oregon-coastIf you come to Frugally Green next Monday eager for an awesome new post and it isn’t there, remain calm.  It’s coming.  It may not be up until the evening, but I assure you it will go up.

Jessie and I are celebrating our 4 year anniversary (of dating) this weekend and we’re doing it in style.

This afternoon we’ll be headed off to the Oregon coast to hang out with our good friends, the ocean and the woods.

We’ll be staying in a small cabin, playing board games, checking out the local art galleries and doing other totally romantic things.

We won’t be home until Monday and, as I mentioned in my annual review, I done bankrupted my article queue.

As I also mentioned in the review, I haven’t missed a posting deadline yet and I have no intention to.

It may be 11:59 before I finally hit submit, but you can be confident that I will, indeed, be hitting the submit button.

Have an awesome weekend.  You deserve it.

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Over at No Impact Man this week, Colin wrote about the benefits of a renewable energy economy whether or not we’re causing global warming.

His short piece sums up exactly how I feel about environmentalism and man-made global warming.  In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t really matter if we’re headed for doomsday or not.

Doing the right thing for our planet will always be, well, the right thing.

People seem to need a motivational factor, and global warming fits the bill quite well, but even if it were all a hoax, it wouldn’t change the fact that taking care of our planet is still in our own best interest.

Once in awhile, I hop over to Al Gore’s blog to see what message he’s sending out.  Right now, Al wants you to know that the climate debate does not need to be political.

An ex vice president and leading presidential candidate, I think he’s come a long way in removing the “us vs. them” mantra from the debate.

Al even mentions that some of the most important environmental legislation in history was championed by republicans.

I tend to shy away from politics here because frankly, they don’t interest me, but a message of unity is always a good one, so I’m happy to share it.

Solar water heating has always been relevant technology, but the rise of electric and gas utilities largely overshadowed its usefulness.  That’s why I was happy to see The Good Human bring it up recently with an article titled Heating Your Household Water with the Sun.

Many people think that it’s not sunny enough where they live, but you’d be surprised how little sun it takes to maintain an effective system.

Solar water heaters are a great way to get started harnessing the power of that big flaming ball.  Don’t forget you can save up to $1500 if you install one by the end of 2010.

Finally, I strongly believe that every company should start looking very carefully at the benefits of allowing their employees to work from home.  Increased satisfaction, productivity, and reduced operating costs all coupled with a huge environmental benefit by eliminating the commute is quite a winning combo.

If you’re company’s stuck in the dark ages and isn’t interested in coming out, you can still earn a little side income at home by becoming a virtual juror.

Aldra at Consciously Frugal is trying it out if she gets crazy rich, I’m hoping she’ll buy me some solar panels.

Have you ever attempted to make some side income at home?  What did you do?

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