Dr. Pepper. I am currently sipping on a Dr. Pepper. It is so delicious. We went to Santa Rosa last week and did some major shopping and I found DR. PEPPER!!! (It's not something they sell here in Gracias, so it was a pretty big find. :))
Some other things that I have bought/experienced/found that have made my world taste better.....
Four CDs for Four Bucks off the streets
* Selena (classic!)
* Michael Jackson's BAD (everyone here knows all of MJ's songs...)
* Vicente Fernandez (he's super famous here and every week when we drive down to
town in Mr. Rodrigo's truck, we listen to him)
* Shakira (she sang for the World Cup; I had to get it!)
Christmas
In my family, we always decorate and start getting into the Christmas spirit during Thanksgiving break. So, I'm a little early BUT last year I was not prepared for Christmas at all. There are no commercials for holiday shopping, no Christmas lights, no snow (!!!), no special church services, no trying to take a perfect Christmas picture, no putting together Christmas cards... you get the point. Last year, I got home and, besides the wedding craziness, I was shocked to find out that Christmas was coming... and the goose was fat! ha. Anyway, this year, I have started with the Christmas music playing, I've bought decorations, I found Rudolph on YouTube and watched it, and I try to wear hats and scarves as often as possible even though they're not that necessary. :) I also bought some EGG NOG!
Exerciseeeeee
We've actually been doing a lot of exercise as a group which has been pretty great. Last year, I started taking advantage of having a beautiful mountain trail to climb/run/walk plus I was dating the PE teacher so I felt a little pressure to be a tiny bit athletic. :) I'd usually go running on my own and enjoy it, but this year Catelin and I have been going pretty regularly and the other teachers will join us when they feel like it. We walk or jog or lift weights (the weights we use at the school are actually bottles filled with sand and some metal poles that the guys attached cement-filled containers to... pretty nifty even though I'm not great at explaining :)) and do some ab stuff. Yesterday, all of girls ran down from school to town, walked around down there and caught a taxi back up. It was pretty great. :)
Cooking
I've discovered that I enjoy cooking, and I can usually do a pretty decent job. We're thinking of making a Honduran cookbook of all the recipes we've used down here :) All of our meals are homemade so we do lots of internet exploring for good recipes. So far, I think our greatest hits have been our chicken strips with onion rings, Chicken alfredo pasta, delicious homemade pizzas (we're making that tonight!), and mashed potatoes (the mashed potatoes are just delicious; it's Catelin's recipe- we could probably eat them as a meal themselves :))
Well it is 10:25 on Saturday morning and I am out of things to do! :) Maybe I'll write another blog... :D
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Oh Laura Beth you did it again. Another interesting blog. I just finished reading it to grandpa. What memories you are compiling!!! We were going to have company tonight. Dianne, Jerry, Jon,Pam, David and Pegging were coming to visit us. The were going to bring in the meal. Being the weather forcast wasn't very good, they decided to cancel our get-togather. It's very cloudy and cold out and icy weather forcasted..So that was disappointing but I understand.
ReplyDeleteYour idea of making a cook book, seems like a good idea. I would be a taker. I do some baking and cooking here. The other day it was "home-made bread day" so I made a couple loaves and made some Rhubarb jam. At 3 0'clock some of us have coffee in the coffee room and I brought my bread and jam. There were quite a few takers. It was fun. Have a good day.
First, LOVE that you get Dr. Pepper! I get it now whenever I can in the States because I missed it so much. And you CAN cook! :) Do it, make a recipe book. and I'm proud you're keepin up with conquering Celaque.
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