September 23
Me and joey were on brunch, so we made
delicious potato latkes and Tom made an authentic Polish egg dish. He has told
us how to pronounce it but I doubt we will ever get it. It was really good,
like an egg salad fried in an egg shell. We hung out in the class room all day,
I fell out of a hammock, joey lost a boomerang. I made homade enchiladas for
dinner with homemade tortillas and sauce. Tyler another volunteer who has been
here many times arrived tonight.
September 24
We started off the day by sealing off the
back portch floor. The sealent is an all natural combination of 1 part beeswax
to 3 parts linseed oil. There were five of us working on it so it went pretty
fast. We had to lay the rags out afterwards because they can naturally combust
on their own without constant airflow. Alll natural though! We finally moved
into the Hanky. We have an amazing view from the top floor. A lot more bugs
though. We had our first Spanish lesson today with a local. He pretty much
wrote a bunch of Spanish on the board and told us how to pronounce them. Sinead
still cannot roll her r’s.
September 25
Another workshop today, Tim and Robin are
leaving soon so they are trying to teach us as much as they can before they
leave.
September 26
We started our first woodworking project,
we are going to make shelves for our new room. We found some great pieces of
ceder and we are going to make it look very rustic. We had our next Spanish
class today, it is quit a walk but worth it. Timo showed us how to make soap when
we got back. It is really easy, but we will probably not make any. It’s a nice
idea though. Lost water today so no one could take the shower’s they really
needed. Sucked.
September 27
Worked on the shelves today, lots of
sanding. A few pieces are warped but it will only make it look more rustic.
Rustic meaning not very straight. It will be held up by mortis and tenons. We
played horseshoes in the afternoon, it hasn’t rained too much lately so we have
been able to do fun things in the afternoon.
September 28
The big group arrived today so the morning was
spent cleaning and baking. It was pretty hectic with 20 people showing up, we
had a lot of bread to bake. We made another amazing batch of bagels. Greg said
they were the best ones he’s ever had. The group was really nice, just a little
geeky. We couldn’t get them to come to the Pulp but we had a great time
practicing our dance moves for Saturday night. Frabado Noche
