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Energy Efficient Credits and Helpful Energy Links

Energy StarYou may be considering some upgrades to your home this year. If possible, why not try and make your upgrades "pay you"? The government is offering credits for up to 30% of the cost, up to $1,500. For items such as solar energy systems, you can receive a 30% credit with no limit. Our government cares about being "Green" and so wants you to purchase energy efficient items for your home; Items such as AC units, storm doors, windows, a new roof, water heaters, and more.

You also may be wondering if now would be the best time to upgrade, since you can capitalize on the tax credits offered through the latest stimulus package. Certainly purchasing the right product to qualify for this credit is very important. This will help you assess how to obtain the credit, or to help you decide if it is worth spending your extra hard earned money on more efficient models.

The Energy Star website has a wealth of information. Be sure to check it out.

Find more information at the websites below.

Energy Star main website: Energy Star Website

Energy Star Tax Credit Site: Energy Star Tax Credit Info

Energy Star FAQ's: Click Here

How the New Stimulus Bill Has effected Energy Tax Credits: Click Here

Products: Click Here

AC Unit Qualifications: Click Here

 

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Pink is My Favorite Color...or NOT

If you are in Nashville, TN area and/or have friends/family close to there, keep in mind this blog post. The world is far smaller today then ever. Let's use it for something good! :)

Via Missy Caulk-Ann Arbor- Realtor(R)- Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams-Ann Arbor):

Pinked SlippedTuesday my husband was given a pink slip from Belleville High School. He is history teacher and social studies teacher. He is tenured.

I was shocked

The schools in Michigan are handing out a lot of pink slips including: Flint 257, Detroit 600, Pontiac everyone, Lansing 170.


Last year at Belleville High School, (where he teaches) they didn't let enough teachers go so in October after the enrollment count they had to redo classes.   Mike was not one of them.

When they change the class sizes some students go and some classes are dropped and it is disruptive. So this year they are letting 90 go and then hiring back.

If you are pinked slipped and hired back you can still be let go in October after the enrollment count.

Can you stay unstable?

 

 

I don’t want your sympathy but your advice, prayers and help.Boo hoo

I want to see if Social Media (which we all hail) can get my husband a job.

 In Tennessee

Most of you know I am from the South and we have hoped to move back there when we retired if not before.

So I am asking you if you know anyone in Tennessee, the Nashville Area to please pass along my husband’s name.  We have looked and there are 5 History teaching positions available in the Nashville, Williamson County Area, which he is applying for.

However, it is not what you know but WHO YOU KNOW.

A little bragging:

My husband is an outstanding teacher. Every year his classes fill up and if a student is removed for scheduling issues…mom and dad demand they be put back in Mr. Caulk’s class.

Mike does all of his lesson plans on Power Point, uses YouTube and the news this week by Uncle Jake.  He is a fun, and an engaging history teacher. Making the subject  come alive for his students. 

Everyday at school for 5 years, he would check out the over-head projector so this year, the administration bought him one.  I can count on my ONE hand the days he has missed in the last 6 years, even returning the day after he had stints put in his heart. 

Social Media is more than Twitter, more than FaceBook it is like attending a Chamber of Commerce meeting that extends outside four walls.

Can Social Media help find Mike A JOB?

They say if you want to adopt a baby tell everyone you know. So I am telling everyone I know.  Any help would be so appreciated, especially if you know anyone in the Nashville area that teaches, a principal or works in Administration. ( If you do I will email you his resume.)

When one door closes, another one opens so we are thinking and hoping this might be an open door to move and settle in TN. First of all we are believing God will open a door if we are to move forward with a job in Tn.  But, we know He works through people, so hence my appeal to you here on Activerain.

I figure if Jay McGullicuddy can find his birth mother and Brad Andersohn his brother,....

ALL things are Possible on Activerain.

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