Letter from Iona - #15
Hello All:)
So, the end has come and now the real adventure is beginning!!!!! We have only 3 more days left on the isle of Iona and then we're off to see Europe!
We've had a couple of adventures this week with ice cream machines and power failures, as well as house parts in our front lawn and our housemate moving out, but all in all, it's been a nice week.
What happened with the ice cream machine you ask? Well, it was very funny if you were there and will probably lose something in the telling, but we'll try. Basically, there is a large soft ice cream machine maker in the kitchen which we use for desserts at dinner time. Katie was making dessert for somebody and was in a large rush, so she didn't check to see if the machine was turned on. It's only funny of course, because the machine was not on and rather than nice soft ice cream slowly exiting the machine, when she pulled down on the lever, cold, sticky, ice cream formula sprayed everywhere....all over her!:) Pretty funny, but again, you might have had to be there:)
As for the power failure, Dan has been really good about getting up early to get our laundry finished before we leave (as who knows when we will be able to wash our clothes again for free!). So, he was up early yesterday and then woke Katie up around 9:15 am, saying that the power had shut off and he couldn't get it back on with the pound coin turny thingy. Usually, we have to wind up the power in the house with a reusable pound coin, but that wasn't even working. This meant no shower, no light in the bathroom at all, no more laundry, and no fridge power. The fridge was okay because we don't have much food in there anyway, but the bathroom was difficult to see in. So, Dan had a bath for the first time in who knows how long and Katie was treated to some lovely singing (something about a rubber ducky?):) One for the books, that's for sure!
The house parts are in our front lawn because Paul (Sheila's brother) is building his own house on the island and needed somewhere to dump his stuff off of the truck until the rest arrives. Made a big mess though:(
And, Donna, the Yorkshire roommate, has left us to move into the flat. She won't be staying in the blue house all by herself and thought it would be good to get out now while the getting was good.
So, our adventure starts on Sunday with leaving Iona and heading to Fife. We hope to be able to send out weekly emails/blog updates still and keep you all in the loop of what we (and Scooter) have been up to.
Anyway, have a great week and we'll see you soon!
So, the end has come and now the real adventure is beginning!!!!! We have only 3 more days left on the isle of Iona and then we're off to see Europe!
We've had a couple of adventures this week with ice cream machines and power failures, as well as house parts in our front lawn and our housemate moving out, but all in all, it's been a nice week.
What happened with the ice cream machine you ask? Well, it was very funny if you were there and will probably lose something in the telling, but we'll try. Basically, there is a large soft ice cream machine maker in the kitchen which we use for desserts at dinner time. Katie was making dessert for somebody and was in a large rush, so she didn't check to see if the machine was turned on. It's only funny of course, because the machine was not on and rather than nice soft ice cream slowly exiting the machine, when she pulled down on the lever, cold, sticky, ice cream formula sprayed everywhere....all over her!:) Pretty funny, but again, you might have had to be there:)
As for the power failure, Dan has been really good about getting up early to get our laundry finished before we leave (as who knows when we will be able to wash our clothes again for free!). So, he was up early yesterday and then woke Katie up around 9:15 am, saying that the power had shut off and he couldn't get it back on with the pound coin turny thingy. Usually, we have to wind up the power in the house with a reusable pound coin, but that wasn't even working. This meant no shower, no light in the bathroom at all, no more laundry, and no fridge power. The fridge was okay because we don't have much food in there anyway, but the bathroom was difficult to see in. So, Dan had a bath for the first time in who knows how long and Katie was treated to some lovely singing (something about a rubber ducky?):) One for the books, that's for sure!
The house parts are in our front lawn because Paul (Sheila's brother) is building his own house on the island and needed somewhere to dump his stuff off of the truck until the rest arrives. Made a big mess though:(
And, Donna, the Yorkshire roommate, has left us to move into the flat. She won't be staying in the blue house all by herself and thought it would be good to get out now while the getting was good.
So, our adventure starts on Sunday with leaving Iona and heading to Fife. We hope to be able to send out weekly emails/blog updates still and keep you all in the loop of what we (and Scooter) have been up to.
Anyway, have a great week and we'll see you soon!
posted by Daniel Pergau | 10:20 a.m.
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