The other thing to take into account is that in winter we actually get okay power generation. We get a lot of frosts and all day sun, and we can generate around 4 kW which is enough to power the house during the day and also slowly top up the battery.

I also tried Power Switch, and got the same result.

Both systems don't take into account our solar set up, and exporting to the grid in their calculations.

I just checked Power Compare NZ, and we're still on the best plan possible for us considering we're on solar, and we export to the grid.

We also use our wood fire autumn, winter, and spring to heat the house.

Our power price hike email has just come through, and we'll be paying an extra $25.90 a month just for network and power company charges

Oh no no no. The newest Metservice forecast is out and it's predicting lows of 2˚C and 1˚C for next Monday and Tuesday

I'm gonna have to go frost cloth buying

So anyway, please, if you are having unusual health symptoms from the bottom end of your body, please go and see a doctor to get it checked out. It's not embarrassing, it's just a health issue.

My maternal grandfather, and my dad both had colon cancer in their sixties, and had surgery to fight the cancer. They were both cancer free afterward.

Anyway, they say bad news comes in threes, so I'm on the lookout for anymore bad things coming my way

I don't think the MIL actually didn't want to bother anyone, but more that she was too embarrassed to tell anyone, because of embarassing body reasons

It doesn't help that hubby and I have a $10,000 roofing repair bill this month to pay for.

It was a nice thing to see after the crappy afternoon we've had.

The MIL has been hiding the fact she's been bleeding from her colon for the last 2.5 years, because she didn't want to bother anyone. Now she needs an emergency colonoscopy that won't get done fast enough in the public system, so now we have to find +$3000 as a family to pay for it for her.

A big thank you to a Mastodon NZ friend for donating to my Crafty Gardener NZ KoFi account, it all goes towards helping me pay for my blog website running costs

@alex Brrr it's far to early for any snow shenanigans.

My biggest worry right now is seed saving, for my dahlia and zinnia plants. They need until the third week of April before they will be ready

Coldest morning of the year for us, we got down to 3.7˚C at 7 am

So much for summer