Wednesday 1-20-2010
Good morning... The sun is shining for the second day in a row! That is a record for this January. We did get our electricity "juiced up" as Nancy mentioned we were trying to do and God graciously has given us some warmer weather as well. We can now run a clothes dryer as well which would mean more to you if you had towels hanging outside to dry for the last 4 days and all that was happening was that they were starting to smell bad. Not sure how the Portuguese cope. We see laundry hanging out in the rain, mist, and fog for for several days. Sometimes they cover it with plastic. We would dry ours inside but without heat, it only creates a mildew aroma that does nothing for the palate.
Enough complaining..we have a working dryer!! The fact that it sits in our bedroom and we run the vent out the window is just part of being here.
Today is the first day of final exams for the HS and Nancy is complaining a bit about the unfairness of me not having as much "school" time as she. I have no exams today or Friday. I think that it is more than fair as I have to correct all these exams (she said she would not help!)
Most other things are going very well. Nancy had some medical tests that came back with great results. And did I mention that the sun is shining for the second day in a row! We are looking forward to February which really is supposed to start spring here. There are still ripe lemons on the tree outside our back door and Nina has become very good at making fresh lemonade. We are making plans for a weekend trip to Switzerland in March to keep our visas current. We have a visitor from the states coming for a few days in Feb. Wish more of you would do that!
Peace be yours this day
Mike
Good morning... The sun is shining for the second day in a row! That is a record for this January. We did get our electricity "juiced up" as Nancy mentioned we were trying to do and God graciously has given us some warmer weather as well. We can now run a clothes dryer as well which would mean more to you if you had towels hanging outside to dry for the last 4 days and all that was happening was that they were starting to smell bad. Not sure how the Portuguese cope. We see laundry hanging out in the rain, mist, and fog for for several days. Sometimes they cover it with plastic. We would dry ours inside but without heat, it only creates a mildew aroma that does nothing for the palate.
Enough complaining..we have a working dryer!! The fact that it sits in our bedroom and we run the vent out the window is just part of being here.
Today is the first day of final exams for the HS and Nancy is complaining a bit about the unfairness of me not having as much "school" time as she. I have no exams today or Friday. I think that it is more than fair as I have to correct all these exams (she said she would not help!)
Most other things are going very well. Nancy had some medical tests that came back with great results. And did I mention that the sun is shining for the second day in a row! We are looking forward to February which really is supposed to start spring here. There are still ripe lemons on the tree outside our back door and Nina has become very good at making fresh lemonade. We are making plans for a weekend trip to Switzerland in March to keep our visas current. We have a visitor from the states coming for a few days in Feb. Wish more of you would do that!
Peace be yours this day
Mike
I remember dealing with smelly towels both in Russia and Zambia. Damp towels meant flies under the skin in Africa so I actually ironed them to keep the "bugs" out.
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