Anna's New Year's Eve Post

hi this is anna. i miis you. this is the stove. do you thingck that it is prity. do you?,, see the markings?,, i hop you are doing fine. if you are not doing wel dot tel me. rumber this is not a post to throe in the trash. and gucss what it is nooyees eve and gucss what tumroe is chiesnooyee. i ,am rily haphhy. ilix the post
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Love, Anna

Hi, This is Anna's dad. We finally have our new camera up and running and so new pictures are coming! This is the stove which we use to heat water (which must be boiled before you can drink it,) and heats the room in which the kids sleep. We are lucky enough to be able to afford coal as a fuel. The last time we were in China, Anna's mom and I had to use Yak dung as a fuel source--as do so many people in this part of China. In the picture, you can see lumps of coal and the tools we need to use to work with the stove without burning our hands. The red bottle thingy is a Kai Shui Ping. It is a giant thermos into which you can pour the boiled water to maintain it's heat all day. We use four of them. This stove also has a small oven (the door on the right). We have tried to make brownies once. It is hard for us to regulate the temperature but fun to do.
That's all for this post. Hope all are enjoying a winter break back in Portland. (I am being a mean daddy and making the kids continue with their homework all through the break!)

Anna's Dad.