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DIY Ways to Save on Summer Cooling Costs for Your Home

Saving Cents With Sense

Covering the windows with dark, opaque curtains keeps the light out as well as the heat. Newer compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs , are cooler and don’t use as much energy, as Family Handy Man points out. Use a dehumidifier in the summer to pull moisture out of the air in the house. Summer Window Treatments.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We will be away at the time the risk is the highest so we are working on getting our furniture in our basement propped up on blocks as well as running dehumidifiers. asks us What Keeps Us On Track Financially? I wasn’t managing my money very well. We found a system that worked for both of us.

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