Nairobi Day
We headed into Nairobi today to pick up pipes to prepare for, well..... water basically. Word around here is the tank stand and tank are to be installed tomorrow, but I'm definitely not holding my breath. Remember, yesterday or the day before? We were also able to...
Never mind
Yesterday I was pretty excited about the installation of the water tank and stand. Well as they say, and I do not like this excuse but it definitely does ring true, this is Kenya. At 5:30 yesterday evening we received a call from the driver of the crane. He wanted...
Prep day
Today is a big preparation day here at C4KK. The final stage of the tank stand (fingers crossed, knock on wood, God willing) will be delivered tomorrow and installed along with the 10,000 liter tank being positioned on the stand. Prep work has begun with cleaning out...
Thank you!
I would like to express much thanks to everyone who wished me a happy birthday yesterday! Unfortunately I was not on the internet all day...I had no internet credit until later in the evening. But that's just how it goes here in Kenya and you roll with the punches....
Animal area
Plans are in the making for our new animal shelter. The group from Michigan, coming to visit in August, will be working on this. Yellow shows the existing "local cow" pen which will be moved to the end of this wall. A wall will separate it from the road and a calf...
Latrine issues
This is going to be a potty post 🙂 First potty topic....work has progressed on an additional latrine and shower area. Water will also be piped to this area for the shower....albeit a very cold shower! Next potty issue....we are working on a "seat" for the latrine in...
Another routine
Last week you were given a glimpse into a routine here...washing dishes. This week I'll show you another routine...washing clothes. I was actually going to put this on Sunday but internet and electricity was not cooperating (just like Saturday). We did set up the...
Step away from the internet
This is our rescue kitty, Toothpick, and it's exactly what I felt like doing pretty much as soon as I got out of bed this morning. It's been one of those internet/electricity frustrating days. We tried to skype with Tarrin (our eldest daughter), she leaves on June 7...
Not feelin’ it
The last two days I have not felt much like posting. I'm not really sure why, stuff has been happening here, just haven't been up to it I guess. So I'll just give you snippets from the past few days. After Chuck and the guys moved ufobia (still have no idea if that...
Butter, how I miss ya’
The past few weeks we've had a very difficult time here in Tala getting milk, cheese and butter. During a trip to Nairobi we were able to purchase a couple blocks of cheese but even there I couldn't find butter. I decided, while at Sunny Lucky (our local supermarket...