The Royal Flat

Front of Flat

Back of Flat

Our flat is on the ground floor - the three windows to the left of the entrance. The first night in our flat, we were exhausted. We were sleeping when we heard someone banging on the door. Then we heard a chime, which was the doorbell but we thought it was the phone. Finally, more knocking on the door. Dean pulled his sweats on and went to the door. There stood the young couple from next door, alerting us that we had left our keys in the door! (Imagine Psycho music...shower scene)

Here I am outside the back door..don't I look happy? It makes me think of the Tongans & Samoans performing at the PCC in Hawaii. One of my favorite lines is when a 'native' says, "we are the happy people" but he's scowling. So don't believe this photo. We are VERY happy. Really! :-)

Our apartment has one full and one half bedroom. Since Elder Jolley doesn't want to listen to snoring, he sleeps in the half bedroom in a twin bed. He never gets lonely since he has the ironing board, and a drying rack, for hanging any clothing that can't tolerate cooking.                        

                                             comfy twin bed                 Trusty drying rack

                                                             Beauty of an ironing board

The clothes washer/dryer combo is in the kitchen. It actually 'cooks' the clothes because there is no vent for it and no air circulation. Anything dried in the dryer comes out about the same as if you had put it in the oven, hence the ironing board is usually up and ready for duty!

Elder Jolley also has his own private bathroom. He has placed small LED lights around the mirror so he can see how to shave. There is only one bare light bulb hanging from the ceiling.

                                                             The Man's Room

Sister Jolley has the Queen bed in the LARGE bedroom AND in her bathroom, she has a toilet paper stob to stack the TP rolls on! Ahhhhh the luxury!

                         The Pigmy Shower




     
                                 

                                                                         

The Queen's Throne with awesome                Hot & Cold Running Water    
TP stob                                                              But not at the same time!



We have two dishwashers -the professional kind...us! Our refrigerator is about 1/2 the size of a fridge in the U.S. but we could have had an even smaller one, so we're grateful! There's a Costco here, & an Asda, which is the U.K. version of Walmart. We're getting our flat furnished with a few items that make it more livable...new dish towels, extra sheets, and new curtains - the old ones were icky, ragged and droopy. We also bought some serving utensils and extra eating utensils. Today we had our first guests over for Sunday dinner. Elder and Sister Jones had invited us to their home at least 3 times in the past month so we wanted to return the favor. We made a plan to celebrate Elder Jones' birthday on the 4th of July. What a great day to be born! Could one of our future grandkids try to be born on Independence Day? Hope you all have a great holiday this week! We love you!

Here's a 4th of July joke from Brock...What did the big firecracker say to the little firecracker? .......My POP is bigger than your Pop! :-)

                                            Elder Jolley - trying to get out of his chair :-)

                                                                The Living Room
                               


                                  side window





                                                                               
Stove 350 degrees = 176 Celsius


                                                          View into kitchen from table