Well we have been in the cottage for just over two weeks and I think we are adjusting now. It was a big change for us. We went from a large old house to a small old cottage. The cottage is filled with another woman's things, furniture and every other thing. She did her best to make some room for our things which was sweet. But there were just sooooo many things here. Like everywhere!
I did some rearranging the first couple of days and set some of her things in nooks out of the way. But we live mainly out of totes, baskets, boxes and suitcases. Which is totally fine as this is only temporary. But it is feeling like home now. God is good and has been really helping me get used to it here.
There are beautiful flowers here like Morning Glories - when they first bloom the are a pure blue and fade to purple then pink. I have never had morning glories before. So pretty!
The owner loves nature and let the side yard be a mostly wild garden so I have also had wildlife I never heard before. We had a whippoorwill! I had never heard one before. I never got to see it but he sure made himself known - SO loud! I also heard an owl and the other morning when I came back from from dropping off Mark it was still dark and some thing big flew past me as I was going to the door. It freaked me out! So much to get used to.
We had been in our house for 20 years so anywhere else would have taken some getting used to. I drove by our old house yesterday and felt a twinge of sadness but it was not as bad as I had thought it would be.
I feel so so bad for the new owners though. I guess last week they had a sewage flood in the basement!!! We were completely shocked! Everything was good when we left. They said it was somehow coming out from the basement bathroom vanity and seemed to be somehow connected to the bathroom in the apartment - so crazy! We never even had the basement bathroom hooked up. They said it went from the basement bathroom under the wall and all under the washer in the laundry room. So awful! It just made us sick to think of them going through that. She let me know they had plumbers in who saw no obvious problem but hooked up the basement bathroom. So I pray they have no more troubles. It sure makes our adjustments here seem insignificant!
We had our first Laundromat adventure this past weekend! My, my, we were out of our element. The laundromat was full of people some of whom were staring at us as we clearly had no idea what we were doing. I have been to one before but that was many, many years ago. So I brought quarters not realizing washing machines now take loonies. $2 a wash. Thankfully Mark had some cash so I told him there must be a change machine somewhere. Well he finally found it around a corner. We got even more looks and comments of hitting the jackpot as the sound of $20 worth of loonies and quarters rang out through the laundromat! I guess that was all he had lol!
So money sorted out I wiped out the washers with a lysol wipe and loaded them. Mark was embarrassed I wiped them out but I know people who have washing machines bring things they don't want to wash at home there. Also I am a germ-a-phobe I admit it. Thankfully we were away from others and no one else saw it - I would truly feel awful if I offended anyone. So after reading and rereading the directions on the lid we managed to get our clothes washed. The dryers had not changed in years as far as operation goes so we had no trouble there. Once everything was dry ( so quick even the load of jeans and towels only took 20 minutes - those are great driers! ) Mark was about to dump the clean clothes on the counter so I could fold them and perhaps a little too loudly I said NO! I would just fold out of the basket. I had just spied the washer next to the counter covered - really covered in little black hairs and white specks. EEEWWWW!
Our whole adventure took just about and hour and 20 minutes so I was quite pleased with that and have confidence that we will be able to handle it next time without all the stares and embarrassment. ~smile~
I have been driving Mark to meet up with the guy he usually rides to work with. It is a 20 minute drive so we have to leave at 530 a.m. This is another adjustment not just for us but for our neighbours here. We drive a big diesel truck which is loud, really loud when it starts and well it is even loud when it runs. We feel so bad but there is nothing we can do. Fortunately we have very sweet neighbours. They said we did wake them up the first couple of mornings but now that it is getting colder at night they have their windows closed. They were so nice about it. I made them a cake and a little bag of cookies for their dog to apologize for the truck. So funny their dog is named Andy which is our son's name. That makes me smile whenever I see him.
I make a cinnamon swirl coffee cake loaf often and everyone seems to love it and ask for the recipe so I made that for them. I like to make the loaf because it is easy to wrap it up in a cute way and it seems a little more special for them.
Here is a pic of how I did this one....
I always use a strip of brown paper first then use a pretty wide ribbon strip and tie a piece of jute or raffia around it with a bow. I attach a tag and there you have it. So quick and easy but so pretty ~smile~
I will share the loaf recipe tomorrow God willing!
Anyway, I best get ready I have to prep for tomorrow morning now because I am out for the day with my Mum then I am meeting my hubby at work and we are off for a 2 1/2 hour drive to buy a snowmobile. We are not going to get home until 11 or 12 tonight so we will likely fall into bed and I will be back up at 4:40 and too sleepy to make lunch for Mark etc. Thankfully he is happy to just have cereal some mornings ~smile~
Happy Thursday!
Blessings,
Liisa
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