Fattening

I will begin the Belize honeymoon recap tomorrow, since I'm not quite done going through the photos. We didn't take that many, but they were spread across two digital and one underwater film camera, so the organization is haphazard -- not to mention the CD I got with the film development contains crappy scans.

So yes, you can look forward to that tomorrow. The question for today, however, is this: why are our friends trying to make us fat??

Perhaps it is our own fault, since we registered for some kitchen appliances that we either didn't have or that needed an upgrade. We got a toaster from family friends, which was the only present we didn't save until post-wedding, mainly because someone really wanted to make some waffles and is not a fan of my very, very old toaster oven. We also got an espresso machine from Leila and Brian, something that I have wanted for a while and am going to try out tonight. Finally, we got two items that Jose is pretty much over the moon about: a Cuisinart Griddler from Nick & Heather, Matt & Melissa, and John & Kelly...and ice cream maker from Cari.

The Griddler was immediately put to work for paninis on Tuesday night, and steaks last night. Just look at the concentration on Jose's face! I'm thinking a nice grill for the patio will be high on our list of "things to buy" once we're in the house.

We got all the ingredients to make ice cream on Tuesday night, but our hopes and dreams were crushed when we discovered that the bowl has to be frozen solid before you can make delicious desserts. Undaunted, we slapped that baby in the freezer and last night enjoyed some quick, easy, and VERY tasty vanilla ice cream with Reese's peanut butter cup chunks.

In other news, perhaps I will start taking pictures of us using all of the gifts to send to the giver. Mainly because it makes me laugh, but also because of how creative we'd have to get for some things. Which would also make me laugh.