electricity | organised castle

In my first 7 days of walking in the Global Challenge I managed to average over 9,000 steps per day. Today, Day 8, has been a bit of a failure as I have only done about 5,500 steps. I am working from home tomorrow so hopefully will find the time to go for a long walk and improve my average for Week 2 of the challenge.

Speaking of challenges, I hope to cross a few more things off the list tomorrow as well.

The final challenge will be ringing Origin Energy tomorrow, no, the bill did not arrive in the mail today. However, I did get some mail from Origin.

I will address the issue of “One month of free electricity” when I phone Origin tomorrow. How will they measure it when I am in credit? I think a reasonable option would be to give me credit equivalent to the cost of my usage for the month. What do you think?

Today I spent about an hour with Miss O as Belle had a specialist appointment for Izz. I took the various garments that I am making for Miss O so that I could show her, check the fit and length for hemming and generally gauge her opinion. Everything got the thumbs up so it will be full steam ahead to complete them all. The yellow pinafore/sundress with red pockets was extremely well received. She seemed particularly keen on the contrasting pockets and was eager to slip her hands into the pockets to try them out. I will have to have another look through my stash and see if I have got other suitable pieces of fabric as I think it will be a very practical style for wearing to daycare.

On another note, Origin Energy are not looking like getting a stamp of approval from me. We normally receive our bills about 3-4 working days after the meter is read. Last quarter the meter was read on 28th February and the bill was not generated until 5th April. When I rang to inquire about a month after I expected the bill I was offered some vague explanation about the delays being due to the floods. I am not sure how that works. The meter was read last Tuesday (I was home so I saw it being done) and we still have not received the bill. If it does not arrive by Thursday I will be phoning Origin to find out what is going on. Just strikes me as a bit odd because these are the first 2 readings since the solar panels were installed and our account is in credit that there seems to be a delay in notifying us. Call me a cynic if you like! I want to know how much credit I have so that I can request it to be paid to us. Better earning interest for us than Origin.

Watch this space for an update on me vs. Origin.