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Alright, we made it. AZ. Nice. Got some work in today as well for my dad.

Let's see, what can I tell ya that's new besides the new arrival that should be coming in nine months....hmmm, I guess I'll try and post some of those pics and vids I've been attempting for the past month or so....



Prebeard trim eating something tasty


Elephant oven in the making


Library beginnings and site


Homemade windmill powering RV



Bastian was "helping" me clean his room one day and found all his toys that he never really sees. So he got excited, threw on a few necklaces and ran around the house playing his harmonica.

I've been pretty lazy about writing lately because I've become accustomed to uploading an image or something to watch for your entertainment and the internet just sucks here. I have tried four times to upload a single small image of the windmill I made without success, so I quit. I love, love, love the internet, but it has a long long long ways to go. Anyway, once we get to my parents house next Monday, then I'll write a lot more.

Oliver in Alli's hat

Well, we finally reclaimed the laptop from Bastian, so that we can catch up with the world after a couple of weeks in the dark. Not that there's two weeks of interesting things to say here, so don't hold your breath too long Mom. Let's see: I built a windmill that I've attempted to hook up to the RV, which is up on top of the hill now. I'm not sure it works yet, but when it does, that will mean free power to the RV, enough to run a couple of outlets and lights.

We've also started work on the library which is about a hundred feet to the west of the RV. It overlooks the entire canyon to the west. It will be two stories and shaped like a giant mushroom when it's complete. The floors will have solar heated water running through them and lots of southern exposure for passive solar heating. Hopefully that will take care of the heating issues. This is sort of a test project to see what kind of systems we'll need in the house when we start building that. If it's not hot enough, I'm going to leave a place for a wood burning stove. I've drawn out the design of the library, maybe I'll scan it and post a picture of the draft.

Bastian is talking a lot these days. Mostly it's just gibberish, but occasionally he'll through in a real word just so we get the gist of his convoluted sentences. He had his first real babysitter last night, while Oliver, Alli and I went up to the restaurant where Alli works. Instead of working in the kitchen like she usually does, last night she played for a little over two hours. I think her set list consisted of over 30 songs. It was a really fun time as we sat there with the other local "Artists" and enjoyed the one entertaining us.

Hmmm, I've been thinking of getting a very part time job out here doing something that doesn't pay a lot but will give me some great experience and a hobby (i.e. in a glass making shop, as a gardener, or welding)