Up early but I'd have liked a lie-in, but as Gill was taking our youngest to school, I got up and ensured that our home-educated child got to Maria's on time for his science lesson with her. Once Gill came back, I went to the bread shop for £4 worth of yesterbake bread (2 big loaves, 4 bags of assorted rolls, 4 iced spirals and 2 bags of flapjack offcuts) and I posted a big parcel of home made dried fruit to Tracey Smith, in swap for her book 'The Book of Rubbish Ideas' which she sent to me to review here! I haven't started reading it yet, but hope to get around to it soon.
I also read our gas and electricity meters, as I'd received a gas bill and the last two readings were estimates. I buy both gas and electricity from Good Energy, which supplies 100% renewable electricity, and the gas bill helps pay ROCs to people with solar panels. The way I pay my bills is to pay a whole year annually in advance, and this means I can easily work out our annual consumption. So, over the past 12 months, this household of 4 people has used 65 cubic metres of gas, which equates to 726kwh, and cost £65, with £40 standing charge... so our annual gas bill is £111.61. We use more electricity than gas, 2009kwh last year, which is 5.5kw per day. The national average is 10 to 28kw/day I was told. This makes our annual electricity bill £342.84. I will pay by bank transfer next week.
I enjoyed lunch, and after this bagged up some very well rotted (and dry and powdery!) compost from a rotating barrel tumbler. It will need riddling but the majority of it is really lovely stuff.
Gill had already gone down to town by bus and then out to the Steiner School, and was awaiting an interview with the class teacher and anther staff member. I cycled down, getting there just in time for the 3.45 interview. It seems that our boy has settled in to this new school well, and has made friends and is already pretty well integrated into his class. We need to fill in a form and work out our gross income to work out our financial contribution, but this should be relatively simple. We were away by 5pm, Gill and Junior got the bus and I cycled quickly home and put the oven on, as Gill rang and said she'd bought oven chips in Iceland. We don't have chips very often... maybe once a month, but now and again it's quick and easy.
At 6.45 I took our eldest down to Heslington for his computer graphics lesson. I picked up 2 loads of wood in the intervening hour and then walked back with him after 8.
I'd been invited to a party this evening but I decided to stay in, and was glad I did as my authority was welcomed when some behaviour happened which merited intervention. So another busy and full day.
I also read our gas and electricity meters, as I'd received a gas bill and the last two readings were estimates. I buy both gas and electricity from Good Energy, which supplies 100% renewable electricity, and the gas bill helps pay ROCs to people with solar panels. The way I pay my bills is to pay a whole year annually in advance, and this means I can easily work out our annual consumption. So, over the past 12 months, this household of 4 people has used 65 cubic metres of gas, which equates to 726kwh, and cost £65, with £40 standing charge... so our annual gas bill is £111.61. We use more electricity than gas, 2009kwh last year, which is 5.5kw per day. The national average is 10 to 28kw/day I was told. This makes our annual electricity bill £342.84. I will pay by bank transfer next week.
I enjoyed lunch, and after this bagged up some very well rotted (and dry and powdery!) compost from a rotating barrel tumbler. It will need riddling but the majority of it is really lovely stuff.
Gill had already gone down to town by bus and then out to the Steiner School, and was awaiting an interview with the class teacher and anther staff member. I cycled down, getting there just in time for the 3.45 interview. It seems that our boy has settled in to this new school well, and has made friends and is already pretty well integrated into his class. We need to fill in a form and work out our gross income to work out our financial contribution, but this should be relatively simple. We were away by 5pm, Gill and Junior got the bus and I cycled quickly home and put the oven on, as Gill rang and said she'd bought oven chips in Iceland. We don't have chips very often... maybe once a month, but now and again it's quick and easy.
At 6.45 I took our eldest down to Heslington for his computer graphics lesson. I picked up 2 loads of wood in the intervening hour and then walked back with him after 8.
I'd been invited to a party this evening but I decided to stay in, and was glad I did as my authority was welcomed when some behaviour happened which merited intervention. So another busy and full day.
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