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Submitted entry: Seems like I’m always cooking chickpeas while she sleeps without fail and this time is no exception. The pressure cooker should be done in about 10 minutes and then once it depressurizes it will be another 20-30 minutes before we eat. Today was lovely - we started the day off early - I worked 7:30-9:30 and Sage worked from 10:00-1:30 or so. During Sage’s time Kitey arrived and came out to see Paul. He was really missing her this time. Then we all went to the house where I dealt with the laundry and then all came back here where Paul nursed himself off for a nap. And hurrah, I dozed with him until a call came in - a lawyer in town’s computer got zapped by a power surge. Someone was coming to look at it from the local ISP but they’ll call if they need it fixed.

While I was dozing Sage was sawing away at a big dead tree that fell down about 40 yards north of us (kind of in our front yard you might say). When I got back from returning the computer call Kitey and Paul were awake and they headed up to hang out with Sage. I grabbed my bow saw and started cutting wood down here. Now we’ve got somewhere between 3-5 days of wood stashed inside which is a pretty great feeling for us who rarely have more than a day’s worth. Once we get the new stove hooked up we’ll work with Crow and the chainsaw to cut a bunch of wood so that we have enough stashed away for a longer time.

Sage and I have been working a bunch not only on promoting the gallery and Teeter Creek Herbs sites (still figuring out the ins and outs of getting noticed) but we’ve also been working on a major revamp for a section on the tyrtle site which might even be up by the time I put this entry up. We’re both pretty excited about it - it was fun to work on and will be fun to update too.

Tomorrow we’ll be having a friend and her baby over to the yurt for a little playgroup (and maybe another mother/daughter too). We’re really looking forward to it.

More big rains came yesterday - it’s nice to have that for a change. The creek is running pretty well now and it’s nice to see that the ground under the leaves is no longer dry. Yesterday was also the first time Paul really noticed a thunderstorm. He was thrilled. In a book he got from the library, Calling All Toddlers there’s a cartoon of a boy hanging out with his stuffed animals on a blanket when a rainstorm comes. He goes under his umbrella and is happy until “BOOM!” thunder comes. Paul is quite fond of that story and booms along with it. So yesterday he was booming around the yurt and pointing up at the dome and clapping for the rain, doing his rain sign. He’s also starting to talk more - we’re not only hearing “mama” and “dada” anymore but he also has times of pointing and asking the words for things and has since said “ox”, “arm”, “turtle”, “dulse”, “out”, “book”, “bowl”, “pillow” and several others. He’s really thrilled with himself when he does it and we both love his little voice which seems surprisingly deep for a little one.

Okay, that’s about all for now - it’s nearly time to cook dinner…

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