Farm Girl Studio

  Willow February 2009

  Willow January 2009

We got a Wii :), I am not a "game" person at all. In the past I have gotten game's for my PC and really don't have the time or the desire to play them. Tamra, Derrick and Justin came to the farm this past weekend and brought Wii with them. After we played it I said "we need a Wii also" so off to the store I went. I think the difference with the Wii game system is you are "playing" the game instead of just moving your fingers. We Wii all the time, even Willow likes to Wii. They even have exercise discs, this one is really good and not very expensive. My Fitness Coach read the reviews I think it is better than Wii Fit.

Since joing facebook I have been spending most of my computer time their connecting with old friends. It is wonderful to be able to catch up with people you knew life times ago. A lot of my old friends are from Olney Friends School in Barnesville, Ohio. Where I attened my sophmore year of high school. It was a mix between Quaker and non Quaker kids. I am not a Quaker but learned many things I used today from going to this school. You can go here is you would like to learn more about Quakers and their beliefs Here are a couple of pictures

We have not had much wind here so our wind mill has been very still. I just looked out and was happy to see it turning :) Along with the saving on our electric bill we will be getting a tax credit on our taxes this year for putting in the wind mill. Here is a link to the site where we purchased our turbine. There is alot of good information on turbines and how they can work for you.

 

The Wind Mill has shown it's worth. We received our first electric bill for a full month of wind mill use. It was windy about half of the month, but I really won't be able to judge the savings until I have a couple of months to go by. The bill show that for the same month last year we used 77 kw of electric and it was and ave temp of 28 degree and this year we used 42 kw of electric and it was and ave temp of 24 degree. We don't have electric heat in the house, we try to use the wood burning stove as much as possible, but my studio is heated with electric baseboard heaters. I turn them on in the morning when I go feed and water the animals. I let it heat up for two hours and then Willow and I head out there. I turn the heat off when we leave for the day. I tried leaving them on low all the time, I don't believe the heater where turning off when they reached the desired temp. My bill was very high and it was too hot in there. It has not been as windy this month. I will u...