Upstairs Ana arrived today.

I helped Gerardo cut more bamboo - well, I took it from him and piled it and then carried the clippers back while he carried all the bamboo to my house. I got 10 frames made today and will get the rest made tomorrow. Gerardo and Tia came over a couple minutes before 2:00pm to invite me to coffee at 3:00 at Tia's house with Jose and upstairs Ana, to seperate her from Gerardo's sister, Ana. I knew if Jose was going to be there I better get busy and make the Mounds Balls. I put together a plate for upstairs Ana of Papaya Bread and 2 containers of jelly - the guayaba and the 3 fruit marmalade. I also did a plate for coffee with some of everything I had - chocolate chip cookies, Papaya Bread, coconut macaroons and the Mounds Balls. It was a big hit and I left the leftovers with Tia. She showed me she was going to get big and fat. 

After I made the frames I decided to get a pizza and talk to Emelio about Monday. His English lesson is until 3:00pm and I told him he could come with or without his teacher. He also wants to get together to make the chocolate covered bananas. I have all the ingredients except bananas and he has those. He suggested one day I bring all my dream catcher things and we will go to their family place in the mountains overlooking Orosi. His mother and aunt will come too and we can have lunch and I can give them a dream catcher lesson. I had a container of the Mounds Balls ready to take to him and I forgot it so I will run it over tomorrow.

It must be a church holiday this weekend because the cannon has been going off. I expect it will happen again tomorrow. Did I mention that Heather has received my bilingual missalette and will bring it with her. I also ordered 10 wrap bracelets to give as gifts for Christmas to the ladies who have been great to me. Those came today and she will unpack them and find a spot in the suitcase.

This afternoon there were several men working in the courtyard so I went to Gerardo with my translate program and explained I wanted to move the frame for the single bed to my bedroom for the girls and while there were several people here could they do it. He said yes and he and his brother - I am sure I have this one wrong but his name sounded like Oshkosh - came over and I am now set. Heather and Courtney will sleep in my room since it is bigger and I will sleep in the other bedroom. Courtney has said she will be bringing earplugs for both of them because the wall definitely isn't thick enough to stop noise and with the dog and fruit falling on the roof and me, they definitely need them. Oh, and the cats running on the roof.

There was activity in the party room tonight so there must be an event tomorrow. I will be busy making frames and another batch of Papaya Raisin bread for the Monday gathering and I plan to put the chicken, green beans and potatoes in the crock pot. That will all happen after church. Busy day.