Beginners Guide to Solar Panels

A single 130 watt 14 kg (about 30lb) panel does the job - and the same panel should continue to do so for at least the next 22 years. All this from a combination of silicon, glass, aluminium and wiring - no moving parts or heavy maintenance required.

Green Living Tips.
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Seed Starter Pots

• Cut each roll in half and press it flat.
• Make four, half-inch to three-quarter-inch slices on one end of the roll to create four equal-sized flaps.
• Open up the roll and fold in the four little flaps like a box bottom. This is your seed pot.

Fill the “pot” with potting soil, plant your seeds and water gently. Put the seed pots under grow lights until they are ready to go outdoors. When you are ready to plant, you can either pull the cardboard away from the soil and put the plant in the ground, or simply unfold the bottom and plant the whole pot — the cardboard will slowly disintegrate.

Margaret Comstock

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Peanut Butter Granola Mini Bars

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup honey
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons canola oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3-1/2 cups old-fashioned oats
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup peanut butter chips
• 1/3 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

• In a large bowl, beat the peanut butter, honey, egg, oil and vanilla until blended. Combine the oats, brown sugar and salt; add to the peanut butter mixture and mix well. Stir in chips. (Batter will be sticky.)
• Transfer to a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until set and edges are lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Yield: 3 dozen.

Help & Hope for Single Parents

Held at Midpark Church, 260 Midpark Blvd SE and facilitating this "Single & Parenting" small group at Midpark Church starting in February is Andrea Elias.

If you’re a single parent, you’re probably tired, overwhelmed and feeling a bit underappreciated. That’s why we created Single & Parenting groups—to share tips and parenting wisdom that will help you find rest, hope and encouragement.
At a Single & Parenting group, you’ll participate in video seminars that explain how to:

• Wisely encourage your kids to obey
• Help your hurting child
• Eliminate debt
• Deal with verbal onslaughts
• Figure out what your emotions are telling you 

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  Single & Parenting: Single-parent support groups, ministry & parenting tips

  www.singleandparenting.org
   
   

Knife Block Knock-off

2x Pine shelves @ $4 ea. = $8
23 100 count bamboo skewers @ $1 ea. = $23

2300 bamboo skewers – 2 that I used to stir the varnish = 2298 skewers.
However, currently the skewers are not quite dense enough, so I plan on adding 300 more ($3) this week, bringing the total number of skewers in use to 2598.

If you’ve got tools and varnish, this is the total cost, $34. If you need tools or varnish, the cost goes up significantly. The varnish I used, I have forgotten the name, is water-based, and cost nearly $30 for the gallon.

See the tutorial here