Thursday, October 30. 2014

         Glade walked with me this morning since he isn’t going to the fitness center again until tomorrow.  It was fun to be outside together to walk and talk and it was actually pretty cool—perfect temperature for us. 

         Last week the grocery store offered zucchini and it was too tempting to pass up.  Last night I soaked some in the Clorox solution for the recommended 20 minutes, and then put them in the fridge overnight.  This morning I made zucchini bread.  It took forever since I am so out of my familiar space.  The process felt inefficient and slow; but finally when the smells started wafting from the oven, it was all so worth it!   It was heavenly and unbelievably nostalgic.  It took us right back to our own home in the Fall and felt really great.  I don’t bake much here at all, so it was a super treat for us.

         We both spent the rest of the day studying and I caught up on a few emails.  It is a very slow pace and is quite enjoyable.  My cold is worse today, though; and I am hoping it clears up since we have an activity to visit Ojojona with the ward High Priests and Elders on Saturday.

         Whenever we leave the apartment, we have to double check to make sure we have a key and that we don’t get locked out of the building.  There is no one here to let us in if that happened.  Last night the Internet was down for several hours and tonight we have no hot water.   We hope to find the engineer early tomorrow to see if he can get the boiler up and running for hot water.  I have “showered” before from a big kettle of water heated on the stove and set on the bottom of the tub.  It wasn’t very fun, but it worked.  There is not a lot of service when you are "home alone" here.

        Have a Happy Halloween tomorrow and keep all the little ones safe.  Love and Hugs to you all.  Good Night! 

Here are someof the poinsettias they delivered yesterday
for planting in the flower beds for Christmas.

They don't have red leaves yet that make the flowers
since they have probably been dormant.  It will be fun
to watch them take on color!

Glade sort of walked "off course" this morning on our walk while
I was taking pictures of the poinsettias.