As we settle in to our new home, we find things that aren't quite right. Yesterday an air conditioner went out, and today another one. Lucky for us, the bedrooms are still cool. Our gorgeous clean house, as slowly become the house of bugs. Not sure how they get in, but insecticide might be in my near future. Of course I can not find the broom, that I am sure was provided to us, so I have resorted to sweeping with a Bangladeshi broom, a stick with bits of straw tied on the end. I am not very effective with it, might have to get some sweeping lessons. We have a water distiller to clean our water, because we would get sick if we drink the tap water. We have a water dispenser thing like you find in waiting areas, as well. So we fill the jug from the distiller and use the water from the hot or cold dispenser. Of course the hot side doesn't work, which isn't a problem. The problem is, when I made some juice for the kids with the water, it was foggy and soapy. Oh you have to rinse the jug before you use it. Good gosh, it's a heavy jug to get up to the dispenser.
The power goes out often, but we have a generator that kicks in after a couple minutes. We do have a lovely washer and dryer! Thank God for that, because my hands can only take so much. We do not have a dishwasher, and so I wash by hand. The welcome kit come with dishes, a set of four, and so with this family of four, I wash dishes a lot. It seemed funny to me to rinse the dishes, in the water we aren't suppose to drink but i figure since it air dries, it should be fine. Tonight I decided to fill the other side of the sink, well actually fill a large bowl in the sink since I only have one plug, and put a little bleach in it. Now these dishes are clean! Except, tonight I turned on the water, to find none coming from the hot tap. I am resourceful, so I get a big pot out to heat the water on the stove in order to wash dishes. I soon found we were out of cold water too...and the toilets didn't flush. So I got water from the distiller and got the dishes done. I called our sponsors to find out if this was a normal occurrence, and I should just wait it out, but no answer. Called someone else, and had to have some one come out to fix it.
Well, we are doing well, but I refuse to pee outside, so I am waiting patiently and hoping beyond hope he will fix the water problem. I can problem solve most issues. That's it for now. Hoping for less bugs, more cool air and more water!
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The power goes out often, but we have a generator that kicks in after a couple minutes. We do have a lovely washer and dryer! Thank God for that, because my hands can only take so much. We do not have a dishwasher, and so I wash by hand. The welcome kit come with dishes, a set of four, and so with this family of four, I wash dishes a lot. It seemed funny to me to rinse the dishes, in the water we aren't suppose to drink but i figure since it air dries, it should be fine. Tonight I decided to fill the other side of the sink, well actually fill a large bowl in the sink since I only have one plug, and put a little bleach in it. Now these dishes are clean! Except, tonight I turned on the water, to find none coming from the hot tap. I am resourceful, so I get a big pot out to heat the water on the stove in order to wash dishes. I soon found we were out of cold water too...and the toilets didn't flush. So I got water from the distiller and got the dishes done. I called our sponsors to find out if this was a normal occurrence, and I should just wait it out, but no answer. Called someone else, and had to have some one come out to fix it.
Well, we are doing well, but I refuse to pee outside, so I am waiting patiently and hoping beyond hope he will fix the water problem. I can problem solve most issues. That's it for now. Hoping for less bugs, more cool air and more water!
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Oh my goodness! No, the water going out is not common. And.. I was thinking about the flying bugs, do you have your bathroom ventilators on? There's a little pull-chain that can close them off and prevent bugs from getting in through there. We just don't use the vents, as a way of preventing bugs. Our neighbors installed a screen with duct tape so they can use theirs. It's the only way I think they might be getting in in such quantities. I can teach you how to use the broom, if you want. It's kinda like playing hockey with one hand. There are 2 kinds though, a soft and a hard. The soft is for inside and the hard for out, I am not sure which kind you're trying to use. is it really really stiff? or really really soft?
ReplyDeleteHang in there! The first few weeks are a little touch and go, then you'll be just fine. Glad you guys finally made it!
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