Monthly Archives: October 2008

How To Have a Great Blog Contest

Just Stuff
I am so pleased with the results of my 1st Blogoversary contest. I felt that my first contest was a success; here are some stats on how I promoted my contest and handled my contest entries. The winners were announced on Sunday, September 28th as promised. As the entries came in, I entered them into an Excel spreadsheet. 210 individuals entered 471 entries 56 of the 210 (26.6%) left no contact information whatsoever After I had all the individuals listed… Read the rest

Carnivals this week!

Carnivals
I've submitted two of my posts to carnivals this week, don't forget to visit both and see all the great articles.Carnival of Money Stories #78, hosted by Funny About Money included my post How One Family Escaped This Housing Crisis. And Money Hacks Carnival #32 – Have You Ever? Edition presented by The Financial Blogger included my post Gas From Costco Without a Membership?? Thank you both for the hard work to host these events. Yours Truly, Thank you for… Read the rest
Little Gray Box Electric Water Heater Timer

The Little Gray Box Electric Water Heater Timer by Intermatic

electricity
  Last week, Mr. A heard a commercial on the radio that electric water heaters can use 1/3 of a home's total electricity usage. The commercial was for one of those water heaters that provide hot water on demand, and are supposed to cost much less for electricity. Well… when we first moved here back in 2001… I bought this Little Gray Box Water Heater Timer. For reasons unknown to me, I couldn't persuade Mr. A to install this timer.… Read the rest