Today we lit one thousand dollars on fire.  Two beds, an oven, a bunch of kitchen stuff, three liters of Toñas to ease the pain and poof!  Reality came tumbling down.  These purchases compounded with the discovery of our propane refrigerator costing significantly more than we anticipated has prompted a new feature on this blog - the Paypal Donate Button.  In an effort to not sound like total dirt bags, we are calling this our solar fund.  We realize that not everyone can live out their dreams in a far away country off the grid, so we are giving you the opportunity to help us do it, but enough of our digital third world pan handling.

In other news Ian's parents Jon and Kathy have requested that I no longer put pictures of bugs on the blog if we ever expect anyone to come visit. So I will leave you with the last critter photo you will see on here (for at least a week.)

The tarantula in our kitchen