Ironing Ray's Handkerchiefs!

Hi all,
Gosh, I know that I am going stir crazy when I ironed all of our clothes today including Ray's hankies! I got up this morning and found a vacuum and cleaned the whole apartment and did laundry and dishes. We have a washer in the apartment and then I hang the clothes on a line in the balcony/porch of the apartment. I do feel lucky that we have a washer and and iron at this place. I washed out clothes by hand in London and it was no fun! It actually felt good to have some tasks to work on today. I am not one to sit around and it's driving me crazy.

Cooking is interesting and doing dishes takes a long time. I heat the water for washing and rinsing since I don't want to take any chances with getting something from the water. The market has lots of fresh produce from the country people and we have been enjoying fresh peaches and tomatoes. But I would sell my soul for a plate of nachos right now!

I have been reading the Lemony Snicket books on my Palm Pilot. My niece Jenny took me to see the movie with Jim Carrey as Count Olaf and I was interested in the books. I really enjoyed the books and want to go back and watch the movie again.

Tommorrow our translator, Luba, is coming to take us out again. We are going to some place that has houses and replicas of how the people live in the villages of Ukraine. Not quite sure what we are seeing but she said it's very interesting and a lot of walking.

I am so proud of Ray and his Russian. I don't know what we would do if he didn't know how to ask for things and talk to people. We would have to rely on a translator all the time.

Thank you all for your prayers and hopefully our next appointment will go better at the adoption Center. Miss you all! Pam