Hello! Things are going well. Jai has been working a lot this week, so I have been left to my own devices. I've been spending most of the time in the shop, although it doesn't usually warm up in there until the afternoon. I played around a little bit and finished some small boxes I started before we moved:

And I got the kitchen doors all put together:

I think they'll look really great, I'm hoping to hang them tomorrow.
Our most exciting news is that we met with our friend Phil from Catfish Moon pottery, who also works as a contractor. He brought over pictures of a bunch of his buildings and renos, and sat down with us to hash out what it would mean to build a gallery/studio space on the back of our property. I have been taking an entrepreneurial class here in town and met with a woman named Elizabeth Rice who runs Annapolis Ventures. They are a company here who provides loans to people wanting to start up businesses, and seem much more reasonable than a bank. We have to figure out first what we would need to borrow, and if we can manage that amount, and then work with Elizabeth to create a business plan. Hopefully from there we can find someone willing to finance us! It's all very exciting. And Phil has been really amazing. He and his wife Angela have been running their pottery business for thirty years, and he is helping us a lot with learning about doing the financing and meeting the right people, and learning all the ropes. It's amazing how generous people are around here.
That's all our news for now, I'll post more soon!