I have been crunching numbers to see if I can afford to buy a house.  If I was frugal I might just be able to afford a small house.  An apartment would be a lot more realistic, but probably wouldn’t allow my cat.  (I need to investigate that a bit more).  Last year I spent just under 25% of my income on accommodation, if I bought a house that’d rise to almost 70%. There would also be extra costs such as water, rates, and insurance. I’d also be without the income from the interest on the deposit … something which really knocked what were previously looking like quite reasonable numbers.  Now I need to start living as if I was on the budget and see just how hard it is.

Or I could buy a house truck.

I started brewing a batch of beer – Black Rock, East IPA.   I took some photos, but my camera has finally died – see previous post about needing a new camera.

The real news will be in the tasting in a couple of months time.  If I don’t post anything then it’ll be because it is a failure.  At least I’ve got the right amount of water this time.  Not like the last batch where I tried to follow two sets of instructions at once and added 3 litres too much water.  The main problem this time is I’ve lost the temperature guage, so don’t know if the liquid is too hot or too cold.  I’ve put a heating pad under the vat because it is getting cool at night.