29-04-2025, 07:38 AM
morning ladies 
It's lovely and calm outside, perfect for making a spot under the rainwater tank to make it easier to fill buckets with rainwater.
Our last power bill was $155 but you have to account for filling the big water tank (electric pump) and our running water. Every time a tap is turned on so is the power. And I was watering the garden lots which meant extra tank filling. There is also two of us and we cook. We also pay fortnightly so are in credit and the heat energy payment is added to our payment. In the winter I refuse to be cold and MrK cannot afford to be sick. Warm clothes and the heat pump on anywhere between 18 and 22 degrees. In saying that, our living room faces north, and the sun can heat it to over 30 degrees so windows could be open in the middle of winter lol. I've had a thermometer in the living room just out of curiosity and last winter it hit 36 degrees just from the sun.
Yesterday I was talking with the neighbourhood kids, and they asked me if I had a bike. Years ago, says me, it's been a while Ohhh, mum has one says the oldest and proceeds to tell and show me how mum rides her bike. First, she has to wriggle her bum back on the seat like this... it was priceless lol. Out of the mouths of babes.
My wee chainsaw needs sharpening and the chain tightening. I'm not surprised really; it's one of the hardest working garden tools we have. I'll drop it into the Stihl shop when passing next. I might even ask the guy to show me how to do it.
Time to get moving, I have some clay and sand to shift.
It's lovely and calm outside, perfect for making a spot under the rainwater tank to make it easier to fill buckets with rainwater.Our last power bill was $155 but you have to account for filling the big water tank (electric pump) and our running water. Every time a tap is turned on so is the power. And I was watering the garden lots which meant extra tank filling. There is also two of us and we cook. We also pay fortnightly so are in credit and the heat energy payment is added to our payment. In the winter I refuse to be cold and MrK cannot afford to be sick. Warm clothes and the heat pump on anywhere between 18 and 22 degrees. In saying that, our living room faces north, and the sun can heat it to over 30 degrees so windows could be open in the middle of winter lol. I've had a thermometer in the living room just out of curiosity and last winter it hit 36 degrees just from the sun.
Yesterday I was talking with the neighbourhood kids, and they asked me if I had a bike. Years ago, says me, it's been a while
Ohhh, mum has one says the oldest and proceeds to tell and show me how mum rides her bike. First, she has to wriggle her bum back on the seat like this... it was priceless lol. Out of the mouths of babes.My wee chainsaw needs sharpening and the chain tightening. I'm not surprised really; it's one of the hardest working garden tools we have. I'll drop it into the Stihl shop when passing next. I might even ask the guy to show me how to do it.
Time to get moving, I have some clay and sand to shift.
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