In the afternoons on the weekends, I've been trying to open the curtains up in the living room and library. When we first started renting the house, we loved the amount of light coming in from the downstairs windows. It made the place feel so open. We quickly found out that all that sun was a killer in the afternoons, and you couldn't see the TV at all. Well, the TV is gone, because we didn't watch that one much anyway, and we didn't want Ian running into it. And as long as I close the curtains sometime between between 3 and 4 pm, it doesn't get so hot. Ian loves to rest his forearms on the windowsills and look out at the birds.
We used to always leave the computer on, albeit in sleep mode. What's the point of turning off your computer when your monitor, external DVD burner, and external hard drive all stay on? Recently, we got a new serge protector that shuts off peripherals when you shut off your main device. You plug your computer into a certain socket, and when you shut it off, it cuts power to the other outlets on the strip. There are three outlets that don't ever have the power cut so you can plug in your modem and router. Now we're turning off the computer at night, and saving money! We've also got the cable to the modem protected as well; it wasn't before.
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