Greetings! We just found out that our computer server is going down, soon, for maintenance. It may be out all weekend so I'm communicating quickly and hoping that we'll have access again on Saturday.
My English grammar is fading quickly so I'm even struggling with how to "speak" as I write. But I'm enjoying French class and am picking up bits and pieces of all sorts of other languages.
The cause of the leak (and mold) in our bathroom has been discovered and is about dry. That means that we should be able to move back in by the end of next week.
Sadly :-), we won't be able to enjoy it right away because Jim's got meetings in Paris and we'll be leaving next Friday evening for 10 days. Such a shame, I know! My shopping list is getting so very long -- things we would consider basics are extravagances, here! We'll take empty suitcases to Paris and come back here happy and full!
Basic living takes a lot of time here. Getting produce from the vendor, requesting produce for the next day, disinfecting the produce in a solution, rinsing, etc. Going to the bakery lady, who brings fresh breads every Thursday -- bagettes, croissants, wheat bread, and the bread you find everywhere here that's very Wonderbread-like (ugh!). Calling the fish lady and trying to understand her English (and her, mine!) so that she can bring us fish and prawns. We're getting our first delivery tomorrow at our door. The fish arrives whole and if we accept it (which we will if it smells fresh), then she will clean it, fillet it, and bag it outside our door. I have almost conquered the gathering of all necessary ingredients to bake Jim his favorite cookies. The oven got fixed last night (after 6 different service men checked it out). But, alas, I have no baking sheet or anything flat for baking. It's amazing what we can "create" that works just like at home. After we finished off our first coconut (that came from a tree on camp) Jim said -- this could be a funnel for making your iced tea. So, Lucy, scrubbed away on it and we now have a funnel. To drink iced tea -- it's not as handy as ordering some at Chipotle, that's for sure! Here's the process --
Boil a big pot of water on the stove (which we light by match)
Let it cool 4 hours, covered.
Pour it into a stainless steel filter-jobbie that looks like a samovar.
This slowly moves through some filter tubes and goes into a bottom container.
From a nozzle we slowly fill bottles.
Then, I can pour that water into a tea kettle and boil it.
After boiling, I put it in a pot with tea bags and let it steep.
Then it cools enough to put in an empty water bottle. (That's where the coconut funnel comes in!)
Then comes the pouring over ice (and the ice is made from the same purified water).
Ahh, an enjoyable glass of iced tea!!
Lemon, anyone?
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Ahh, iced tea! All is right with the world. Dry bathroom and Paris, too? God is answering prayer, my friend.
Answers to BB and then Jenny follow -- The bottles never have anything but pure water in them. There are many "bugs" in the water but none of them visible.
The most dangerous visible bug is the mosquito as it carries Malaria and Malaria kills. So, we not only take a preventative pill each day, we also have to carry a Malaria emergency kit with us at all times. If we get flu-like symptoms we must start treatment immediately, just in case.
Yes, Jenny, God is answering. Thanks for praying -- the dry bathroom is right up there with Paris!!
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