Summer is Coming: Here’s 12 Ways To Lower Your Power Bill

I can't believe it's almost summer again. Seriously? Where did the time go?

Just yesterday, it was Christmas.

Now, I'm pretty much applying deodorant 4 times a day...and...it's ONLY going to get hotter from here on out.

The Lubbock heat isn't the only thing I dread about the summertime, though. There's something much worse...THE ELECTRIC BILL.

It's going to be so bad! I flat out refuse to be sweaty or to suffer AT ALL in my own home. I won't do it. I feel like it's all my parents' fault.

They wouldn't let me touch the thermostat when I was a kid. It would be a cool 68 degrees in most of our house, but my bedroom didn't have any air vents. Most summer days, it would get up into the 90s and 100s in there. I hated it, and it scarred me for life.

I was always miserable. Nobody cared. Now, I just don't put up with that stuff. I keep it completely frozen in my apartment, year-round. Sweating like like that when I was a kid totally traumatized me!

Unfortunately, keeping cool costs money...Money, I don't have you. Damn it.

One month, I had a bill that was OVER $500. It was enough to make me barf! A friend of mine took the electric company a wheelbarrow full of pennies to pay her bill once. It was hilarious.

I begrudgingly paid the bill, but I hope that never happens again. If you're worried about your bills getting high, check out this list of ways I have to lower your electric bill!