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Husband loves his tv. As a result, since we have been married, we have had the most expensive dish package there is.... I challenged him to give it up. So, we made a deal. We put dish on pause for 3 months and got an antenna/converter thing for $29. Husband then discovered MeTV (I think thats the name of the antenna channel) that shows all the old shows--Hogans Heros, Emergency, Perry Mason..... and he loves it. 3 months have now ended and he tells me to disconnect the dish completely. $104 a month saved, for a total yearly savings of $1248.
I have been changing all the bulbs in the house. Most were CFL, a few were still the old style bulbs. I got some free Amazon gift cards for several hundred dollars from surveys, and used those to buy new LED bulbs. Now I have the electric bill down to under $100 a month, half of what it was. So, another savings of $1200 a year. We have (as of last month) all energy star saving appliances. Kids have all left home (except for holidays and some weekends) so the water bill is down to the $30's (had been close to $100 per month), so another $840 per year savings. We don't have a sewer or trash bill. So, our home utilities now total around $125 per month.
We have been supplementing our propane furnaces with burning wood, so we are only on our 2nd propane tank for the winter. I did a summer fill and that gave us a huge discount on the first tank.
Now, I just need to figure out how to get the ATT bill down. We have a family plan with 5 lines, although one line is on military suspension as that daughter is deployed and can't use it where she is at. With her line, its around $250 per month, without her line is around $220 per month. ATT seems to be the only company that halfway works in this rural area, so switching really isn't an option.
Our internet (comes thru a satellite) I usually get for free, as I do surveys to cover it ($49 per month) or I tell other people what a great company it is (we have never had an outage) and if they sign up I get a free month.
By next year, we hope to have a well pump house built, and then we can go 100% on our well water, and eliminate the water bill entirely. After that project is complete, I would like to put some solar panels on the roof of the house and barns, and see if we can go off grid.
I have been changing all the bulbs in the house. Most were CFL, a few were still the old style bulbs. I got some free Amazon gift cards for several hundred dollars from surveys, and used those to buy new LED bulbs. Now I have the electric bill down to under $100 a month, half of what it was. So, another savings of $1200 a year. We have (as of last month) all energy star saving appliances. Kids have all left home (except for holidays and some weekends) so the water bill is down to the $30's (had been close to $100 per month), so another $840 per year savings. We don't have a sewer or trash bill. So, our home utilities now total around $125 per month.
We have been supplementing our propane furnaces with burning wood, so we are only on our 2nd propane tank for the winter. I did a summer fill and that gave us a huge discount on the first tank.
Now, I just need to figure out how to get the ATT bill down. We have a family plan with 5 lines, although one line is on military suspension as that daughter is deployed and can't use it where she is at. With her line, its around $250 per month, without her line is around $220 per month. ATT seems to be the only company that halfway works in this rural area, so switching really isn't an option.
Our internet (comes thru a satellite) I usually get for free, as I do surveys to cover it ($49 per month) or I tell other people what a great company it is (we have never had an outage) and if they sign up I get a free month.
By next year, we hope to have a well pump house built, and then we can go 100% on our well water, and eliminate the water bill entirely. After that project is complete, I would like to put some solar panels on the roof of the house and barns, and see if we can go off grid.
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