Sunday 21 February 2010

it's life.....

It has been a truly busy few days of half term.

One thing has followed another and well we sort of got through it all with broken down cars and meetings and contacts that didn't happen - yet again.

We did though manage a 18th birthday for Bethan who could not have been born more than a week back or so it seems and who is now an adult.

A lovely night though in our local Indian, as she wanted with all the family together.

We also made a good start on next years fire wood, a couple of tons cut already while the weather has threatened us with more winter but never quite delivered.

It has been good too that I seem to have got the hang of the chain saw sharpener. The chain saw has been fair tearing the wood to bits.

The winter maths are shaping too; between not running the de humidifyer, not using oil central heating, and the tumble drier we are looking at around 1000 pounds saved.

OK labour has not been costed in, and that would eat a big lump out of that.

But we are still very nicely ahead thank you very much.

Of course there is a subtlety to it. Today, we have selected soft wood in the fire, burns like blazes and gone in about 2 minutes, but the temperature in the living room is 25, ideal for clothes drying. The living room of course should be like a sauna, full of moist air. The fire though, as it rages like a furnace is drawing huge quantities of air and this afternoon it was not smoke but steam emerging from the chimney.

The house is not damp, but dry, warm and dry.

R

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