Arctic Front!

Hello all! We hope everyone had a great holiday season -- we had lots of sun and fun in Texas, but now it seems that there is an arctic air mass sitting on us! At about 5 am today the wind went from a dead calm to wailing across the roof! Wind in the Chihuahuan desert is almost ubiquitous, but the below-freezing temps combined with 30-40 mph winds makes being outside unbearable! And believe me, we've spent plenty of winters in the Catskills to know what cold is, and it is SCARY how the wind down here can blast the warmth right out of your bones.

But enough about the cold, lets tell you about some of our recent adventures...

While in Study Butte getting showers and fuel, we came across this amazing little gem of a micro living space!
 

The owner, pictured here with her 2001 Mexican spec Volkswagen Beetle, is an artist named Windsong and she is in the process of building an adobe structure on her property. This amazing home-in-tow can be heated with just a candle!

Our own home is coming along well, despite many setbacks, and we have only a couple walls left to assemble.  We are a little annoyed that the sliding glass door we bought has some bad dents and NO INSTRUCTIONS! Well, the second part isn't so bad because Casey has installed SGDs before (and with a little help from moi, he was able to figure out the assembly) but an irritating waste of time, nonetheless.

Sorry to all the friends and family who have been asking for photos, but we are horribly disorganized right now, juggling data between two laptops, a netbook, and an external hard disk drive (on a side note, ARICK: remember to wipe your D drive!).

OK, that's all I can type for now, but thanks for reading and I hope everyone has a fantastic 2010!

Pax et Amor,
Sara