Well now! I'm back on island...to find that....

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joanietoo

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there is no wind, it is very hot and even more humid but there is no dust from the build site right in our face (thank goodness) and also find that...

the washing machinme went on the blink on Fri and so far no- one has been found to come and fix it...

No gas for cooking...

no TV (as if I care about this one) ...

no car as the battery has gone flat...

no chicken food...

no cat food...

the hanger in my cupboard was not fixed as promised, so I can't hang the (unwashed) clothes anyway!!!

AND on Monday (I arrived late Sun night) I was called to do an urgent work project giving me no time to do "bills" and stuff (in a borrowed car)....

Oh REAL life is wonderful!!!! How it would be good to stay on holiday forever!

Foodie story to come soon...The food in the UK is wonderful and FRESH ....??? makes a change to the old "English food is so yuck!" I must say

 
Yup, but to give him his due, poor darling....

He had tried very ahrd to encourage the fix it chap for the washing machine to come by Friday at the latest, had the cheque all written out etc...but the chap went off island! yes living here has its moments...I have found another who SAYS he will come this Friday and the car battery is (here I do not know what I am talking about) but it is a special kind of one and there are none on island till next week...
and the chicken food the layer kind was not delivered to the island as the sea was rough so it should be here by Thursday...the chicken man hopes!!!
The telephone server isnt working at my DH's place of work either so we are finding that a bind...I went in and was told the weather is the problem ...LOL!! we haven't even had a hurricasne just storms!!!!
So I can't really moan at the poor man, he is having hassles too....
The joys of life.

 
Island living has sharp extremes, doesn't it, Joanie....I can relate

Ah, paradise. Beauty, fabulous scenery, small-town living and at the same time stuff doesn't get shipped on time or never appears, reliability from fixit-types is spotty at best, you are always at the mercy of others, patience is truly a virtue.

It is still worth it though, isn't it? Yup.

I can't wait to read about your trip to England! I haven't been back in years but love it so.

 
Indeed. You just have to learn to take everything in stride. If there's a storm, there will

be no ships for days. If it is known ahead of time, the supermarkets are stripped bare by people stocking up.

And if you want something fixed, you have to count on 3 or 4 tries before you find someone who actually knows how to do it, and then wait for weeks for the parts.

But everyone is in the same boat, so nothing is a surprise.

It's all 'soon come'. And here, soon comes winter. Let me give up the big city in a flash in exchange for that warm, sunny inconvenience.

 
AND when you go to the market you must have menu plans A,B and C

because they might be out of chicken or mushrooms or onions or any number of ingredients. So true, Marg. And how many times can I count promises of repairs for weeks on end but no worries, finally it happens....here in "Hawaiian time" just like your 'soon come'- LOL- different places but the same nonetheless. I gave up the city too and do not regret it at all.

 
Ahhh, islands. Actually in the 28 years I've lived on this little one, things have really....

changed. We now (even in winter) have two jets each day going North and two South. Weekly ferry service from Seattle area and several a week from Prince Rupert B.C. Weekly barges from South. But when working out around the more remote ones--go right back in time. I remember being in Petersburg, just north of here some time ago, and buying stores for the logging camp where I was working. Two small grocery markets (but very ample usually) were low because the barge hadn't got in. I had baskets going at both places and people were going back and forth across the street with bulletins about what was in the other one.
In 2005 with work, I spent some time in Guam, here of course, and in Iceland. Talk about changes in latitude Jimmy Buffet! But it really hit home, there is an island state of mind and I like it,
Happy trails and waiting for your next fun post.

 
And then, somewhere in the middle, is Southern Florida. We suffer

several of the problems that Cathy & Marg mentioned, tho not to the extreme. After 32 years, we've either become accustomed or maybe, they've gotten a bit better.... not really sure which, LOL.

 
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