More wood moving and chopping. I'm about halfway through the piles under the house that Susie left behind. Most of it is firewood, but some will be good for replacing bits of deck or wall. I think i have found a piece that can be used to mend the little chair that we picked up in Brisbane for free.

Aaron and his mate came to chop down some more trees - namely the big polonia that died when we took down its mates, and the palm trees that lined the back of the house. J dug up the tree- fern in an attempt to rescue it. They took away a good amount of the polonia for free, but my garden is now full of broken trees :(

K slept through the chainsawing, but woke up as they were finishing off the polonia. She was rather upset at the noise - she sat trustingly on my knee with teddy and fairy bear book for a while, and I took her to see what the boys were up to - that stimulated her interest!

Today i asked her to fetch my other sandal and she brought it to me. She also walked with me to get a new nappy each time. After a big lunch, she wasn't interested in any dinner. Hope she doesnt wake hungry later tonight.

Good news - NSW is going to subsidise solar panel output so come mid-2009 we wont have any electric bills - our inital investment in the solar panels should be paid off within 2 years.

What are we going to do with all these lumps of trees?

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Tasks completed:
Clothes washed and hung out
Lunch

Weather: dry day, wet night

Got all hot and sweaty, moving bits of wood from one side of the house to the other. J got out the chainsaw and we spent just half an hour chopping down two palm trees at the back of the house. The first went well, the second looked dodgy for a while, but J took it easy and down it came. Adrenaline rush as tree falls :)

All 5 of the palm trees have to go as they will get in the way of the solar panels we are going to install sometime early next year. Aaron is coming tommorrow to do the other palms for us.

K is afraid of womble.

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Tasks completed:
Clothes washed and hung out
Lunch
Dinner
Bins emptied and put out