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In an effort to conserve energy, I think having ceiling fans are a good alternative to turning on the air conditioning.

I saw a house with a ceiling fan in every room, well, except the bathrooms and the kitchen. They had traditional casablanca ceiling fans which is rather a nice decorative touch. I prefer modern ceiling fans with a clean simple design. Running a fan at night to keep cool in the bedrooms will cost a lot less than running the air conditioning all day. Ceiling fans have handy remote controls now, so you can keep the remote next to you and turn it off in the middle of the night when it gets cool.

My brother just remodeled a room in his house and he removed the ceiling fan that was there! The room had a rather low ceiling and it does look bigger without the fan. But I bet he will miss having the cooling factor this summer.

I don’t like going to the mall, so for people like me, shopping on the internet is great. We’ve bought a pool heater online and saved a couple hundred dollars. We bought a camera, computer equipment, books, toys, all kinds of stuff.

Shopping for clothes is a chore for me. You can probably tell that by the way I dress! I don’t know how some people actually enjoy shopping for clothes. Internet shopping for clothes, including ideas for how to put outfits together is just what I need.

With the price of gas now, it makes sense to compare prices online instead of driving here to there looking for sales. I’ve even gotten shoes online.

Grocery shopping online does not seem to be catching on though.

Giving back

Filed under Generalby Joyful

A 20-something year old girl at church said something to me on Sunday that was incredibly mature.

“I decided to stay at this church because when I was growing up at this church, a lot of people here contributed to my growth. Now I want to give back and help other people grow at this church.”

Read more of “Giving back”

Instead of reading my usual genre of mystery books, I read a different type of mystery.

I am sorry to say, I don’t like it.

Acceptable Risk by Robin Cook didn’t receive any awards nor on the Best Seller’s list. I can see why. I don’t like his style of writing, the characters are not consistent, the girl falls for losers, there is unnecessary drama with her parents that has nothing to do with the story. The plot tries to show an insecure girl with issues become more confident and mature. But it’s not convincing and cheesy. I felt no sympathy for her.

The only interesting part of the book is it’s attempted scientific explanation of the Salem witch trials. The whole book was rather ridiculous though. I skimmed through it just to get to the end. It’s a good thing I didn’t waste too much time on this book.

I was tagged by Blinkdagger…

So here I go with 7 things about me that you don’t know:

1. I didn’t like kids before I had my own and never wanted to help out in the nursery at church.
2. If I was younger, I would have one more baby…
3. I read a romance novel in 6th grade, the heroine’s name was Chantel. I wanted to name my daughter after her. I am sure my daughter’s glad I didn’t.
4. I came close to marrying 2 doctors.
5. I weigh the same now as the day I got married up until last month. Now I am 2 lbs heavier than the day I got married. My husband, on the other hand…
6. I was the most active among the girls in my family – I played high school tennis and badminton, I played racquetball regularly, I went backpacking and camping. Now 30 years later, my sisters go to the gym religiously, and I do absolutely nothing physical.
7. Deep inside, I’m still a kid. But you might already know that.

I tag Elliot, Eugenia, and Amy

My cookies

Filed under Generalby Joyful

I baked cookies today.

My husband took a bite and says, “Hmmm…these cookies sure have a lot of…texture.”

Interpretation: Too much oatmeal and other healthy ingredients in here. Where are the chocolate chips?