Short Shared Showers - Good For The Environment

Taking a shower is meant to save on water and heating opposed to having a bath, but that of course depends on how long you are in the shower. I for one love a bath but take quick showers to save on water, electric and an always aware of the time spent doing this.

Just one minute less time spent in a shower could over an extended period make big difference in you electric or gas bills. Just think of the money and energy wasted by just standing in the shower doing nothing. If you are that way inclined then perhaps you would be more economical by taking a shallow bath.

Try trying the shower off while using the shower gel and sponge, it is only being washed away before it has a chance to clean anyway so you will be saving on shower gel as well.

Another tip if you have a shower unit that is placed above your bath is to put the plug in the bath while showering and you can then wallow in the water that is now effectively a bath.
It goes without saying that sharing a shower or bath with someone is still a great way of saving money and of course having fun!

Top EC Droppers For November 2009

Here it is folks, November's Top Ten Entrecard droppers and Pure Natural Diva takes the honours, but it was a close run thing! She won by a technical knock out, which I'm not too sure how it works; Traders' Hub was on equal 31 drops for the month which only has 30 days! Another enigma!

Thanks to all who take the time to drop on 'Tips N Wrinkles' blog, I try and recipricate to all who do daily.

Here's the list:

Dropper	# of drops
Pure Natural Diva	31
Traders' Hub	31
Business & Life Success	30
Learning Corner	30
The Sweet Life	29
Akila's Blog	29
All 2 Read	27
atenean101 @ Blogspot	24
Photojournalist !	24
SkipRatt mountain bike blog	20

Doorbells Versus Knockers - Knockers Win!

A Classic Knocker

Electricity is expensive for the household and every home should be thinking about trying to restrict the energy that is used. It is not only good for the household finance with cheaper electricity bills, but also for the environment and peace of mind knowing you are doing your bit.

Everything should be considered on ways of saving energy and the tip here is to look at your doorbell if you have one. It is either power directly from the mains or from a battery and that of course means using up energy that can be saved on. The more visitors you get the more energy is used up. Now I’m not suggesting for one moment that you discourage visitors but look at alternative ways of them making their presence known.

Before electrically powered doorbell gadget came out home used to have a knocker. This is something that would be good coming back into fashion. Knocking on the front door is also much more fun than pressing a button. Think about it. Over the period of a few years you will have made a difference with the energy you would have saved by using a manual knocker on your front door and it can be a fashion statement with thousands of designs to choose from.

I personally got rid of my electric doorbell years ago and have a knocker, but even this isn’t used as the dog is my doorbell.