No electric daay

[Prepaday]

Today I decided we were not going to use any electric, apart from the lap top...I used some bricks from the garden and built a bar b q. It took me 5 mins to light it as I used my cotton wool balls soaked in vasaline, it usually take hours otherwise.
I then took a metal oven grid and set my large pot of water onto it,
15 mins later, hot water for a brew,
The kids made necklaces from dry pasta which peed me off a little as I don't like wasting food, they then painted the necklaces, I then let them paint the path, they were noisy and messy but enjoyed themselves.
I chopped up some onion and garlic and added mince, cooked it in a frying pan on the barby, added veg and an oxo cube and left it for 20 mins, I then put a separate pan on for the potatoes.
The kids were messy from the paint so filled up a new mop bucket with hot water and added cold and gave them a kinda shower,
Used hot water from a freshly boiled pan and did dishes in the sink indoors.
A good day all round but exhausting trying to entertain the kids and keep them away fro the barby.
No lights on tonight so struggling to see waht I'm typing aarrgghhhh.