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[wiseheart]

I was a-hunting today again - in Aldi at 7am already - and while I did get the stuff it was on sale, I was a bit shocked by the prices for normal, everyday foodstuff again. The price for simple, unflavoured yogurt (Activia for those in the German area) has just gone up by 20 per cent, from one day to another. I mean, Mum and I already share a 125-gram-container of it, so what comes next? Stretching that ration for several days?

No, we aren't there yet. We could afford to have one each; we're just a bit tight-fisted when it comes to simple, daily food. Because that's what you eat daily, obviously. If you decide to buy something naturally expensive, like Lindt chocolate balls, you save them for special occasions. But bread and dairy products are a different kettle of fish, they are a necessity. I wonder how people who have a much smaller income than the two of us get around. *sigh*


On the crafting front, I've made the page base for the Christmas tree page. In case you are interested, this was the inspiration:

I think mine will turn out quite different, since I won't be able to get most of the required appliqués, so I'll have to improvise as I go, but that's all right. There are some details I don't like anyway, and the last thing I'd put on top of my tree would be a five-pointed red star. I've sewn on the tree already - it got wider than originally planned, and not quite as pretty in shape as in the video, but since I cut it our from a piece of doubled-over felt free hand it isn't that bad. And on a fat tree there is lots of room for pretty decorations, right?

Sat1 postponed the next episode of Das Große Backen for tomorrow, which is annoying. There was absolutely nothing to watch on the telly save for The Repair Shop around mid-day. I'm surprised that I actually did any crafting done without background telly.

The company providing us with something vaguely like central heating (barely warmed pipes) likes to play the guessing game. On some days they start the heating around 7pm already; on other days only at midnight. Seems that this will be one of those other days. Not a problem during the day when the sun warms up the flat a bit and we're doing things anyway, but in the evening, sitting at the desk right by wall and window, it's a bit unpleasant. Ah, well, at least it's a bit warmer during the night, so we don't catch our death when getting up and going to the loo.

Thank God for the insulation work done last summer - that way what little warmth we get actually stays inside. Earlier, when we had these lively winds, they pressed the warmth out of the walls and whatnot. Now only poor Mum suffers because her joints ache when the weather is windy. *pats Mum*

Comments

[meathiel]

Heating at midnight doesn't make much sense when everybody's in bed ...

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Not everybody. Mum gets up at least twice during the night to go to the loo. And at least it's warm enough in the morning so that we can air the flat thoroughly without freezing to the death. *g*

But you are right, the heating isn't done in a manner that would make much sense.

[beauty-forashes.livejournal.com]

Not everybody. Chris and I are both used to working nights. So if we all want our ambulances, medical workers, firefighters, police, factory workers, taxis and so on available 24/7 we need to consider that for many people, midnight is the "rise and shine" hour. Just a gentle reminder since those who work nights are often overlooked as though they don't exist unless someone needs an ambulance or taxi at 4 AM, or expect fresh bread to be available at 7 AM.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is certainly true.

[beauty-forashes.livejournal.com]

I wonder how people who have a much smaller income than the two of us get around. *sigh*

I wonder that too, especially low income families, where there are three, four or more mouths to feed.

Ugh I'd hate to have someone else regulating how I can heat! I don't turn the boiler on until sundown, but we need some warmth throughout the night since we don't go to bed until around dawn.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

We are usually up late, too, which is why I don't mind the nightly heating.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Good that the tiny amount of heat stays in now.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, definitely! We're having a pleasantly tempered flat, despite the strong winds blowing outside.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Since our living area has underfloor heating, we do not need heating during night, because the floor will stay warm for a long time. There might be one night or another, when I have to do some proof-reading, then I will turn on the panel heating. I hope that during the cold season your company will switch to regular heating periods!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I've given up trying to figure out how their so-called "logic" works.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, all those little pieces, it does make for a cute page though.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Working on such tiny pieces with my sausage fingers is a challenge indeed! *g*