first+first

first fire in the wood stove

first footprints in the first snowstorm

Mike, our hero who installed the chimney

chard realizes aspirations of spiral form

first power outage: now in day 2

dedicated Latin scholar does homework by flashlight

meatballs by headlamp!

Sylvan made buns in our wood stove’s bake oven

out on an adventure

heavy, wet, HEAVY snow

So, the great news is that we have a wonderful set-up in our new house. We have water from our springs to do dishes! We have heat from the wood stove! We can bake in the little bake oven in the wood stove,  and we can cook on our gas range! We can flush our toilet with water in the tub! It’s like Laura Ingalls Wilder!

Right now, however, we are on a little adventure into wifi world, catching up on email and Internet stuff, taking hot showers, and enjoying the experience of flushing the toilet with just a single push of the handle.