I knew there would be rivers to cross and hills to climb, and I was glad, for this is a fair land and I rejoiced that I would see it.  -- Little House on the Prairie - Laura Ingalls Wilder (Melissa Gilbert)

I love our little house in the campo, but there is still no electricity (after over 4 months of waiting) and so no water.  Floors are going in today and I'll paint tomorrow.   Yes, more painting for me - after I just finished painting every nook and cranny in our Texas home.  We are moving in - at least into the bedroom - electricity or not.  We may be buying candles and toting buckets of water.
Today we bought things we need (and have duplicates of in Texas) for our little house - including a bed and a washer.  Reader, please take note that I did not mention a clothes dryer.  My husband thinks it will be great fun to hang wash on a line.  We'll have to see about that.  It is strange buying brand new household items - bed, lamps, linens, towels, utensils AND a garbage can.   Some "stuff" at our Texas home has been with us since college, so this just feels like living at a bed and breakfast (without the breakfast).  
It's beautiful here  - 65 degrees with sunny skies.  Our little house feels peaceful and happy - even if it is still a construction site.  I feel like one of those pioneer women on the Oregon trail or Laura Ingalls Wilder in the Little House books, writing letters back home or memoirs!  Guess it's pretty similar.  I AM grateful to be healthy and have us all in one place.