Electricity and Water.....we don't have it...

{Well we have electricity, but we pretty much only have it when the generator is run. Which costs because we have to buy the expensive petrol!}

SO----

The electricity company, Tanesco, told us a few days ago, that we would be out of....well, ELECTRICITY....*duh*.....for the next ten days! Well, that isn't HORRIBLE! But...it gets better!
In a few days, it will have been almost four weeks without power. It will come on occasionally though for a few hours. :)

Yesterday we were told we would be without water for the next three days....easy...call a water truck.....(which costs a nice 100,000 TSH. [$160] Yay!) RIGHT!

Well, it just so happens that the water truck can't pump WATER without ELECTRICITY....it gets better by the minute...doesn't it?

So, we have had a few people hand-washing, because when we do have the generator on, the washing machine doesn't like to work, for some odd reason...????

Me, Elijah and Naomi washing towels!

It sure did rub my "skeeter" bites right off my fingers! They HURT for a good few days!

 

So in order to conserve a bit of water and wash clothes at the same time, we take our rinse water once the wash is too dirty and use it for wash water and on and on, then we use the rinse-converted-to-wash water for...mopping...and we DO NOT RE-USE that water...well, OKAY...here goes...we WATER PLANTS with it!!!! *Whew...got that one out....*

 

But I am thankful for what I DO have....:) God has blessed me with good parents, several siblings and a good many friends. And of course food, and water and electricity (which is working most of the time. Only occasionally does this happen!)

 

We recently had a girls night.

We watched 'Brave' and ate Heather's amazing brownies and home-made ice-cream!!

Here are a couple of the girls that came over!

Have a wonderful day!!!!