Wood cooking and house updates

Today I baked bread for the first time in our wood-fired cookstove. I immediately regretted not making 2 or 3 loaves. There's always next time, I guess. I was inspired by Anna, who showed a group of friends some recipes and tips for cooking on a woodstove yesterday at the Good Life Center. While today's bread was baking, Damian was tending the big pot of applesauce on top of the stove made from apples we bought at the Common Ground Fair last month.

This week I was too busy with school to contribute much to the house's progress, but Damian has been diligently stripping and sanding the front staircase, which looks more gorgeous each day. When it's a little further along I post pictures. We've made some color decisions today for both staircases and agreed last week that we would paint the plaster in the bathroom marbley, cloudy blue.

Tomorrow evening our 1/2 bath vanity should (finally!) be installed. I am quite anxious to get that bathroom finished and functional. Right now I never use the toilet in there because it is the only room left in the house that feels completely unfinished. Once the vanity is in, Damian can install the chair rail and I can paint.