December 1- going backwards now Day 1 of 23 until we are back home.

The weather outside is frightful, and the fire is so delightful couldn't be more appropriate.
The idea of central heat here in Scotland is different from our idea of central heat.  For one thing there are no thermostats to control the temperature of the boiler.  It comes on for a certain amount of time and then goes off.  They have it set to come on for a couple of hours in the morning, then again in the evening for a couple of hours.  In between it shuts off completely.  There is a booster button that you can hit to add another hour to the on time, but if you don't get it right after it shuts off, everything cools down again and it is hardly worth it.  So I have been sitting around in my wonderful wool plus lining cape that I bought for $3.00 at the Red/White and Blue Thrift shop up in Portland.  It has slits for your hands and is a much more substantial form of the "Snugly".  We are learning to adapt!

Still no chains, but we hope they will arrive later today.
Love to all,
Dawn