A Monday in the life of a housemom.................
5:15am wake up hearing church bells getting louder and louder (it's my alarm clock)
5:40 getting breakfast for the 'water girls' before they leave for Pasaco to paint a house for Ross and Danita Good. Also sent a lunch along for seven people.
6:15am start breakfast for Jody and Jeana before they head to Antigua to live with a native family for the week as they study Spanish.
6:20am Vernon finds out he has to drive the girls and Danny and Linda to Antigua, so he eats and leaves at 6:45.
6:50 make breakfast for two guests and find out one gets sick when he eats eggs, but he insisted on eating them any way. I offered something else.
7:25am  Sharon, Priscila and Marta came to the kitchen. They had decided to skip breakfast since we had a special Sunday eve. snack of waffles with homemade ice cream, peanut butter and syrup and strawberries!
8:00-10:00am started hanging out laundry.Got a phone call from Brian telling us we would be getting a family of five for supper and the night. Vernon got back from Antigua just in time to take a visitor to the airport to fly back to the states. I started to prep the kitchen for a paint job on Tues. James came in from Oratorio to drop off a vehicle that needed to go to another out post.
10:30 Vernon got back from the airport and helped take some things down in the kitchen. We put away all the pizza sauce we had canned on Friday. I kept trying to get my laundry done.
10:45-12:00 sanded the kitchen walls with 60 grit sandpaper because we thought the old paint may have been oil based and we wanted to use a water based paint. We got that dusty job done before lunch thanks to Jared helping me. Vernon ran to the airport to pick up Janet Meyers, a RN who is starting a term of service in El Chal.
1:00-5:30pm After one of Elbas delicious meals of rice, beans, tortillas, and 'quesa fresca' and a cup of wonderful coffee, I was ready to get going. Sharon and Janet walked to Walmart to get a few groceries we urgently needed.
Vernon and I worked in the kitchen and got a coat of primer on the walls and ceiling and got everything ready for the paint job next day. Jared was helping too, and was pleased that he got to do some painting. We received a call that the family of five got held up in construction and would not be coming for the night; but maybe the next night.
Sharon made a delicious supper that I felt almost too tired to eat.
The evening was a bit more relaxed and I got our laundry done and started working on a large bi weekly grocery list. Had some story time and talking time with Jared before bedtime.
This is a birds eye view of one day in our life, and I have learned that every day is different!!