The electric water heater that supplies all of our hot water needs has packed it in, and this morning, with the temperature at 5 degrees Celsius I discovered that I was faced with the prospect of either a cold shower, or none at all. With the grass outside covered in a crisp, crunchy frost, neither option appealed to me but I had a meeting to attend so something had to be done. These old buckets, normally used in my garden, came to my rescue and, filled with hot water from our electric kettle in the kitchen, they provided a primitive but satisfying means of taking a shower. With the use of a plastic cup to scoop the water over my head I found the whole process far less traumatic than might be imagined and the surprise was that I only needed a little over one 9 litre bucket full of water.
This brings me to some thought provoking reflections: In many countries in the world, my shower this morning would be pure luxury - hot, clean water that was more than enough for my needs. How blessed am I? I jump into my shower every morning and turn on the hot water without a thought, taking my blessings for granted. I think I will be a little more thankful in future.
May you have all your needs supplied and a little to spare.
Bye for now until next time.
I am amazed at just how little water we do need to shower. I stand in a container and recyle the water for other purposes.. Garden etc..
ReplyDeleteI hope all is repaired now :))
Hello again Pat. Yep, all fixed and the electrician even phoned back last night, to ensure that the water was heating up for us. Some people are so nice.
DeleteThose water heaters only ever pack it in when the weather turns cold - funny that :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smile Maria. You're right, disasters do pick their moments, usually the worst possible. Last time, the heater broke down was when we had rellies visiting from overseas. Time for a new one I think.
DeleteI know that there's plenty of research showing that people who feel gratitude are happy. This is a great example of the kind of thing that I lose track of being grateful for.
ReplyDeleteHello Caffeine Girl - It usually takes a small calamity to remind us of how things could be if we weren't so fortunate. For me I was awfully glad that it wasn't the water supply that had given up. Horrors!! No cup of coffee to get me started for the day. Lol.
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