tend to throw millions at public schools and then they always need more. Our school runs basically on a dime. Our school takes NO MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT. Radical I KNOW! It sure is inspiring when I hear stories like this. It never hurts to ask. I can not imagine throwing all that paper away. What a blessing we received from a mom who opened her mouth. Radical school....radical moms. Making a difference one frugal step at a time.

Have a good day everyone!

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4 Responses to “Mild Winter”

  1. mbkonef Says:
    January 4th, 2007 at 02:05 pm 1167919507
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    That mom should be so proud of herself for just opening up her mouth and asking, and also for being willing to haul all that paper to school. My kids go to a charter school. They do get some goverment money but it is amazing what they can also get for free. A few years ago they got nice bookshelves and several hundred books for the school library all thru freecycle. There was a local bookstore that was closing and wanted to find someplace to donate their stock and shelving. It was a win-win situation and all due to one mom/librarian who found it on freecycle.

  2. jriessel Says:
    January 4th, 2007 at 03:27 pm 1167924436
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    I am from the midwest also - the mild winter is great - it was 50 degrees here yesterday - crazy!

    Unfortunately I am on buget billing so my pocketbook hasn't seen the benefits of my lower utility bills yet, but it will catch up to me shortly!

  3. fern Says:
    January 4th, 2007 at 05:11 pm 1167930664
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    Here in CT we have also enjoyed very mild temps...sat should be up to 60!

    i am also grateful to have low heating bills thus far, but i guess the snow at some point is inevitable.

  4. living_in_oz Says:
    January 4th, 2007 at 08:26 pm 1167942406
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    Here is SE Kansas I can't remember the last time we had a harsh winter! We got snow this winter for the first time in 3 years! Unbelievable!

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