Today was chess club. We had a good turnout - there were six games going on at once during much of the hour-and-a-half! It was hard for me (and Dave) to be inside, as today was utterly beautiful, sunny, breezy and 74 degrees!!!!!! A veritable heat wave!

Abby went off to babysit after, Kyle and Dave came home and cut up the tree in the river and dragged it out onto shore. When it dries a little more, it'll be cut up for firewood. Heat for next winter.

The three of them, Dave, Abby and Kyle are at ketsu-ka class now, Abby had her first spar on Tuesday, Dave had his first judo lesson on Tuesday, and Kyle is getting closer to being tested for his white belt. They'll be coming home, all happy and relaxed in about half-an-hour.

Jess got home from work a little bit ago and is showering. She's going to go watch her friend Veronica bowl and cheer her on. Exciting social life here in the sticks!

That's about it here - Abby and Kyle have been working on their newspaper submissions most of the week. The submissions are due tomorrow, and then Kyle will be editing the newspaper before it goes to print.