Electric kettles, space heaters, and warm showers

All of the above have been our favorite things since we arrived home from our holiday and found out that our boiler is broken. A broken boiler means no heat and no hot water. Brrr! Thankfully we have friends (thanks Brad and Abi!) that lent us a space heater, and other friends (Cavins and Manz fams) that let us use their showers yesterday. So, we're going back many decades to a life where you boil water for dishes or a quick bath...and you all huddle in one warm room in the house for the majority of the day. We're on Day 4 of the Arctic living. The 'boiler guy' has promised that the parts he needs will be here tomorrow and that he'll be here to do something about this...we'll see. Until then we're wearing fleece and drinking loads of instant cappuccino. :)