I ended up watching the Return of the King to the end ... Four and a half hours, ha ha! It really was lovely not to have a 'lights out' time, for once! And it's not a problem, I don't HAVE TO get up early. Funny thing, though, when I don't have to - I get up early easily!
I forgot to mention that my landlord had put the sprinklers on yesterday, so my whole garden is lovely and soft today.
First things first, though, starting with the laundry.
Laundry is up - on the portions of MY line, I'm apparently allowed to use - I'm a tad upset with my tenant at the moment. He's got his ex wife staying with him - yes, ex wife, not his current wife - and it's not good. She's not trouble, not by a long shot - but she's your typical self-centered, inconsiderate African (not colour related, by the way). And he is turning back into the same person I was ready to throw out before he'd even moved in - selfish, self-centered, inconsiderate. Happy to take, without even so much as giving thought, let alone a hand. I need to have - yet another - talk with him.
Anyway. I've just cleaned and re-organised my chest freezer! Took less than an hour - but, naturally, I rushed. I discovered that defrosting the chest freezer is really, really quick and easy! I just need to defrost the walls, after all - and I can scrape the ice off with a plastic spatula. Easy Peasy! Then scoop it into a bucket - again, I can use the spatula ... a breeze!
Landlord has the sprinklers going again out front, so ... no gardening today. It's okay, I'm quite happy to do the kitchen stuff today - I most likely would have done that today, anyway. I want to re-pack and freeze the lamb, of course!
I've put a layer of water bottles at the bottom, and I want to add another on top. I've used hard paper bags to group things. And, of course, the trouble, once you put things in containers is: you have less space! Why? Because each container has some gaps, and those add up.
Phew! I've packed, labelled and inventoried the half lamb! Quite a job! I've got a lovely book, called 'Complete SA Meat Cook Book', which also explains all the different cuts, with photos. That helped me big time to identify the different pieces.
My chest freezer is quite full now! There's still some room, but not a lot. I can still add a layer of bottles with water in, to keep everything frozen during load shedding, and power outages.
Well, it's past two. Took quite some time. Oh, and the landlord's workers were here - they were busy with brush cutters outside, and offered to come inside. They cut that whole section behind the grapevine down - even the weeds that had grown up to tree level! And the brush by the rose bushes ... just everything my tenant has decided is not his job.
I did worry about the ferals ... but ... well, they're big enough now. And there really wasn't much I could do, anyway.
I also got myself a different type of nozzle for watering, this one is supposed to produce a gentle shower - something I've not been able to achieve with the standard one, even when set to fine spray. It works wonderfully! I can water all the pots on the veranda without fear of splashing seeds out! Another step forward!
Twenty past three, and the cheese is sliced, packed and in the freezer, as well. I still need to do the avocados ...
Aaaand load shedding Stage 1 until further notice. No Stage 2. Why am I being so sarcastic about it? Well, when you control the criminal cartels that CAUSE load shedding, it's easy to get them to ease up a bit, so you can put on a big show of 'Look! Minister of Electricity is doing a fantastic job!'. Same as they did in 2010 ... and It's going to backfire sooner or later, and THEN the shit will really hit the fan ... and WE pay the price!
Well, still load shedding from eight to ten tonight ...
Well, I'm quite tired - I've worked surprisingly hard for a Saturday! I feel tired, but not drained - I quite enjoyed myself! And looking at my lovely, almost full chest freezer? Wonderful! And a full freezer uses less electricity! I'm planning on getting myself a Kilowatt meter. I WOULD like to know which appliance uses the most electricity - and how much! I already know that the pressure cooker and the induction plate are the cheapest appliances for cooking.
Oh, you're wondering where I plan to put any freezer meals? Easy: the freezer part of my fridge is still mostly empty! Oh, and the chest freezer was not quite three quarter full this morning - the difference is the bags I've used to organise everything; no, not the half lamb. That would have only made it three quarter full, not totally full.
Yeah, I'm happy! Very happy! I LOVE a hoard of food! And the choice to make whatever I feel like, when I feel like it!
With regards to the freezer meals, I'm thinking I would prefer to freeze not whole meals, but the individual ingredients, separately. Like, potatoes, cooked veggies, rice, meat, etc. So I can take out and make different meals. I don't quite know, yet. I'm still thinking ...
Anyway, it's half past seven ... almost time for load shedding ...
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