Faith Farm

Daily Devotion 137

We should go through the house and see what we can unplug..........

 Are you plugged in? If you have ever left rechargers or unused appliances plugged into the electrical outlet, you may be in for a bit of a shock. The U.S. Department of Energy tells us that not only do appliances continue to draw electricity while the products are turnecomputers, and kitchen appliances all use energy while not in use. You may have noticed how a cell phone recharger can be warm even when not attached to a phone. The best way to prevent unnecessary energy expenditures is to do a clean sweep of your home. Here at the office, we’ve gotten into the routine of unplugging our water cooler at night. The process is a bit of a hassle at first, but hassle quickly turns into painless habit.

 In the average home nearly 75% of all electricity used to power electronics is consumed by products that are switched off.

VCRs, televisions, stereos, products can’t be designed to prevent this sort of passive energy use? Is it simply laziness on the part of the manufacturers, or is there a real design constraint at work?)

The good folks over at Ideal Bite have previously tackled this issue and suggest the following:

·         Use power strips to turn off TVs and stereos. You’ll save the energy equivalent of a 100-watt light bulb that is always on.

·         Unplug chargers (think cell phones and iPods) when not in use. Only 5% of the power drawn by a cell phone charger is used to charge the phone. The other 95% is wasted when it is left plugged into the wall.

Some of M's photographs....

My 12 year old daughter has really taken a shine to taking pictures...Of everything and everyone.  She is so excited to put them on here.  We are thinking of making a site if her very own as a great summer project....Here's just a couple of her most recent....

 This is our rescue kitty...Nemo (because of her front leg)  She is doing really well...She is keeping up with all of the other animals wonderfully!!  And Jackson (big kitty) has realized she is not edible and may someday be worthy of his company.

Here is a picture of me that she took a couple of days ago.  She posed me and made me laugh talking about my "crow's feet"  Always a pleasure helping her with a hobby...haha.  I explained to her that any fine line on my face won't bother me because they were put there by the smiles she puts on my face....The deep wrinkles and gray hair will come in a few short years when she is 16....This was picture 30 of me...I hate having pictures taken so the look on my face was me saying hurry up!!!!  haha 

Pecan Pie Brownies

Pecan Pie Brownies

In saucepan, melt 1/4 cup margarine. Stir in 2 Tbsp. flour and mix until smooth. Add 2 eggs and 3/4 cup brown sugar, firmly packed. Stir over medium heat for 4-5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla and 2 cups chopped pecans. Mix well and set aside.

In large bowl, combine 1 box fudge brownie mix (21 oz.), 1/2 cup very hot water, 1/4 cup salad oil, 1 egg and beat 50 strokes by hand.

Grease bottom only of 9x13 inch pan. Spread brownie mixture in pan and spoon pecan mixture over top. Bake 30-35 minutes at 350 degrees F until set. Do not overbake. Cool, cut in squares. (Also good with vanilla ice cream and hot fudge sauce as desserts).

TODAY'S VERSE from HEARTLIGHT -- Matthew 5:16

Oil could hit $200 in 'super-spike'

"Oil prices threaten to hit $200 a barrel in a final "super-spike" over coming months as producers fail to keep pace with blistering demand from China and the Middle East, according to a controversial report by Goldman Sachs"

LINK BELOW

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/07/cnoil107.xml

US-Saudi oil axis faces day of truth

LINK BELOW

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/05/15/bcnoil115.xml

PEOPLE DONATING BLOOD TO PAY FOR FUEL

Some people in San Antonio are finding a new way to pay for the rising cost of gasoline, by donating blood. More people are donating plasma from their blood, to get extra cash, which will in turned be used for fuel

LINK TO VIDEO

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/96743.html

US will stop sending oil into strategic reserves

Article in its entirety: Link below

"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Energy Department says it has canceled oil shipments into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning in July when the current purchase contract expires. http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90MRT580&show_article=1

The move came days after Congress passed legislation requiring the president to suspend the shipment into the reserve in hopes of lowering gasoline prices.

The Energy Department said it will not sign contracts for new shipments of 76,000 barrels of oil a day for the six-month period beginning July 1. President Bush had opposed halting the shipments, arguing that such a relatively small amount of oil would not influence prices. Current shipments will continue. The reserve is 97 percent full, holding 701 million barrels of crude. "

Saudis see no reason to raise oil production now

Link below

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080516/ap_on_re_mi_ea/bush_mideast