Monday 22 July

It is hot, 102 tomorrow.   When they say the heat index is 120, that is what it is going to feel like.

Every day the company which supplies electricity in Shawnee e-mails me as to what the charge is going to be, per kw hour, the next day.  As a rule, at the moment, it is usually 0.5cents, then it goes to 20 cents per kw hr between 2 and 7 pm - when they don't want us to use much. 

But today I got this little message from them in my inbox:-
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This is a special OG&E pricing message. OG&E has called a critical price event for Tuesday, 07/23/2013. The electricity price for your home will be 44 cents per kilowatt hour for 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow. This price overrides any price message you already received for tomorrow and does not include any applicable taxes, fees or charges.

With a 102 temperature they are expecting a big demand, but I'll be at the desk at the Senior Centre, so won't have the air conditioning going full steam in the house. 

I had some errands to run in town, then settled down to watch for the announcement of the birth of the Royal baby.  

I believe it was born about 4.30pm over there, but not announced until about 4 hours later because the parents wanted time to 'bond with their baby' before the media got hold of the story.     The Fox News commentator over there was becoming anxious as it was getting late, she said 10.30 BST is their cut off time, because the Queen has to be told first, and she goes to bed at 10.30!!!    So if it wasn't born before the Queen went to bed they wouldn't know until the morning.

It all looked very exciting over there, with the crowds jumping around and champagne corks popping everywhere.

I spent the rest of the day trying to get to grips with my Power Point presentation package, which I am showing to the Kiwanis group.  I finally got the hang of getting the pictures in place.   I just need now to transfer it all to my laptop.  That's the next hurdle.   

I am calling the presentation  'An English Village', and it is all about Alfriston with its interesting history, and a sort of tour round the church - what to look for in a church - and Alfriston church has a lot of features which would be found in most churches.  Not churches over here of course, but quite a few of our members travel.  And they're educated, I think they will be interested.   My friend Nancy, who helped me last time with the projecting, said she will do so again.