Monday, April 6, 2009

How Much Does Natural Gas Cost a Month?

Shivering Bratz dolls hard you can barely hold your hand still enough to adjust the thermostat, you attempt to gently nudge it down, but your trembling hand bumps it up sending you into 1960's toys mad panic envisioning the money you've just spent. If your home is heated by oil, then you are probably familiar with this scene. Have you found yourself wondering how much natural gas costs a month?

Sitting and watching the 1933 Goudey baseball cards at night, you're probably familiar with the commercial that features a man wearing a shirt emblazoned with "Propane" across his chest. There are a number of versions, all involving his run-in with "Electricity" who is bored because "Propane" is taking over all of the energy needs for the family. Has it left you wondering if natural gas is a good option for your family? The biggest question that you will need to answer is, "how much does natural gas cost a month?" According to the Energy Information Administration's most recent release of prices, natural gas cost a resident $12.46 per thousand cubic feet in February. To put it in perspective, electricity cost $8.90 per thousand cubic feet for the same month.

On the other hand, if you have oil heating your home, it may be worth looking at how much natural gas costs each month. For example, according to an article in the Rhode Island Space Invaders the cost of heating a home with oil over the course of a year would be $2,679. A natural gas home, expending the same amount of energy as the oil home, would cost $1,615 over the course of a year. So for those subject to the constantly climbing price of the oil market, converting to natural gas may put money back in your pocket.

So how much does natural gas cost a month? It costs more than electricity (for now) and less than oil. If you're using oil to heat your house, it's time switch so that you can pack away the sweaters and turn the thermostats up, now that you know the monthly cost of natural gas.

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Myths About Grief - Part 2

In the previous Transformers toys Red Man baseball cards this series about myths of grief, I shared with you one of the most prevalent myths encountered by grievers; namely, "...it just takes Sea Devils to heal grief." I explained how this myth, along with many others, have been passed down from generation to generation and how these myths are assumed to be factual statements about the grieving process.

The second myth we will explore in this article is: "Keep your grieving to yourself." This myth of grief silently pervades our collective life experience. Immediately after a death or other loss, many grievers receive support from family and friends. As the weeks and months go by, this support tends to fade.

There can be an unspoken feeling that others really do not want to listen to the expressions of grief and loss. I remember deciding a few months after my husband died that I would keep my pain to myself. While I felt like I was making my own decision, I also felt like this message of silence was coming from outside of me.

Years later I realized that the message I was receiving was really coming from both inside and outside. This message was ultimately a myth or paradigm manifesting in my life from generations back in my family tree.

What is so damaging about this particular myth about the grieving process is that grief really needs to be witnessed. The only tears that heal are the tears that are witnessed by another.

Those who grieve do not need to be fixed. The grieving need to feel that their grief is truly acknowledged. Words are not always necessary. What is needed is someone who will listen to the griever with an open heart.

This myth perpetuates a reversal of what is really needed by many grievers. They need to have the opportunity to talk about how they are feeling about their loss while others really listen to them without judgment or expectation.

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