Ice Breakers

It is coming up on that time of the year again when little puddles of water start freezing over. The time of the year when you can walk over the newly formed ice and break it. I get a weird sense of satisfaction from breaking little pockets of ice like this. Unfortunately this time period is followed up by the freaking freezing Ottawa winter wherein everything gets covered by a metre of snow and all the drivers become idiots incapable of sensible driving. But let’s focus on the ice pockets that we get to break soon instead of all that nastiness.

Green Ideas: Water #1

Switch to cold water when doing you laundry and save and estimated 80 percent on energy used for laundry and an estimated $60 a year. There is also less risk of shrinking your clothes.

Green Ideas

I know I am not always the greatest at staying on top of my feature

s, but I really do enjoy them. I have made a new one recently and decided to call it Green Ideas. As the name implies, it will be quick tips and suggestions for greening up your life. T

opics from electricity and water saving to dispelling common myths will be discussed and I am working on a few longer discussion like posts as well. As always, comments and suggestions  are always appreciated.