Our upstairs neighbour has gone away and turned her heating off.. sigh. So I took my clothes off too soon. Yes, folks, I took all my beautiful top vest feathers off as I was too hot, I am rather regretting that I did this although mum has switched our heating on, it's only onto low and only for two very short periods in the day.
However, her frugality has paid off because when she telephoned a meter reading to the gas company, she was told that our bill, for the past three months, was only £49.40. That cheered her up no end! Because, whereas we haven't had the heating on, she has used the gas for lots of cooking and was wondering what the bill would amount to. But under £20.00 a month for the amount of cooking she did last month is certainly acceptable.
She called in to see some friends yesterday but couldn't stay for very long for their house was far too hot, they were wandering around in shirtsleves! How daft can you be? She felt like saying "Put some more clothes on, including socks and turn the heating down or off during the day!" She hates to think what their winter bills will be!
She's canny when she uses the oven, for instance, there will be two chickens roasting in it later today, we'll have one tonight for supper, the rest of which will be eaten cold or made into Chicken-Mess-Up amd the other one will be allowed to cool, stripped off its' carcass, separated and put into frosty larder. Aka freezer.
And, of course, the two carcasses will be put into a stock pot with vegetables to make stock or soup together with two big tubs of whey from the labneh she's just made. There'll be three huge sweet potatoes roasting as well, there's no point in cooking just one chicken when you're heating an oven for an hour and a half, is there?
Today there were library books that had to be changed and some stuff to do at midday, so her plan to go to the allotments was cancelled and oh boy, she was glad that it was. For, whilst she was out and about, the wind became stronger by the minute and rain was starting to fall at 3pm when she came home.
Yesterday was quite mild but she noticed the wind was much stronger when she walked home after having tea and it must have blown itself into a veryvery big blow in the night, for today leaves were thick upon the pavements and trees on our street suddenly are beginning to look bare, in fact, a lot now are, for yes, winter is almost here!
She's meeting a new dentist tomorrow, she isn't happy with the way the new team ay her dental surgery are operating, they're starting to do all manner of 'other' stuff and have spent a fortune 'tarting' up the surgery but the work hasn't been done very well.. so she's going to go to another surgery up the road who have done wonderful work on a friend's teeth.
And on Friday we are having a treat for we are going out to lunch, then hopefully the weekend will be dry, she expects it will be cold but when you're gardening it doesn't really matter for digging and raking leaves soon warms you up. You just have to have waterproof boots and gloves on and maybe a new smart beanie hat like Pat has just knitted for her, she looks like an elf in it!
All is well.. we hope it is in your life too? Yes, I know there's a lot of stuff happening in the world that is grim and unpleasant, but there's nothing I can do about that, my motto is keep your patch 'clean and tidy' and be kind to those you meet, whether they be family, friends or strangers.
GeeGee Parrot.
November 22nd, 2017.
However, her frugality has paid off because when she telephoned a meter reading to the gas company, she was told that our bill, for the past three months, was only £49.40. That cheered her up no end! Because, whereas we haven't had the heating on, she has used the gas for lots of cooking and was wondering what the bill would amount to. But under £20.00 a month for the amount of cooking she did last month is certainly acceptable.
She called in to see some friends yesterday but couldn't stay for very long for their house was far too hot, they were wandering around in shirtsleves! How daft can you be? She felt like saying "Put some more clothes on, including socks and turn the heating down or off during the day!" She hates to think what their winter bills will be!
She's canny when she uses the oven, for instance, there will be two chickens roasting in it later today, we'll have one tonight for supper, the rest of which will be eaten cold or made into Chicken-Mess-Up amd the other one will be allowed to cool, stripped off its' carcass, separated and put into frosty larder. Aka freezer.
And, of course, the two carcasses will be put into a stock pot with vegetables to make stock or soup together with two big tubs of whey from the labneh she's just made. There'll be three huge sweet potatoes roasting as well, there's no point in cooking just one chicken when you're heating an oven for an hour and a half, is there?
Today there were library books that had to be changed and some stuff to do at midday, so her plan to go to the allotments was cancelled and oh boy, she was glad that it was. For, whilst she was out and about, the wind became stronger by the minute and rain was starting to fall at 3pm when she came home.
Yesterday was quite mild but she noticed the wind was much stronger when she walked home after having tea and it must have blown itself into a veryvery big blow in the night, for today leaves were thick upon the pavements and trees on our street suddenly are beginning to look bare, in fact, a lot now are, for yes, winter is almost here!
She's meeting a new dentist tomorrow, she isn't happy with the way the new team ay her dental surgery are operating, they're starting to do all manner of 'other' stuff and have spent a fortune 'tarting' up the surgery but the work hasn't been done very well.. so she's going to go to another surgery up the road who have done wonderful work on a friend's teeth.
And on Friday we are having a treat for we are going out to lunch, then hopefully the weekend will be dry, she expects it will be cold but when you're gardening it doesn't really matter for digging and raking leaves soon warms you up. You just have to have waterproof boots and gloves on and maybe a new smart beanie hat like Pat has just knitted for her, she looks like an elf in it!
All is well.. we hope it is in your life too? Yes, I know there's a lot of stuff happening in the world that is grim and unpleasant, but there's nothing I can do about that, my motto is keep your patch 'clean and tidy' and be kind to those you meet, whether they be family, friends or strangers.
GeeGee Parrot.
November 22nd, 2017.
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