My partner doesn’t necessarily agree although I prefer to get rid of stuff if I haven’t even touched it, looked for it or wondered about it in a year. To me, this helps keep life as simple as possible. The older I get, the more charming a pared down, simpler life is to me. So it dawned on myself and others why haven’t I been using the shades & drapes in our apartment more effectively. They stop or mitigate direct sunshine heating inside the apartment & that is a enjoyable thing. It saves cash on Heating, Ventilation & A/C cooling costs. And yet, using the shades or the drapes tends to be an after thought for our household. I decided last Spring that just wouldn’t be the case. I made a wager with all of our family members to motivate the using of the shades to help the Heating, Ventilation & A/C equipment. That was all it took to get the shade & drapes in use in our house. So I went a step further with the wager by extending it to control component setting. The more we could keep the control component in the low 73’s while we were in the peak heating hours of the day, the more cash I would spend on holiday. It was absolutely sort of a fun way to deal with all the Heating, Ventilation & A/C cooling we deal with in the summer. But at the end of it all, I tallied up all the savings & it was staggering. Let’s just say that we had a truly, truly nice holiday at the end of summer.