Look at me!

Here I am, blogging again.  Not that I think I have anything vaguely interesting to say, but a couple of people asked me to carry on with the Live Green for a Week blog.  I was flattered, but I think there's a limit to how much I can blather on about trying to be "green", so here's a modified version.

This is a place for me to get my thoughts out, hopefully in a manner that is somewhat coherent.  It'll be about me, my life as a community worker, wife, Mum, Volunteer Firefighter and Bellyful volunteer, as well as some of the other random stuff I get up to now and then.  And it'll be a bit about me trying to tread lighter on the planet, pay off a mortgage and still manage to have a bit of fun.  Phew. I've tired myself out already.

Since we last chatted, I've FINALLY had my heat pump prize installed.  It wasn't worth as much as they promised, and if I were paying for one I wouldn't choose that installer (they were terrible at keeping in contact and letting me know what was happening), but it's in and it's pretty great.  Mr 2 thinks so too:

Personally though, I still prefer the fire.  And Consumer's research found it to be one of the cheapest and, as long as the wood is dry and the fire efficient, one of the cleanest heating options too.  Nothing beats the warmth of a woodburner, but on those nights it's just too hard it is GREAT to have the lazy option of a heatpump.  And we have the timer set to come on 30 minutes before we're due to get up in the morning - bliss!

The Hastings branch of Bellyful has managed to complete our first cookathon too!  This means we have a freezer full of meals ready to be delivered to struggling new Mums or families dealing with serious illness. Wicked.

Check out some of the awesome Bellyful Hastings crew!

I've also done a bit more "cooking" - of cleaning products from Wendyl Nissen's recipes.  I made some laundry liquid (more of a sludge really), some more dish liquid and cleaned the oven with a mix of washing and baking sodas.  So far, so good.

I wasn't actually going to write this tonight.  I was going to have a nice hot bath and a glass of cider as Mr Neats is at work.  But Mr 2 decided sleep was over rated and has been out of bed 3 times since I tucked him in.  I think he's finally asleep, but I'm not going to jinx it by trying to run a bath now. Sigh.

Til next time.