Project 365, Week 3

It's another scorcher here in the southern hemisphere. Not sure how hot it got today, but at 8 p.m. it's still 95º. Believe it or not, that's cool enough that we've opened our windows and pushed the curtains back to let in whatever slight breezes there might be (after having closed them at 9 a.m. to keep the worst of the day's heat out). I've pretty much carried a small fan from room to room with me all day. Some rooms have ceiling fans but that's not enough in this kind of heat. And since a couple of our fans are over at the Centro, it leaves us short-handed here at home... hence the carrying from room to room.

Anyway, despite the heat I've had a productive day...laundry caught up, the fridge cleaned out, all the floors swept and those needing it were also mopped, bathroom cleaned, cookies baked, and quilt top finished! Excuse me while I pat myself on the back... on second thought, it's too hot for skin-to-skin contact so forget that.

This week has had its ups and downs, like most weeks. We started out on a high note with eight young people heading off to camp...

Come on guys, turn around!

That's better!
We've been hearing good things and look forward to the group's return tomorrow night, just in time to share during our Sunday meeting.

Monday Ivan finished painting and putting together the butter yellow cement mixer.

[Notice how it matches the cabinets?] Now we need to find the time to go work on the casita. Just did not happen this week. *sigh*

Tuesday found us making a day trip to Sta. Rosa, mainly to meet with the older couple who has been handling the house for Ivan's folks for many years, but also to see a few other folks. Toward the beginning of the trip we pulled over to take this photo...

That's a LOT of kilometers!

And along the way I snapped a picture of this guy on a homemade three-wheeler. Isn't that a hoot?

 This is on a state highway :)

Shortly after that we heard a funny noise under the hood and pulled over to discover the alternator belt had broken. Ivan cut it off so it wouldn't sling around and mess up anything else, and we drove the rest of the way to Sta. Rosa with the air off and the windows down. Hot trip! Thankfully we were able to leave the car with our favorite mechanic who not only fixed it but delivered it to our door when he was finished. Now that's service! Meanwhile another friend loaned us his car so we could get around to everyone we needed to see.

I was COMPLETELY grossed out to wake up Thursday and find that marauding ants had done this to the banana I had planned to eat with my yogurt and granola:

I have NEVER seen ants do that before! Has anyone else? What kind of mutant ants are they?! DOUBLE ICK.

Even though we won't be able to build for a year or three, I'm having a great time drawing floor plans, looking through home building magazines and snapping photos of houses I really like...

Speaking of building a house, I haven't shared any photos lately of the construction next door. Looks like they're getting mighty close to being able to move in!

I mentioned finishing the quilt top today. I am so pleased with how it turned out!

I found this pattern incorporating pinwheel blocks and prairie points on the Moda Bakeshop site and since I didn't have the requisite charm packs, I used what I had. Our friends don't know if they're having a boy or girl so I decided to go with bright, happy colors (close to 20 different fabrics!) that would work for either. Here's a close-up:

I haven't decided for sure but I think I'm going to use red for the binding.

If you're not familiar with Project 365, visit Sara who is hosting this fun meme once again. Basically we [try to] take a photo each day and then post once a week, linking up to Sara's so we can all visit one another. It's a great way to document the year AND make new bloggy friends :)