Marsia think we all now need to start planning on ways to save more money , save more power ,plan for outages , we just consume so much without thinking where does it all come from.
I had a family chat last year and explained that everytime a light is left on unnecessarily or tv , immersion heater etc etc that our hard earned money might as well be flushed down the toilet. We were thinking solar panels but after reading your post I'm not sure . We also thought a turbine but they can be expensive and repairs can be costly.
Your day sounds great though. And sounds like your daughter might be become a famous singer !!!! Go K !!!