The Sunbeam...and Other New Goods!

We love BREAD!  We pretty much eat some kind of sandwich every day for lunch, be it veggie, BLT, ham, grilled cheese or the classic PB&J.  As you can tell, the Bice's enjoy a good sandwich. However, we decided while we were here last year that we had had enough of the mediocore, nutrient-free bread, and pledged to buy a breadmachine so we could make our own.  We made this happen while we were living in the states over the summer and are happy we did!  So far we have made 3 different loaves, and each one has turned out better than the last!  After we hounded - and befriended - the owners of one of the local supermarkets here, they began selling whole wheat flour at our request.  They also carry flax seed, oatmeal, and wheat germ (I was quite impressed) so we are able to bake up a pretty healthy and hearty loaf of bread.  And thanks to our handy, dandy new Subeam ($42.99 at Walmart - priceless to us) all we have to do is dump in the ingredients and she does the rest - including the baking!  Pictured above is our very first masterpiece.  I felt extremely accomplished today when my meat-loving husband commented that today's ham sandwich was amazing..........because of the phenomenal bread!

The Sunbeam isn't the only thing that is new around here!  Last Thursday, Greg and I went shopping with one of our school administrators in hunt of some appliances and furniture for our apartme

nt.  After

 hitting 6 different stores throughout town, we concluded that the best prices were at M & M (no clue what it stands for).  We finally selected an oven/stove, refridgerator, dining room table and chairs, and a bed after our 3 hour excursion.  They were delivered after school on Friday, so our place is finally starting to feel like home!  (You can see the items in our kitchen in the  photos, the stove and fridge are about 3/4 of the size of 'American applainces.'  Everthing here is just made a little smaller!)  We had friends over on Saturday night (I cooked using our new appliances) to celebrate!  

Greg and I are really enjoying our comfy new bed (we spent our first week and a half here on an airmattress - although it was a really nice one, nothing compares to a mattress)!  Greg and I determined that this is the first new bed that we have had!  For our first 2 years of marraige we slept on a hand me down from my sister, then had an old one in our apartment here last year.  We are really enjoying it, in fact, Greg is passed out on it now as I write this (it is 8:05 pm).

It is raining a ton right now in Honduras, at least once every day.  The rainy season will last until about December, when it will really heat up and things will dry out.  Although we are getting a lot of showers, all the lively green foilage makes for some beautiful scenery.  Needless to say, we are really enjoying ourselves and know that we are extremely blessed!  Gracias a Dios!