Spring? Progress

 

Gradually getting there! The oggin is down, dpc plastic protecting everything overnight. There is a French Drain going in in front of the verandah..you can see the trench...there will be stones in that, and also a gutter to cope with heavy rain.

Tomorrow we get some sand and place the slabs.  Then a break for a bit for everything to settle before finishing building work.

The garage had good news for us this morning, it was just a thin nail in the tread. That meant the tyre could be mended. Relief!!

We had the latest power bill..the charge for electricity and gas was the same amount...but the amount used was not!! So although we only use gas for the central heating and showers, we must use it even more carefully than we must use electricity.  It is fortunate that we are already fairly frugal. Now we must be decidedly frugal , plan ahead for power use when it is needed.

You can't just live at the flick of a switch any more.

using remnants

A nice remnant of Laura Ashley fabric..I've made a square tablecloth with most of it, what is over is just right for the coffee table. I could lightly quilt that