Friday! Yay!

I did not sleep well. Not at all. No, I don't know why. Yes, I went to sleep around nine, without power - spent the previous hour reading my magazine. But that doesn't explain the bad night ... ah, well ... 

Made myself coffee and off to work. Somewhat late.

My grocery delivery arrived! Heavy box - 5kg laundry detergent, 5L fabric softener ... it adds up to quite a weight, ha ha! I wonder whether they sent everything - or whether the 2 out-of-stock items are still coming? I'll see when I unpack this afternoon ...

Boss came to ask whether it's worth while opening on Monday ... I like the idea of a 4-day weekend. Very much!

I could make real progress in the garden - it's time to plant! If not directly into the garden, I can definitely prepare seed trays. It would be good to start growing early, much better chance for a real harvest this year! I'm specifically thinking of tomatoes and bell peppers.

I'm going a bit off The Gardener. I'm getting confused with the contradictions - don't use poison, flip the page: poison advert! Don't grow 'pretty' lawn - advert for 'perfectly pretty lawn seeds'.

On the whole, I'm just about to write off all internet suggestions ... I've looked through so many 'life hacks' and shit - half of them are rubbish, and the other half is either flippin' expensive or unrealistic. I'm beginning to realise that it's nothing but a new marketing gimmick - they give it a 'bait' heading, and then the actual 'article' is nothing but a collage of posts stolen from people's social media threads ... then they do a clearly clueless write-up ... and the pages are always filled with ads and pop-ups to ignore.

Yeah, I know ... seems I've been a bit slow to 'catch on' ... in my defense, though, there WERE some useful ideas ... though only in the older posts. Not in the later ones.

Sigh ... power off at home. And I had to ask the neighbours - none of them said a peep! I found out, because people who are connected to the same line were reporting outages. Had to ask the neighbours to hear 'Oh yeah, power is off'. The apathy! Well, I reported it - but since others had reported it before, and our councilor had already escalated ... power is back on - after only one hour!

I've been wondering, if I CAN stay home on Monday, whether I might need more meat? On the whole, though ... I'd rather not get more.

Yay! Monday off! Four day weekend!

On the way home, I got my meat. Only - the pork shanks have accidentally been sold. I took beef shin, instead. I also got some pork and beef to try and make some sausages myself this weekend. Looking forward to a new experience!

I saw some black smoke in the distance but didn't think it was near my home ... only, the closer I came home, the closer the smoke!

The field across the driveway had burned! Someone burned tires at the back - fire brigade had already put out the worst of it.

I took them a bottle of orange juice.

Taken by a neighbour, before I got home 

It's still smoking with patches still burning - three hours later! Just glad no home burned and nobody hurt!

I started watering, when the power went off! I had just finished reporting it, when our Councillor sent a message explaining. Power came back on fifteen minutes later. 

In the meantime, the neighbours cat and Smeagol seem to have some sort of bromance going - caterwauling at each other at the top of their voice! I ended up going next door and chasing him all the way home!

Not twenty minutes later, he's back. On my back porch. Full volume! Mewthos joined in as well, so I have a full concert at full volume!

I've chased him off again - he's back. Again!

Bromance in my garden 

I also decided to try the vinegar weed kill again. On the broad leaf weeds. I have nothing to loose, and who knows, it might actually work.

I'm not happy with the steak, I'm afraid. It's tough as nails, needs stewing, I fear. They also cut off all fat. Ah, well ...  better luck next time. 

I already ran my bath, so ... power just went off, I'll go and bath. Mippies are already inside. 

I've bathed, now I'm just writing here ... it's not quite seven, yet,  so I have a full hour to wait, still ...