Hi everyone! Top of the morning to you! We made it safely to Dublin and things have been going smoothly so far. We have a lovely apartment, now I just need to learn how to use the appliances. None of the markings make much sense to me. I have learned how to turn most of them on, but using them to actually do something properly is a whole other thing. For example, the washing machine (clothes) allows you to choose among these settings: 1200, 900, 600, Rinse Hold, and Without Final Spin. Those were my options. I chose 600, because it was in the middle. I have no idea what that was all about, but I had a small load and it seemed clean when I was done so that made me happy! This week one of my goals is to learn how to actually work my appliances!
Cooking is also complicated. It took a while for me to figure out the stove top. A bit more complicated than one would think. But the oven is still a mystery to me. I have asked two neighbors if they know how to use it, but neither of them had the brand I have. I finally have a call out to our landlord, hopefully he will return it. Cooking should also improve when our air shipment arrives. I don’t have a lot of kitchen things coming, but some that will make things a bit easier. Still, I get the impression people eat out a lot. I don’t want to do that too much. Two reasons for that: Restaurants are very expensive and ultra expensive for a nice meal. Secondly, everything seems very high in fat and salt. Steve doesn’t ever seem to mind us eating out, but I don’t want to leave Ireland with us both bloated with an extra roll or two of fat.
So on the positive side, even though we are in a good sized city the people do seem kind and friendly if you initiate. We went to church today and worshiped singing songs we were familiar with and spoke with a few people including the pastor after church. I met two women who are in the Friday morning Bible Study and told them I would be joining them. Had hoped to go this Friday but we have an arranged to have someone take Steve and I to get our (for lack of better words) Irish Social Security Cards and Register with the Garda (police). Two very important things, so Bible Study will have to wait another week!
Enough of my musings...tata for now.
Cooking is also complicated. It took a while for me to figure out the stove top. A bit more complicated than one would think. But the oven is still a mystery to me. I have asked two neighbors if they know how to use it, but neither of them had the brand I have. I finally have a call out to our landlord, hopefully he will return it. Cooking should also improve when our air shipment arrives. I don’t have a lot of kitchen things coming, but some that will make things a bit easier. Still, I get the impression people eat out a lot. I don’t want to do that too much. Two reasons for that: Restaurants are very expensive and ultra expensive for a nice meal. Secondly, everything seems very high in fat and salt. Steve doesn’t ever seem to mind us eating out, but I don’t want to leave Ireland with us both bloated with an extra roll or two of fat.
So on the positive side, even though we are in a good sized city the people do seem kind and friendly if you initiate. We went to church today and worshiped singing songs we were familiar with and spoke with a few people including the pastor after church. I met two women who are in the Friday morning Bible Study and told them I would be joining them. Had hoped to go this Friday but we have an arranged to have someone take Steve and I to get our (for lack of better words) Irish Social Security Cards and Register with the Garda (police). Two very important things, so Bible Study will have to wait another week!
Enough of my musings...tata for now.
Hi Sandy - I'll bet the numbers are spin speeds. Rinse hold stops the cycle with water in the drum - so you can spin it when you come home (or whatever) -- but I don't know why you'd want to not have a final spin. You should also be choosing temperature for the wash - prob 60, 40, 30? I wash almost everything at 30. When you buy washing soap, look for 'non-bio'. The bio ones have bleach in them and tend to ruin clothes, also if you have sensitive skin, the bio stuff leads to itching. Hope this helps. JMH - your Highland correspondent... (using daughter's Google a/c)
ReplyDeletehi sandy! janet will be a great help for translating things. i'm so excited for you and steve and this most excellent adventure!! xoxo
ReplyDeleteLove hearing the news of getting acclimated to life in Ireland. I might even be a little disappointed when this gets commonplace. Have fun and enjoy the ride.
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