Kate’s allegedly a human (although increasingly right-wing bigots would say otherwise). She’s definitely not a vampire, despite what some other people claim. She’s also mostly built out of spite and overcoming oppositional-sexism, racism, and other random bullshit.
So she’s either a human or a lizard in disguise sent to destroy all of humanity.
Either way, she’s here to reassure that it’s all fine.
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Really? Solar?
So, the solar company said “it’s looking positive”. Apparently our house’s roof is much more strongly pitched than was apparent from the Google streetmaps view, meaning it possibly has enough surface area to squeeze the minimum 10 panels on (required for ‘free solar panels’). Our garage, it seems, is too shaded – although he felt…
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A little post night post
So, after some delightfully 30 degree heat night shifts (our department is currently running a daily average temperature between 29-30°C (that would be 86°F)) I came home to our positively cool house (running in the high 20s) to an e-mail from the first company I’ve mailed trying to get free solar panels saying ‘No’. The…
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In which very little of note happens.
So today, at the godforsaken hour of 4:30 am I got up. I expect Nikki got up earlier, because she had to treck across Bristol to meet me at 5:30, but at any rate, ignoring that, at 4:30am I arose, washed and wandered downstairs where I stared balefully at the cereal thinking ‘but I only…
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I think our router may be melting
So after the excitement of the garden yesterday, today I went and worked on clearing out/up in the garage so that we can get the new car (hopefully Thursday) in to charge. Otherwise we’ll be a bit shafted, really. After a good few hours work, I turned this: into this: Actually, the shelves went up…
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Wot no pictures?
So we’ve had a delightful couple of days. Well. A busy couple of days. Friday we caught up on some cleaning, then on Friday night headed down to Cornwall to see my mum. The weather on Saturday was stunning. Seriously, it was proper summer weather and we piled into Chester and headed down to my…
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In which Kate spends a lot of money, services her Minor and wonders WTF is up with charging points
So, the sums were in. The unbiased non-car-o’phile had been presented with raw facts and come to her conclusion. The answer came back the same as Kathryn’s. Basically – the new car – is a good idea although can we afford it? The bank was rung, and they gave their loan costing. The change from…
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Consideration
So, the problem with my brain is that 1) it likes shiny things 2) it’s lousy at money management 3) it is endlessly optimistic about the ability of me to earn ‘more’ to pay back loans ‘quicker’. To buy the EV – based on scratchy basic sums – would save us, potentially, around 2000 over…
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Complex Math(s) & Shiny Metal
So, with us planning to be here for most likely two years (nice to be less, but in reality probably at least 2) I’ve been contemplating the EV question again. Much though I would love to do Rebecca’s EV conversion, I’m well aware that this is not a cheap, nor low-time task. Not least because…
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Jobs (aka ‘the list’)
Seeing as Sarah has posted her jobs list, and I was looking at it and thinking, that might be useful for me to do; here’s the jobs, by room: Bedroom 1: – DONE! Bedroom 2 (AKA Library / AKA my office): Empty out boxes Finish mosaic / faux encaustic tiles on walls by radiator Repaint…
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Kitchen lighting
So, ever since our kitchen was largely completed (trim, touchups, etc, still waiting my tender ministrations, but otherwise); the one thing that’s remained a bit of a… well… it’s just untouched, really, is the ceiling lights. Two bare compact fluorescents dangle down from our ceiling, hanging on bare pendant lamp holders. Above the table a…