just chillin

with our roomies gone and few births, it's been a quiet week around here. we have spent a lot of time as a family riding bikes, taking walks, reading books to each other and to ourselves, visiting restaurants and rice patties. we went exploring through our little part of nuy kuhning village, finding a river and getting a better view of where the cows live.
this dog was wandering around the restaurant while we ate brunch.

i had a nice long talk with my mom on the phone the other night. well, it was actually morning for her and my mom isn't a morning person unless she's still up from the night before. she was very gracious to entertain me and i am excited for what's going on with her craftiness these days. my mom is a master knitter and crocheter. i begged for her to send me some yarn as there is no yarn and perhaps no word for yarn even on this whole island. i even went into a store where 89% of the items they sell are made of yarn to ask where they got it. the language barrier was way too high though. must learn. more. indonesian.

a and i have been talking about the next step once we leave bali. we have no intentions of leaving anytime soon although that depends on what happens with our visas. ultimately, we do not think we will make this our home. we love our town and our friends and the whole community we have back in north cack. it's hard to beat it. even so, we have been thinking of creative ways to be more giving and loving to our family and our town. it's so fun to dream like that, isn't it? i promise to share more about it in upcoming blogs.