How much energy does it take to cook 1 cup of white rice with an Instant Pot multi-cooker vs gas cooktop?
Cooking with Gas vs. Pressure – which uses more energy?
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Living Smaller – Make Friends With Your Neighbors
Posted on July 8, 2014 Written by 1 Comment
“Bye mom, I’m going next door!” “Can I go to David’s house to get Daddy?” “Run across the street and get a cup of sugar.” Making friends with your neighbors is generally a good idea. Life is better when you know the people who live around you and you can have a conversation with them. […]
Living Smaller – Go Vertical
Posted on February 7, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
Making a family of 5 fit in a small house or apartment isn’t easy. It might not be what you imagined, it wasn’t what I imagined, but it is definitely greener. Through a series of posts on living smaller, I’m sharing tips that we’ve discovered to help us fit and keep organized. Today’s tip: Go […]
Living Small – Organizing Small Cables
Posted on January 30, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
When you live in a small space it’s necessary to keep things organized so you can find them. Recently I got very irritated over having so many cables to connect and charge our iPods, iPhones, iPad, hotspot and phones, but I could never find the one I needed. Jon knows all the names for them – […]
Fitting in a Small House
Posted on January 27, 2014 Written by 3 Comments
Once upon a time I dreamed of living in a huge house like some of my friends had growing up. A house with a bedroom for each person, an office for each adult, plenty of bathrooms and a rec room in the basement in addition to living rooms. When I was small we had a basement large […]
