Today I spent the first few work hours doing another round of finishing on the last pieces of the shower stall (will we be showering at home in the coming week?. Looking good (though the working conditions are tough for achieving a quality finish). Then, after a short hop to the village, I got to work on the last piece – a vertical post that will house the faucet and shower head. This is the first time I went to work with a chisel and hammer … great stuff … slow work … but I don’t think I could have achieved a similar results with any of the power tools. I was just getting started with sanding … when I had to break away and join our neighbor’s son who kindly helped us with their horse and carriage (after the other neighbor decided he would help us but only for an exorbitant amount of money) to carry over most of the hay piles we collected a few days ago. So we have another huge pile of hay and two+ more piles left in the field.

Andreea again spent most of the day caressing the rocket stove and painting our windows with her creative energies. The bedroom still isn’t done so we still won’t sleep there tonight. But the rocket is in full burn, very warm (as is the room around it) and the earth-clay-plaster is holding together great 🙂

Packages from our shopping spree have begun to move around the world … it will be great fun when they start arriving 🙂

Very tired and hungry (dinner is cooking), my nose and eyes are runny protecting my delicate insides from all the dust I was exposed to today. Not a pleasant feeling … but a sign that protection is in place 🙂