This morning, as part of my preparations for moving, I bought a washing machine. A brand new, small, energy & water efficient front loader. What's more I paid cash - or at least put it on my everyday card, not my expensive credit card - & thus got a discount for cash ( Read more... )

Taking a break in the nightly packing routine, part of me is rather proud at how well organised I am. I still have most of the boxes from the move back down the mountain, & as I labelled them very carefully, I know what can go back into which box. Also I'm using less tape, as I only slit the boxes to open them ( Read more... )