Monica Kochelee

When I got home this evening I was hoping that my hubby was going to cook burgers on the grill outside.  I love it when he cooks burgers on the grill outside.  Let’s face it, I love it when he cooks ANYTHING outside!  Probably largely due to the fact that leaves me with one less pot or pan to clean up from cooking inside!  But also I like it during the summer because it helps to keep the house from getting overheated from cooking inside.  During the summertime, cooking outside is definitely the way to keep a house cooler! 

But my hubby was asleep when I got home, and he stayed asleep so I had to fend for myself.  I don’t like cooking on the grill outside.  I don’t know why the propane grill makes me nervous, I guess it’s because I have to make sure to turn the propane on and off again and I’m afraid I’ll forget.  Or maybe it’s the open flame, but I rather doubt that because I cook with propane inside!  I think I’d really like to buy one of the Outdoor Electric Grills for me to cook on, I would not be as nervous about that.  I’d probably keep it in the garage, though, and leave the garage door open.

I was reading on the Reuters.com website that researchers are working on a new material that converts heat into electricity.  The hope is that using this material will help cars get more miles to the gallon.  According to the article, only about 25% of the energy produced by a typical gasoline powered engine is used to move the vehicle, and the rest escapes through the exhaust pipe.  The researchers are hoping that this new material will enable the car to recycle some of that escaped heat into energy that will power the car.  That would be kind of cool!

I used to work with a woman who had bare naked windows. She lived out in the woods, with no neighbors in sight, and she loved having no window coverings at all. She showed me pictures of the different rooms, she was very proud of the fact that her windows were bare. Although she DID have some hanging plants in front of the windows and some shelves with plants in front of some windows, for the most part I thought that the windows looked too sterile; I feel that curtains add a lot of personality and warmth to a room.  I also feel that insulated curtains are a good idea to help save energy and reduce heating and cooling costs.  I’m always all about saving energy and heating and cooling costs!

The Curtain Shop website accepts competitor’s coupons and has a price matching guarantee - they will match their competitor’s online prices for the same product. They have a wide assortment of high quality window treatments, from tab top curtain panel, valance treatments, drapery ensembles, sheers and door panels to name just a few.  They also sell bedding ensembles and rocking chair cushions to complete the ”feel” of the room being decorated.  This is a good website to check out when redecorating a room!

I was just reading an article on Time.com that France has decided to extend their 35 hour work week. I didn’t know that France had a 35 hour work week! That meant that if they worked more than 35 hours, they got paid overtime! Anyway, France’s government has decided that they will allow businesses to require that their employees work longer hours without paying them. Understandably the businesses are happy about that, the employees not so much.  I know I’d rather have a 35 hour work week!

My brother was telling me that he is thinking about moving his website to another hosting plan but he isn’t sure how to do it.  I told him to go to the top 10 web hosting.com website and click on the link that says “Move host guide” on the left side of the page under the category “Webmaster Guide” and he could find an article that explains how to do it.  The top 10 web hosting website is a site that reviews the top 10 web hosting services and has a lot of other informative articles and tips about web hosting.  It is a good resource to use when thinking about getting, or moving, a web hosting service.