Thoughts.......

Jason and I went to see the movie Julie and Julia last night. Loved it!!!! It's about a married woman, Julie, in her late twenties who hates her job and doesn't know where her life is headed. She decides that she needs something to do to add direction and purpose to her life. (Something I have been thinking about a lot lately.) Julie has an obsession with Julia Child. (I do a mean Julia Child impression, ask Grandma Laura.) Julie decides to cook her way through the next year by cooking all the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking' and blogging about it.

This got me thinking....what the heck am I doing with my life. This is probably not a great thing to contemplate at the moment considering the current circumstances that surround my life....living in Canada away from my family and friends, recently having finished my Masters degree in which I can't do a thing with because I am not legally allowed to work in Canada. That being said, I still need something to give me direction. Something to blog about that will be of interest to people, or something that will give me a release. I can't keep doing what I have been doing.....sitting around our townhome surfing the web and sleeping. I could do what Julie from the movie did and cook my way through a cookbook, but groceries are so damn expensive here I would be in debt after the first week.

So, I'm looking for ideas. What do you do that gives direction to your life? Please comment with your ideas. I know there are more of you that read this blog than I thought! Comment pleeeeease!!!!

Photos of the Tree Removal

T-I-M-B-E-R!!!!!

Although I have been back to Edmonton from Nebraska for about two weeks, I have a lot of blogging to do in order to catch everyone up on what we have been up to. I have been terrible at updating this blog, but have BIG plans for making it better. And, I will have plenty of time to do that for reasons I will touch on in upcoming posts.

You may be wondering why the title of this post is T-I-M-B-E-R!!!!! While I was back in Nebraska visiting my family, I received a call from our renters in Omaha. There had been a thunderstorm and one of the large (I use that term lightly) trees in the backyard had dropped one of its branches on the neighbors house. Not only that, but a few hours after the branch fell, a tree across the street on the other side of the house was struck by lightening and threw bark at our house damaging the siding and breaking one of the windows. So, I spent a few days dealing with insurance companies and contractors. Here are some photos of the damage.

Back Home from Home

I just arrived arrived back home (Edmonton) from a trip back home (Nebraska). The trip started with some time in Bloomfield, some 'excitement' in Omaha with our house, my presentation for my graduate project and then wrapped up with the annual Wagner Golf Tournament in the Black Hills of South Dakota and a looong trip back to Edmonton. I have tons of photos and videos to share and will start uploading those tomorrow. Time for bed now.

This past week we......

See if you can guess which one of us did the follow things this week........

• Booked a plane ticket to come back to Nebraska on June 21.
• Played baseball at Bardo Day.
• Got a sunburn at Bardo Day.
• Ate two pieces of strawberry rhubarb pie at Bardo Day.
• Battled allergies most of the week.
• Had a meeting about a job.
• Went for a walk on a lovely Sunday evening.

Take your guesses and check back for the answers and explanations.

Finished Product

It is now 5:30 pm and I just finished the baking project I started this morning. verall it was a success. This was my first attempt at rolakees and kolaches. I had to improvise a little, but I got the job done. H

Baking.....

I decided to try my hand at some baking today. I've already had to call Grandma Laura twice. I am making rolakees (not sure about that spelling) and kolaches. Check back to see how they turned out.