My attractive husband and other musings

My husband is one attractive man.  Unfortunately for him, what he has a propensity for attracting is bugs (or "bichos"as we call them in Costa Rica).  Specifically, in the last six months he has been stung by a scorpion in bed, a centipede on his toe while in bed, and then last night by a bee while showering!  It is a good thing we have Google to quickly search for remedies to alleviate pain and other nasty side effects of stings.
The centipede, ironically, had been in our bed the night before the hubby was stung crawling around on my leg.  I felt the critter and at first thought it was my imagination.  After a second I felt the crawling again so I turned on the light to see the critter headed at full speed toward my hubby's side of the bed.  I quickly woke him and advised him to get out of bed.  We then shook all the linens, but there was no sign of the centipede so we went back to bed.  The following night my poor hubby woke to chomping on his little toe under the covers.  I had removed my contact lenses so I was half blind, but I managed to spot the culprit and perform a quick assassination with the edge of the flashlight.
Saturday we decided to venture out and explore a couple of new stores nearby.  We ended up at the fancy MultiPlaza mall and made a beeline to the new Dairy Queen.  In Texas, DQ's are affectionately known as "Texas Road Stops."  Every little town has a Dairy Queen and during a long drive a stop for a dipped cone is always a welcome respite.  The dipped cones at the mall tasted just like the ones from our former homeland and allowed us a touch of nostalgia.
We then ventured to the Pequeño Mundo store which is kind of like a Dollar General store.  We were very pleasantly surprised to find salt and vinegar potato chips, a cersion of Rotel tomatoes (another sorely missed staple canned item for southern cooking) and some other items not found elsewhere.
Last week I made my first attempt at making homemade cinnamon rolls.  I discovered that yeast is a tricky ingredient and decided to only use imported Fleishmann's quick rising yeast, which can be easily acquires at the nearby upscale grocery store, Auto Mercado.  I am happy to have time to try new recipes that I would have never tried in my former life due to time constraints.
We also made another stop at anothee specialty store known as Saretto and bought some guaba beans.  The big green beans hardly looked appetizing to me, but my friend Jessenia was with us and assured us we would not regret our purchase.  The beans were cracked open to reveal fluffly white balls that were sweet and vanilla tasting....melt in your mouth good!  Apparently, the trees grow profusely in our town and the beans are often available at the local farmer's markets.  In Costa Rica, the bean is known as the "ice cream bean."  To read more about this wonderful bean and see a picture of it, go to http://costarica.com/blog/fruit-of-the-month-guaba/.
Finally, Costa Rica has a new president,  Luis Guillermo Solis, elected yesterday by a landslide.  He captured 77% of the vote in the  bizarre runoff election where the other candidate dropped out of the race about a month ago due to a lack of money to campaign.  The election process was fascinating to watch and read about over the last few months.  He is the first president to be elected from the PAC party, ousting the PLN party, which has long been considered the party of power in Costa Rica.  Hopefully, the president will bring an administration of transparency and integrity ...the Ticos deserve a great leader.