Comayagua Sightseeing

Here are some random shots taken around town. Exhibit A (to the
right) is a prime example of taken full advantage of the ´truck bed.´ In this particular photo, it is full of plastic soccer balls. However, we have seem them loaded and packed to the gills in the same manner with eggs (uncovered, literally cooking in the brutally hot sun), mattresses, furniture, produce, and people (see photo left). I personally have never seen anything fall off or out during transportation, so clearly there is some premeditated skill associated with loading the bed. In Honduras, trucks aren´t just used for your ¨average apartment-to-house move¨ or night at the drive in theater. If you can dream it here, you can put it in you truck bed. It is sad how many truck beds (especially in the United States) are truly under utilized!

This next photo (below) displays the elecrical wiring right outside of our apartment. It is really refreshing to walk out of our front door each morning and gaze into the maze of wires. It is pretty amazing that we even have electricity with that tangled mess! Maybe that explains why we so freqently lose power..... Sometimes I like to think of all the wires and cables hanging low, and draped across the roads as decorations for some sort of celebration. Like banners or crepe paper. Just makes it less of an eye sore, and it really compliments all of the random fireworks!

I didn´t even have to leave my apartment for these next to pics. To the left you have Greg modeling our empty economy-size box of rice krispie treats (40 in all). We thought it would take forever to get through them...but who were we kidding, I am addicted to sugar! I have no idea what inspired Greg to model the box on his head after eating the last one, but nonetheless, he did!

And finally, in the last photo, Greg is offically putting our first deposit in our Nintendo Wii savings fund. We decided to add a new line item to our budget this year after our long time obsession with the Wii. We have played it several times, and then decided to start saving for one. At least now we have one ´fun envelope´when we divide our money out each month and distribute our predetermined funds to each budgeted item. (We are definitely on a tight budget, but using the envelope system has been amazing! We took a Financial Peace course by Dave Ramsey at our church here, and learned so much about budgeting, saving, and spending.) I think we are on target to make the purchase in 7 or 8 months or so. (And if we factor in a couple more meals of rice and beans, rather than eating out each week, we might even hit our goal faster!) Problem is though...we only have a tiny 13inch TV! Guess we might have to wait till we get back to the states after all! And maybe by then, the price will drop a little!