On Wednesday Boo departs for Uni, and I will go with her and DH - I have to see her safely in - and then he will drive me most of the way across the country to Managers' Conference, where I will stay until Friday.
Two utterly traumatic events on one day. When I come back, it will be to an empty nest. Next expected visit of chick will be two weeks hence, when H will be back to work for the weekend, but that is not going to last long this term, I fear.
We've built a new log shed, but as yet I am afraid it lies empty. We have logs in plenty, seasoning in the field, but they need transporting, splitting and stacking.
It's getting colder and it's important to us to have enough wood - we don't have central heating, and coal is expensive. With just the two of us this winter, at least until the girls come back at Christmas, we'll be cooking on the Rayburn, and sitting in the kitchen, as we did briefly last year, and making the most of one lot of wood a night.
The Rayburn also heats the bathwater, so we keep the Big Kettle on her in the evening, for washing up or any other hot water needs, so that the tank remains toasty for a bath. The electric immersion heater, which heats the water in summer, will go off until Christmas.
This has been a costly and frenetic season. Time to slow down and take hold.
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I get a tremendous feeling of comfort from a full wood store.
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